Hi Everybody:
I am forwarding a copy of the press release
that my new publicist sent out about the raw
food seminar that I am doing this coming
Saturday at Pleasant Ville Gifts
located 1106 Fair Oaks Avenue, S. Pasadena,
CA (626) 441-7841.
Everyone in the Rejuvenation/Weight Loss
Support Group or those interested in joining
are encouraged to attend since some of the
media will show up. We just sent out the
press release today and one paper has
already confirmed that they will cover the
story. I mentioned that two of the members
of the group lost 26 pounds in less than a
month, so I guess that sounds newsworthy.
At any rate, I think the members of the
group can be an inspiration as well as a
source of encouragement for the newcomers
who show up.
This event will be the release of my DVD
Look Younger, Live Longer, Lose Weight With
Live Foods, which our cameraman, Terry
Carter, shot and edited for me based on my
first raw food seminar at Mission College.
I think he did a great job, (especially on
my limited budget). This DVD will be a nice
gift for family members interested in what
you are doing or whom you feel need some
help with health or weight issues.
I have a new "Events" link on my website
where information about this event is
posted.
I will be posting weekly notices about
events involving the Rejuvenation/Weight
Loss Support Group as well as the monthly
meditation/deeksha goal setting meetings.
We had about 22 people show up at CRU (which
means Raw in French) in Silver Lake last
Friday evening for dinner. The desserts
were divine and the food is always fabulous
there. Everyone got weighed in with my new
scale which measures body fat and
water content.
Saturday we went hiking in the hills in
Burbank, but only five people (six including
me) showed up. I joked that more people
always show up when you say "food" than when
you holler "exercise." I chose that
location because the hills are gentle enough
that a newcomer can handle it.
After hiking in the Burbank hills, we went
to Au Lac Vietnamese Raw/Vegan Restaurant in
Fountain Valley, CA. It was worth the 45
minute drive for the raw tacos (which were
large, filling, and a meal in themselves,
and they only cost $6). Their soups were
wonderful, except for the one with all of
the seaweed. Theose in attendance decided
that the desserts at CRU were better than
the desserts at Au Lac, even though Au Lac’s
were excellent and unusual. The main
courses are quite diverse and they have such
a large raw menu that it definitely deserves
another trip back there to explore more of
the menu. Gurgen “Greg” wanted to go last
Saturday, but could not make it, so he
suggested that we return to Au Lac on Sat.
March 31st. It would be easy for us to do
it after my lecture ends at 5 p.m. Since
I will be getting samples of food ready for
the lecture on Saturday, I think it would
be better for us to cancel our Friday dinner
outing and reschedule it to Saturday after
the seminar. Christina and Yvette have a
Van so we all rode down together. I would
suggest that we do the same on Saturday. Au
Lac is worth the trip. The address is:
Au Lac Raw/Vegan Restaurant
16563 Brookhurst Street
Fountain Valley, California
To get there:
Take the Brookhurst Street exit off of the
I-405 and go north 1.7 miles.
It is on the left.
Jorge “George”, one of the members of the
support group, works for Costco. He told the
group on Friday that Costco gives away
bicycles. We are trying to get them to
donate them to members of the group who want
to bike but do not have one. Jorge, this
email and the attached press release should
be sufficient to inform your boss about what
we are doing with the group so that we can
get the bikes donated to us.
One of the members of the group, Marilyn,
brought her 15 year old daughter,
Amber, back for a second time. I asked Amber
if her mother dragged her to the
restaurant. Amber replied that she came on
her own because she wanted to become a
"normal" weight for her height and
age. Marilyn joked that she would have
loved to come alone without her daughter and
four year old niece, Diamond, who appears to
love raw food. I was very proud of Amber
and her mom, who wants to use raw foods to
control her weight as well as her diabetes.
Everyone should go to
www.rawfor30days.com and see the 10
trailer about how a controlled experiment
with raw foods for 30 days cured diabetes.
I am still trying to get a group together to
roller blade with me. So far, only Erica
has committed. I have one extra pair of
roller blades. They are a size 7-8. Angela
expressed interest, but I have not gotten a
confirmation from her yet about
rollerblading.
Angela, when will your house be ready so
that I can teach the group how to make onion
bread and a few of my other favorite
dishes? I'll post that date on my website
when I hear back from you.
Liza created a Yahoo discussion group
for us. Liza, would you please send
everyone listed on this email information on
how to join the discussion group, including
me. I have no idea how to do it.
That's it for now. See you there on
Saturday from 2-5 p.m. I will be
answering questions that the group has as
well as questions from newcomers at the
seminar. I hope Terry will be able to film
this one.
