feed (your soul)

Being the magazine wh()re that I am, I had no choice but to pick this up when I saw it at the book store....I couldn't even help myself...my arm just reached out and grabbed it.... ;)

Meet the lovely and inspiring Lauren Bush...and her new husband David Lauren (his father is the Ralph Lauren)

Lauren is the founder of FEED Projects.

FEED began in 2006 when Lauren Bush designed a bag to benefit the United Nations World Food Programme's (WFP) School Feeding program. As a WFP Honorary Student Spokesperson, Lauren visited countries around the world in Asia, Latin America, and Africa where WFP is operating and was inspired by the plight of the people she met on her travels. She took a special interest in WFP's School Feeding program, which feeds and educates hungry children. She first created the FEED 1 bag, a reversible burlap and organic cotton bag reminiscent of the bags of food distributed by WFP, to help raise funds and awareness around these school feeding operations. It was stamped with "FEED the children of the world" and the number ‘1’ to signify that each bag feeds one child in school for one year.

To date, FEED has raised over $6 million and 60 million meals.

Amazing.

They have a wonderful website:http://www.feedprojects.com/  where they not only give you the complete background/history of the organization, but also sell the FEED products..

This the FEED 2 Kenya bag that I've been wanting forever.  Not only is it great looking, but its purchase  provides nutritious school meals to two Kenyan children for an entire year.  Again, pretty amazing.

Check out this video....

With the holidays right around the corner, is there someone in your life that would appreciate a cool gift, while knowing that it's purchase also helped children in need?  I'm thinking the answer is yes. :)

talk soon

cp

this is your life.....

I loved this, and wanted to share.

If you sit back and look at your life, are you happy with everything in it?  Are you doing something that brings you joy?...even if it's not your day job....

I must say that starting this blog has brought me a happiness I didn't even know was missing, so I'm grateful for that.

Happy Monday!

talk soon

cp

the blog that started it all

Meet Scott Schuman, creator of The Sartorialist.....the blog that started it all for me.  I stumbled across it one day back in 2009 and that was it.  I was hooked.  Scott began The Sartorialist with the idea of creating a two-way dialogue about the world of fashion and its relationship to daily life.  He is a blogger / journalist / photographer. 



I have often shared random pictures from his blog with friends. 

Intel did a short video on Scott and he describes his process for selecting shots.  I've seen the video several times, but there is one particular sentence that moves me every single time (so much so that the first time I heard it I wrote it down..I'm a nerd that way)....

"it seems odd, but you know, it's almost like going out there and letting yourself fall in love a little bit every day.....letting yourself be seduced a little bit every day..."

Check the video out here:

Link to The Sartorialist here:
http://www.thesartorialist.com/


Is there something in your life that incites that type of statement?  Something you're passionate about?  What is it??

talk soon!
cp