Day 8 – Free Food Friday
Your WonderTwinCitiesActivation: Give someone free food. Take someone out today, offer someone your lunch, dinner, or late breakfast. Make food for someone or go find someone to give you some food. I know, Food is not free, there always is a cost, that’s the fun part. Give it away and try a find a way […]
Day 7 – Doodle for Good Energy
Your WonderTwinCities Activation: Doodle. Mero, this has nothing to do with cooking you say. Where’s the movement? It does. Doodle. Dream ideas. This is where some of my best recipes come from, taking the time to draw my thoughts or just be silly on paper. Just doodling is a simple […]
Day 6 evening post- Sharing Good Energy through a Meal!
Super happy with the incredible evening of Open Kitchen. Good Food, good conversation, good shorts by Helen Demichiel. Big shout out to Comrade Paige for making both bread and hot chocolate! Got to have lunch with a new friend who was in town. Realized he had a hard time with good energy, too. It was […]
Day 6 – Eat with friends
Your Daily WonderTwinCities Activation: Eat with a friend Many times we eat alone. Today for Good Energy, eat with a friend; it can be a new friend. Make the dish you worked on last night on Day 5 for them. Or you can use my recipe Come out to Open Kitchen tonight. It’s free and […]
Day 5 evening post- Yes! We have our recipe!
Did a photo shoot today in the exhibit space. The Vegan Lunch Lady and all the artists have made the Viva La Soul Power space beautiful! Spoke to my mother on the phone about what my great grandmother would eat. She asked which one? There’s the Italian one, and the Mayan one. Confused, she started […]
Day 5 – Recognize your Great Grandmother!
Today’s WonderTwinCities Activation: Think about something your Great Grandmother would make. Don’t know, research it: ask someone, talk with her or your Grandmother or mom. Extra Bonus Energy: Then, cook it, and bring it to the Open Kitchen tomorrow, which has a super awesome special guest all the way from San Francisco. To help you with […]
Day 4 evening post- Comrade Gusto
Walked today to the exhibit. Interviewed Gusto. Should I rehire him? I think so, but what do you think? Love to hear from the People.
Day 4 – Walk. Somewhere. Dream.
Your TwinCities Daily Activation: Walk. Somewhere. Dream. For a half hour. Or at least somewhere. My uncle Antonio walks whenever he needs to dream up a new idea. Walk, think up a new idea. Put your ideas on our blog. Poems, thoughts. Walk. Somewhere. Dream. Make time for this everyday. Walk to the exhibit. It […]









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