Happy Birthday mom!!!

Recently it was my mom’s birthday. My mother Dona Sue Lucas (in picture, me to right) was instrumental in pushing me towards the holistic, creative, musical, raw living lifestyle, culinary art world and so muc h more. As a born again Seventh Day Adventist, her and my dad raised my vegetarian in a meat eating household until the age of 2 when they let me choose and I chose to remain vegetarian by choice for 10 years. She bought special vegetarian books just for me and let me write in them critiquing them. My mom also pushed me towards playing music but at the same time honored my learning process and let me do it my way, with soul and primarily by ear (saxophone and guitar). At 12, when I had 3 near death experiences, one of them resulting in a WHITE LIGHT experience, my mother was the last person that I saw crying over me as I blacked out and started walking towards the light. She was always the one to get me to think outside the box in her weird ways, pushing me to be different polar opposites to assure I OWNED my views. When she was in her death bed at age 45 dying of cancer, she persisted to push me towards discovering my own world, once again in her weird ways (thanks Matrix) but none the less with so much love! After she left this world I went on to traveling the United States on my own, finding myself, I believe due to her releasing me to find myself. When I experienced my first gourmet raw meal in 1996 at Juliano’s first restaurant, which I bought and had my restaurant Organica later on, I met a women that healed herself of the same type of stage 4 cancer and this profoundly moved me so much that I started delving into raw big time. I could go on and on and on and on about how my mom influenced me but I will save more for the future.. Main thing is that I honor her birthday tomorrow, Friday Oct. 26 and please honor her as well. She is one of the main reasons that I can BE here with you. So here’s an ode to my mother, I had to listen to Asa’s song ‘So Beautiful” many  a few times last week. Multiple times, tears came trickling down my face as I connected with the my mom. I am going to share Asa’s song below.

I love you mom!

Happy Birthday mom!!

The Thai young coconut is white in stores but is green before it’s hulled. When I select a coconut, I avoid ones with cracks, mold, and soft wet spots. Cracks and wet areas may mean a leak in the coconut, which may mean the contents have begun to spoil. Liquid leaking out means bacteria may be getting in. If you give the coconut a shake there should be no air inside, so no sloshing. The inner shell should be full of liquid. A heavier coconut generally means more coconut water. The “eyes” of the young coconut are actually at the base of these white coconuts. The coconuts are shaped uniformly for shipping, though the sizes may vary. The skin and some of the husk have been removed. The size of the inner coconut may vary. The content of the liquid may also vary. The coconut water can vary from 3/4 cup to 2 1/2 cups, sometimes more. Here, I demonstrate a few ways to properly open a Thai young coconut.

THE TIME HAS COME NOW… THE SCRIPT FOR YOUR ROLE HAS ARRIVED… YOUR RESERVATION A WAITS…

A    KUNG FU * RAW * TRUTH… PRODUCTION

PRESENTS…

‘ENTER YOUR DRAGON’

@ A CURRENT SO-CAL  UNDISCLOSED  LOCATION (details to be released )

OPENING ON OCTOBER 31 –NOV 3 (THURS  casual check in starting @ 6pm -  11pm Hollows Eve reception;  FRI  launch @ high noon 12pm – Sun closes @ 7pm)

CO-PRODUCED BY:   “SPIRIT”,  RONNIE LANDIS,  CHEF BE*LIVE  and  SAGE

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ORGANIC VEGAN RAW AND COOKED CUISINE

YOGA

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KNOWLEDGE

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I love thinking a little outside of the box!!! It’s truly what brings out the creativity in me! WOO HOO!

This is one of my all time favorite pics of Uncle Al, I feel that he would agree with me.

Check out this cool video about Al called “How I See The World”

Love it!