April 30th, 2013 
Frances Did I hear you say you’re coming to Philly? Well then, let’s plan a lovely day. We’ll assume you’ve done the tourist sites, and, if not, another time. First a little shopping at Mettlers American Mercantile. If you’re deep in thought you might miss seeing this wonderful shop at 2129 Chestnut Street, and a chance [...]
December 2nd, 2012 Frances The holidays are here. I love the music playing as I enter shops. There’s always this marvelous merry feeling I wish we could all bottle and have the year long. Though when I see people carrying three or four shopping bags full of gifts, I tend to hope that the givers have enough in their [...]
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July 23rd, 2012 Frances The name of the website www.justlabelit.org and the following important message says it all. I copied it from an email I received after subscribing to the website. After reading it, if you want, click on to the website and add your name to the list. “Help us find 5,000 new people to contact the FDA [...]
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July 12th, 2012 Frances Have you been to Philly? If not, come. A lot of changes have and are taking place. In the four years I’ve been here there are new restaurants, shops, the Barnes Museum Foundation is now in Philadelphia on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, more people are moving here, and though it’s a city, it’s small and [...]
June 10th, 2012 Frances Is there anyone who doesn’t want radiant health with lots of energy? Do you think this is a silly question? I don’t because a lot of the food we eat is chosen carelessly, and often it’s devoid of nutrition, loaded with toxins, dissipates our energy, and can make us feel and look not quite right. [...]
February 21st, 2012 Frances This past weekend I meandered over to Essene Market&Cafe, to buy chick pea miso and wheat-free Tamari at WWW.ESSENEMARKET.COM”>WWW.ESSENEMARKET.COM On the way to, and directly across the street from Essene was a shop called THE HOUSE of TEA.Ltd. The shop’s window beckoned tea lovers by enticingly displaying some teapots and accessories from around the world. [...]
November 13th, 2011 Frances When I was in Boquete, Panama a friend I’d met there took me to visit a woman who produced the most luscious raspberries I’d ever seen. We visited her garden, and then went into her large kitchen where jellies, jams, and sauces were everywhere, ready for the marketplace. This is the way she kept her [...]
Posted in A Book, Or Two, Or More, A Conversation, A State Of Mind, Nature, Shopping Tags: ants, bounce sheets, cayenne pepper flakes, hair loss, hot stuff by jessica b. harris, mice, peppermint oil, raspberries, soap, squirrels, the sunfood diet success system by david wolfe, whole cloves No Comments » November 11th, 2011 Frances When I go into Whole Foods and see the words, “seedless strawberries” and “seedless grapes” and “seedless watermelons” and “seedless raisins” etc. I wonder what exactly is going on with the altering of our food. Those “hybrid foods” are full of unnatural sugars, chemicals, and pesticides. They have no nutritional worth. The people who have [...]
Posted in Food, Imagine, Nature, Paying Attention, Shopping, The World Tags: "seedless" chemicals, devoid of nutrition, high in sugars, pesticides, the greedy ones No Comments » October 4th, 2011 Frances Isn’t it a delight when you unexpectedly come across a shop that caters to your needs, one that doesn’t require an inordinate amount of time to find exactly what you want? That was the case when I happened upon BUS STOP + Etc. “Fancy That . . . Happy Accident!” What lured me into the [...]
October 3rd, 2011 Frances If I lived in Park Slope I might be a wee bit heavier. How can it not be that way when there are so many small high-quality speciality eating establishments. Walking along 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Avenues, and meandering over to all the other neighborhoods bordering Park Slope, is a feast for the eyes. [...]
