Happy 4th of July!
I recently took a trip back to my hometown of Washington, D.C. to visit with friends and family and plan a hometown screening of SUPERCHARGE ME!
Public transportation in D.C. is wonderful, so I hopped on the Metrorail to get around and encountered the strangest thing. The train was jam-packed on a Saturday morning with little girls wearing matching T-shirts. Turns out it was the 95th anniversary of the Girl Scouts and 200,000 of the munchkins had descended upon the nation’s capital. Later that day, when I went to the National Zoo with my father and brother, I saw another crowd of girl scouts and I got a photo of the cutie pies.
I made sure to thank them for reducing the amount of hydrogenated oil in their girl scout cookies. I shudder to think how much of that killer substance I consumed in the Thin Mint cookies I used to eat directly from the freezer.
Lucky for me, I recently found a wonderful raw cookie recipe by Stephanie Gallagher. Now, when I have a sweet craving I eat these much healthier cookies from the freezer.
So, it’s Independence Day and I’m back in Florida now where I’m hosting a RawBQ today. When I think back on the 4th of July in the past, I have fond childhood memories of watching the fireworks every year on the grounds of the Washington monuments. It was a thrilling experience.
Today I’m celebrating independence from many angles. Foremost for me right now is my independence from the Standard American Diet (SAD).
A “Happy Birthday” shout-out to my friend & former colleague Patrick Pacifico who has been very supportive of my efforts with “Supercharge Me!” It’s his big FOUR-OH! What a day to be born.
