Issue Eleven

WELLNESS, EPICURIAN GYM RAT AGRONOMIST GIFT EDIT

May 10, 2025

Some news:

-NY Magazine and the Strategist came in hot this week with my baby #2 edit, what I would do differently in terms of stuff. Check it out here.

-IF YOU LIKE SHEEP: The Grazing School of the West is hosting a VERY SPECIAL wool workshop in Ojai next weekend: From Forage to Fiber. I highly encourage you to sign up and go!

So, I was going to do a really sexy summer edit for you all, but I ended up having too much fun at my own baby shower last weekend and now I’m sick and Rotting in the Bed.

I’ve switched my tune and summer can wait. Meanwhile I am still working on my souk, one stall at a time….

Sometimes I lay awake at night thinking about a deck I would make to pitch to the board of the berkeley bowl or staff of life where I try to franchise their businesses to NY and LA. Inevitably my intentions feel pure evil, so I do not act upon the urge. We have our plastic Erewhon and Happier Grocer versions and I should not complain. I grew up in Santa Cruz, CA where there are more natural food stores per capita than anywhere else in the world, I miss them. Because of my many hours spent wandering bulk bin aisles, I feel qualified to give you all advice. I am not a medical professional but as I lay here rotting in agony (I have a common cold and am 8 months pregnant…) I have a lot of goos, powders, recipes and shared knowledge to share with you.

Here starts the beginning of my own crunchy bulk bin/potion store:

This shop is not holistic nor will it ever be complete, but here are some of the things I enjoy:

PORSCHE TURBO TOY MASSAGER

MIKE ECKHAUS’ FAVORITE PURE ENERGY MUSHROOM IMMUNITY FORMULA

DIY EAR SEED KIT (YOU SHOULD STILL SEE A PROFESSIONAL BUT THIS IS FUN)

RITUAL PILL IN PILL MULTI VITAMIN

HELLO KITTY IRON BALL SUPPLEMENT

THERAGUN MINI FOR ON THE GO MASSAGING?

HOMEOPLASMINE FOR EVERY SINGLE (EXTERNAL) THING. TRUST THE FRENCH.

CORAL EAR CANDLES, REMEMBER TO PUT A PLATE OR SOMETHING UNDER IT

ARRAE BROMELIAN DANDELION BLOAT RELIEF

I CANT AFFORD A BIOMAT AND I THINK THIS AMETHYST ONE IS PRETTIER ANYWAY

EUCALYPTUS OIL IN SALTED BATH IS REVOLUTIONARY TODAY?

SEED KEEPS PEOPLE VERY REGULAR AND THATS VERY IMPORTANT

ELEGANT SHELL PURSE PILL HOLDER

SUNTORY ROYAL JELLY

JAPANESE STICK BRUSH FOR DRY BRUSH CELLULAR HEALTH

HUMIC ACID (DIRT JUICE) GUT SUPPORT

AND MUCH MUCH MORE IN THE SHOPPE HERE

While I actually believe food should be thy medicine, I love to go in and out of trying different recipes and remedies, here are some of my current practices:

DATE SHAKE: I’ve been bulking for the baby and garnering tips from my gym rat friends. I find that most protein powders taste like chalk and ruin actual fruit but I like this one (they make a pregnancy version too) I blend it with an alt-milk, a date or two and a half of a frozen banana, some cinnamon and sneak in a little chia, flax pumpkin and hemp seed medley…. It tastes like ice cream. The doc told me protein does very little without fiber to break it down, hence the seeds.

COLLAGEN GOLDEN LATTE: I do this at night and it gives me this generic cozy-pumpkin-spice- hot-cocoa-vibe which can be useful in uncertain times. Also fulfills my sweet tooth without actually eating sweets or drinking. I just heat up the milk, add the spices, brew for like 3 min, take off the heat and whisk in the honey and collagen.

2 cups almond or oat milk

1/2 teaspoon ginger powder

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

½ teaspoon cinnamon powder

Pinch of black pepper

1 teaspoons honey (LOL, I do not own this) or maple syrup

4 tablespoons Bovine Collagen (I prefer this one bc it’s not in plastic and easy to find)

PM DIGESTIVE SLEEPY JUICE: this one came from my naturopath but I think this a tiktok trend? I have modified it a bit. I make a gallon or so of hibiscus tea with my kid and keep it in the fridge, sometimes we add this sort of tea to it to make it sweeter. At night (for me, not the kid) I mix it with magnesium powder (or this) and fiber supplement. I sleep like a baby and the digestion is finely tuned. Emily Sunberg was just talking about doing a similar thing with magnesiOM and an Agent Nateur (calm) goo mixed with cherry juice or Ghia.

AM IMMUNITY TONIC: I buy EmergenC from Costco but I like to spice it up with spirulina and chlorella (I just typed cholera…take my advice) and sometimes elderberry syrup. I shake it in a jar, sometimes with ice and it fizzes. It looks gross, like a swamp, and tastes great.

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I know you guys didn't sign up for a snake oil sales woman’s newsletter so here’s some fantastic junk to tide you over… it’s my husband’s birthday this week so I’ve been hunting specifically with this in mind….