“Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.” Mark Twain The lady for whom I’d been waiting suddenly arrived, “David hi, Martha Blackwell nice to meet you.” I turned around to shake her hand but couldn’t help but notice a stringy piece of snot hanging from her nose. It dropped down from the bridge and [...]

“Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.” Carol Burnett It goes without saying that yesterday’s inauguration was one of the great days in American history. If the times were not so tough and the economy was not so bad, would Barack Obama have won the election? Maybe not. [...]

“The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.” Richard R. Grant “Thanks for friending me on Facebook,” Mike, an average 40ish guy said to me after taking my yoga class last week. Later that night I perused the various status updates on Facebook and saw things like: –”Janey is… [...]

Delicious moment:    TBA There’s a new product from Vosges Haut-Chocolat. The Cheese and Chocolate Collection features 5 cheeses & 28 chocolate truffles in addition to a series of chocolate bars and chocolate covered boomers for those looking to really indulge. If you know a foodie for whom you are searching for some affordable holiday pleasure, [...]

Delicious moment:    11-15-08       5:40pm      Dallas This past Sunday, I debuted the Beautiful, Funny, Delicious workshop in Dallas. After class, we sampled cheeses and olives from all corners of the globe. All were selected from Pollyanna Forster’s wine and cheese market EAT, DRINK in Edwards, Colorado. My favorite was the Bucheron which [...]

Delicious moment:    11-5-08        3:45pm      New York City I just finished teaching Yoga + Wine on a random midday class in the city (NYC). No matter how chaotic are the streets of New York, to taste the sea salt minearlity in a sip of Feudo Arancio’s Grillo (white wine from Sicily)  [...]

“The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom; for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.”  –William Blake After having been flown to NYC to teach Yoga + Chocolate at an international PR event, I attended the ensuing party on the top floor of a skyscraper. [...]

He who applies himself to the doctrine of truth, illuminates this world like the moon set free from the clouds.” –DhammapadaWhen I found out one of my favorite yoga teachers goes to a shrink, I figured it must be one helluva shrink. After all, I find great clarity in this yoga teacher’s class. So I [...]

“Nations grown corrupt Love bondage more than liberty; Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.” ~John Milton It was just about one year ago that I wrapped up my evening yoga class in Santa Monica when this dude Mike says to me, “Yo Dave, join us for some pizza or I’ll kick your ass.” “Ok, Mike, [...]

“City life is millions of people being lonesome together.” -Henry David Thoreau Last weekend I attended an incredible wedding. Hanging with college buddies whom I rarely see, dancing late into the night, celebrating all that’s good in life. Around 10pm on Saturday evening just as the wedding band started to rock, somebody I didn’t recognize [...]