Good Foods Co-op

Well Friends. It has been a while. I know you've missed me...because I've missed you.

Recently, I took a trip down the Nashville way to visit some dear friends of mine. Lauren and Alex. Now. Lauren and Alex could possibly be the two healthiest people alive...next to maybe like Lance Armstrong or someone...they eat healthily and organically...they run a lot...you get the picture. So. After they served me a black bean burger with mango salsa and green beans marinated in balsamic vinegar and mustard...I started to feel a little crappy about my normal eating habits....ya know...the ones that involve a kit from El Paso and frozen chicken from Aldi. I've been meaning to at least convert to organic dairy for a while now...not wanting to pump myself full of hormones and antibiotics and other scary things...so I took a little tour to the good foods co-op...our local organic food source.

Well. I fit in at the Good Foods Co-op about like Ghandi fits in with the cast of Jersey Shore.

If you know me...you know that my second soul is in the form of a bright blue car that has a striking resemblance to a sea creature with a blow hole. You also know that I have a bumper sticker on the back that proclaims my love for Sarah Palin. So we can just look at my car amongst the Subaru outbacks and Volkswagons that hail the name of our beloved president and their love for the democratic party...and we can know that this situation is going to be a good one.

Also. I chose today to wear stilettos and a black skirt with a bright blue shirt. People who shop at good foods really prefer their muted colors and birkenstocks.

Now let me post a disclaimer here...as I am sounding a little stereotypical...but I swear...these are all direct observations.

All that to say...after my little jaunt through granola town...and the acquisition of some amazing milk (pumped fresh from the cow over in Russell Springs...which I saw on LEX 18 News at Sunrise when Lee Cruise visited...thus making me positive that it's good stuff..that along with the Bible verse on the GLASS bottle...that's right...GLASS...crazy...I know....) has made me miss Wal-Mart a little...I mean...no one got in a fight over the U-Scan at good foods...in fact there wasn't a U-Scan...I was checked out by some musician named Mucharan who was wearing horn rimmed glasses and talked incessantly about his band. No one was making out in the meat section either....probably because there isn't much of a meat section do to the vegetarian/vegan nature of many of these people.

Well Wal-Mart...good foods was a good time...and I will go back...so I can get awesome milk...but I will return to my roots soon.

Peace, Love and....well...that might be all we need today...

Claire

Some Things To Consider:

1. Today one of my students was "crying" like a maniac...over reasons I don't 'know...probably a boy or something equally unimpressive. She really was putting on a good show...people were comforting her and stroking her hair...the whole bit...until I realized...girlfriend was FAKING. Come on sister...I made up the fake cry....don't try to pull that one on me...

2. As my dear friend Kathy and I were driving from Nashville...we got behind a motorcycle gang...awesome...they had matching jackets...but as we observed closer...we realized that in front of us was a motorcycle couple...the man was groping the woman...on the highway...in the middle of the morning. Just straight up copping a feel. Talk about multi-tasking.