The fifth day of Shopping Locally
by Mike - October 7, 2008 9:43pm
Today a friend and I had lunch at the Armsby Abbey on Main Street. Not only are they a local business, but on their menu they note all the ingredients that come from area farms.
We didn’t order any food with local ingredients, but my friend ordered a Polar Cola, made (last time I checked) right here in Worcester. (See Buck Paxton’s thread on Polar premium sodas.)
In the evening I stopped by my neighborhood’s great Stone Soup community center to drop off a donation on behalf of another group (not my money), then went to my first class in an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course. MBSR came out of a program at Worcester’s UMass Med School, so it’s a local product, too.
Thanks to all the folks here and at Worcesterite for their suggestions on local sources for winter coats and hard drives.
Mike Benedetti was born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, and is an Eagle Scout.
MBSR isn’t just a local course, it’s a nationally recognized program that’s really changing the way traditional doctors understand stress and meditation. Go woo!