Healdsburg Happenings, Aug. 8
The Healdsburg Museum premieres its newest exhibition, “Trails to Fitch Mountain,” about the human and natural history of our local landmarks, the mountain and the river. Aug. 8-Oct. 13. Free admission, Wednesdays through Sundays, 11am to 4pm, plus other events coming up in Healdsburg this week...
SIP Samples Songwriting Talent This Week
Those who have experienced Songwriters in Paradise have a difficult time coming up with an elevator pitch to describe it. It’s intimate. There’s great music. There is delicious food, and of course there is premium wine. But there’s more than that.
“It’s magical … it’s...
Vital Living: Pleasure versus happiness
At the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last Tuesday, I chaired a program on Food Addiction. The panel included doctors, clinicians, and scientists from all over the country and Canada. It was an incredible event and everyone learned so much; the physical elements of food addiction such as dopamine release, (ah, pleasure…) the correlation of fats/salt and sugar to food addiction, and certainly the psychology behind food addiction were so interesting. Then there are policy implications by acknowledging food addiction as ‘real’ –a program in itself.








