Who doesn’t love a carousel ride?? #GR #Museums (at Public Museum of Grand Rapids)
Stoke of my day? G. Kendall Kiel delivered HULA HOOPs to my doorstep. #GR #Crosstraining #Running #HoopyGoLucky
Filling tins of my wildcrafted & garden-grown Gypsy Tea. #localfood #gr #shophop #holidayfoodbazaar #uptownkitchen (at Burdock & Rose)
Production & Packaging. #gr #shophop #uptownkitchen (at Burdock & Rose)
At Harmony Brewing, brainstorming foraged, herbal beers! #GR #Beer #GrandRapids (at Harmony Brewing Company)
Civics Lesson. Bing Goei made time to discuss leadership & values with my kids today and they saw that Bing listens and cares. And we left with fliers to help him canvass. #BingGoei #76thDistrict #StateRep #Write-In #GR #GrandRapids #Michigan (Taken with Instagram at Goei Center)
A big Stephen Curtis smile this Saturday morning— Their Kickstarter was funded!! #RegularCoffee #Rowster #GR (Taken with Instagram at Rowster New American Coffee)
Putting away the bits and pieces from a very successful #fullmoonsupperclub #brasil last eve… #gr #artisan #food #underground #thestarvingartist (Taken with Instagram at The Urban Ranch)
Basil pesto. Round 1. #canvolution #gardening #herbs #gr #urbanagriculture (Taken with Instagram at The Urban Ranch)
No rain predicted for the next ten days. Drought. Where’s the call for water rationing? #grandrapids #greatlakes #gr #water (Taken with Instagram)
Shaping sections. Organizing my piles of research. #builtfromscratch #writing #gr #goodfood #story (Taken with Instagram at My Writing Corner)
Ryan P Photo. Creative talent that will be on my team helping produce the artwork for my book, “Built From Scratch.”
Caught on Camera: Photographer Ryan Pavlovich at Rowster New American Coffee.
Ryan Pavlovich of Ryan P Photo is one of the several creatives who will be teaming up with me to produce the photography and artwork for “Built from Scratch.” Ryan’s aesthetic is gritty and real. “I don’t take a lot of time styling a shoot. People will ask me what to wear, that they will ‘Clean up for me.’ I don’t want them to clean up- I want to come in an shoot them in their element. I want them to be real in their space, not a lot of makeup. With grit.”
Looking forward to working with Ryan and other local creatives on this collaborative effort — great talent that will truly capture the essence of what’s going on in our local food community here in Grand Rapids!
As I cracked open my compostable clamshell filled with local food delights from @silverspork, others in the hospital lobby looked on with envy, wishing the food truck would come to The Medical Mile and save them from their dry, white bagel hell. #foodtrucks #gr #realfood #silverspork #localfood (Taken with Instagram at Meijer Heart Center)
Linden blossom harvest. Making a sweetly scented syrup. #foraging #herbs #gr (Taken with Instagram at The Urban Ranch)
The Linden trees that line Monroe are in full-on bloom. Their scent is simply intoxicating under the summer sun. #GR #Foraging #herbs (Taken with Instagram at Rosa Parks Circle)
