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Month: October 2011
How To Identify Good Fear And Kill Bad Fear On Sight
There are two kinds of fear: good fear and bad fear. Good fear is when the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. The kind of fear that tells you to cross the street for “some strange reason.” The kind of fear that gives you superhuman strength in dealing with sudden danger. The […]
Just for Men: 10 Steps To Savoring Your Shave
There’s something delightful and dangerous about sliding a thin blade of cold steel across your face. And although it has the potential for instilling a truly rapturous experience for a man, today the act has been relegated to something merely mundane, sterile, and more of a nuisance. Yes, this simple act of shaving. The act […]
Tea with Erica Sandberg: Samovar Breakfast Blend, Ancient Gold
Your money is your life, and good financial management is really, really important. Erica joins me for a pot of Earl Grey tea at Samovar where she speaks candidly on passion and money. Note: this video is edited to 10 minutes, but you can listen to the full 40-minute audio interview on iTunes.
Tea and the Art of Distraction – 4 Easy Steps
I’ve wrote earlier on the ritual preparing and drinking of tea can be used as a training ground for getting present. And that the more present and “awake” we are, the better things get. Whether it’s tea or anything else you can find to wake up, I believe that we need all the weapons available […]
Tea with Jeff Mendelsohn: Ocean of Wisdom
“Green paper products” isn’t a contradiction of terms, especially where Jeff Mendelsohn is involved! As founder of New Leaf Paper, Jeff has been a visionary leader in the evolution of the green business community. We met over a pot of tea to discuss business as a force for good, the dirty side of the paper […]
How to Taste Tea the Samovar Way
One of the great things about tea is that it taps into something very basic, human, and elemental. Good tea stimulates all of the senses. All of them. Perhaps tea is so profound because, let’s face it, everything boils down to sex. Sight, sound, smell, touch, taste. Tea is in fact very sensual. It touches […]
Autumn Tea & Food Pairings
Autumn. The season of colorful leaves, crisp, cool air, and warming comfort foods. Here are some of our autumn picks for tea and food pairings: Grapes Chicken salad finger sandwiches with sliced grapes and Earl Grey Fresh grapes with assorted cheeses, buttered toast and Samovar Breakfast Blend Fresh grapes with white chocolate and Hawaii-Grown Oolong […]
Why Rituals Matter Part 1: My Daily Tea Ritual
It seems that as life has gotten faster and faster, we humans have managed pretty well to keep up with the speed. But I I believe Gandhi: “That there is more to life than increasing its speed.” In fact, I’d suffice to say that things get better by decreasing their speed. Slow is good. Rituals […]
Jobs, Slow Tea, and The Future of America
I believe that the purpose of life is to live a meaningful life. And considering that for most of our waking lives we work, our jobs are therefore quite influential on whether or not we are living with meaning. A society without jobs is a society without meaning. The biggest challenge I see with the […]