MahaMondo

Enjoy the Silence : Finding Peace During Noisy Trips

Via the New York Times :

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/travel/finding-peace-during-noisy-trips.html?ref=travel

There may be relief in sight from many a traveler's worst bete noire , the crying baby on a long haul flight.

 

 

 

Darshan : Raja Bhoga Artik

Love , Devotion & Surrender : Raja Bhoga Artik at noon today.

Prasada-sevaya : 

bhai-re! sharira avidya-jal
jodendriya tahe kal,
jive phele vishaya-sagore
tara madhye jihwa ati, lobamoy sudurmati
ta'ke jeta kathina samsare

krishna baro doyamoy, koribare jihwa jay,
swa-prasad-anna dilo bhai
sei annamrita pao,radha-krishna-guna gao,
preme dako chaitanya-nitai

Via HareKrsna.com

Upton's : Natural Vegan Ashram Bowl

Discovery this week at Whole Foods Minneapolis & River North , Chicago : Upton's Vegan Ashram Bowl & Vegan BBQ Bowl.

The best thing about most SPG hotels I stay in is that they are almost always conveniently located near a Whole Foods Market. 

When you travel as much as I do , eating at restaurants starts getting old.

Read more about this very cool & tasty, only in the Mid-West available for now , vegan resource @ The Laziest Vegans .

 

Ashtanga Yoga : Jump Back & Jump Through

Patrick Nolan with Miami Life Center breaks down jump backs & jump throughs using bandhas.

Mauro's Cafe : Grilled Vegetables & Quinoa Plate

It has been a while since I've had lunch at Mauro's Cafe , esconced in the still cool Fred Segal Melrose complex.

While in NYC earlier this week, I met up with an ex-NY'er friend who is now living in Amsterdam. Since she was staying in the Village , & another friend was coming from the Upper West Side & I was still in Midtown , the best bet as a geographical compromise was EATALY , 5th Ave. & 28th.

I can depend on the Le Pizza & Le Verdure areas of EATALY for vegetarian dishes. The pizzaiolo must hve been in a bad mood that evening as the Margherita we ordered was the soggiest specimen.

If we were all not famished , it would have been sent back. The arugula pizza wrap hybrid was decent.

So for lunch today . I wasn't expecting much from Mauro's. But they had this new Grilled Vegetables & Quinoa plate on the menu. It was very good. The quinoa was warm & the grilled vegetables were extremely firm & fresh.

Quinoa & kale are the new flavorites ; but they have to be treated well in order to coax out their flavor.