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Maureen Dowd’s last article in Sunday’s Times got me thinking… We all know it’s great to eat locally grown food and to cook your own meals, and I wonder: Are restaurants bad for the environment? I did some research and the answer seems to be: Well, it depends… See, herein lies the problem. I can…

Sat down on the mat last week at the beginning of a class, cross-legged, spine straight, ready for the usual salmagundi of philosophy and self-help that starts many nyc yoga classes. “A reading from Jack Kornfield today,” the teacher said. “Ah, good,” I thought. “Straight-up buddhism. Fresh. Fine with me.” She proceeded to read a…

Check out the Bagmonster, Patrick Groneman, and more IDP folks as they engage in some Integral Activism, Sunday April 19, in downtown NYC. It’s Responsible Consumption Month at the IDP. Ck it out! Photos courtesy Melanie Einzig. Thanks, Melanie!

Hey One City Readers and I.D. Project Community, This is your heads up that within the next week or two, we will be launching the One City Blog on Beliefnet.com, a much larger spiritual website.

A guest post by Lauren Bulfin. Friends of mine who have followed Obama’s misadventures with the economic stimulus package, have taken to asking me: “How is Obama different from any other president we’ve had? I thought he was about change.” I haven’t really had a satisfactory answer for that, other than to say Obama is…

From the fine print:

The dharma is elusive. It speaks to us so plainly, then turns, shifts in its seat, and to me, seems complex again. In principle, the essential ideas are straightforward: keep it real, let things be what they are, be kind. But often, when you turn and actually look, practicing these principles is more difficult than…

[UPDATED] If you’re just tuning in, check out posts on week 1 and week 2. Apologies to the Hardcore crew. I wasn’t able to be at Hardcore Dharma last night. My excuse is legit but excuses aren’t very hardcore. Recalling our contemplation from last week, I can say that my intention to post on time…

Today is my birthday. I am 28. Hurray! Two years ago today, when I turned 26, my sweet, loving friends, who cater to my youngest child it’s my BIRTHDAY ridiculousness far more than they should, spent the day with me. We ate fig jam and ricotta and salmon and crème fraische on brown German bread…

Woke up cold, coffee on my mind. Still dark out but the kind of neverdark that passes for dark in Manhattan. Fucks with your mind not ever seeing stars, but that’s another story about the homeland for some other time. Got the coffee going and fired up the computer. Had to finish writing some stuff…
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