Living is easy here in Altadena.....unless it's 105 degrees outside! This last week was certainly a test of our stamina, wasn't it? Of course, we've been there before, but every year we forget. We've been coddled by the deceptively low temperatures preceding our little heat wave, so when the mercury passed 102 degrees it seemed to knock the stuffing out of us. We're recuperating from it now but I'm sure those high temps will return before too long, maybe in time for the lovely long Labor Day weekend coming up.
We'll be taking a blogging break for the holiday, but will be back the week following. We'll have lots to talk about, like our upcoming Social Media Meet & Greet. This evening event will be scheduled for either Friday, 9/17 or Saturday, 9/18. This will be the one event you won't want to miss, with our community's most prolific bloggers in attendance! In conjunction, OddBallGrape.com's Anne Bannon and Michael Holland will be leading us in another wine and food pairing just in time for autumnal tail-gating and football parties. It just couldn't get any better than this! Watch for our updates here on the blog and on Facebook!
I do want to mention the incredibly informative talk on MILK: History, Politics & Nutrition I attended yesterday at the Altadena Community Center. Put together by Altadena Heritage, the Arroyo Time Bank and Gloria Putnam, this discussion about the benefits of raw milk and sustainable dairy farming was certainly an eye-opener and I'm so glad I went. I'm recommending that you find out all you can about this subject, which is controversial to say the least. Listen to the owner and CEO of Organic Farms, Mark McAffee, discuss it in relation to the recent recall of tainted eggs on Fox 11 news at this link: http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/consumer/eggs-at-local-organic-farm-are-safe-20100826 I think you'll find this information as compelling as I did.
Have a great week and a happy Labor Day weekend, my friends!
Lori & Scott
2 comments:
We haven't had summer yet here in Huntington; overcast all summer. 102 is way too hot, though!
Your social media event sounds like it'd be interesting and fun! Thanks for sharing the link about milk. Education is always good!
lol, Rose....I would have taken 102 degrees. It got up to 106 degrees and in Monrovia I heard it was 108 degrees! Amazingly hot and since we're so close to the mountains, the monsoonal moisture made it sticky, too. As much as I love Altadena, I'm a beach girl at heart!
You're welcome about the link to Mark's news spot. You would have really enjoyed his talk. He was very compelling and made a great case for the benefits of raw milk. We're seeing a growing movement in the country away from the engineering and processing of food staples. It all has a negative affect on our health and it seems such a simple idea to eat healthy and local. It also has a lot to do with our disaffection with huge corporations deciding what goes into our food and their lobbying against any change in the status quo.
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