Publisher's letter
o you know how many toxins, chemicals and bacteria we are exposed to on a daily basis? The human body is an amazing machine that fi ghts off intruders and cleans up and detoxifi es itself every day. Because there are so many toxins that we are exposed to that we have no control over, it becomes imperative that we make every effort to protect ourselves in terms of what we do have control over – what we eat, drink, put on our body and more. Detoxing your life means looking at every aspect of your life and cleaning it up. That includes diet, exercise, relationships, fi nances, spiritual- ity, and work. If we are involved with people or things that don’t serve us in some areas of our life, that clutter or negativ- ity will eventually fi lter into other healthy areas of our life and bring them down.
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Detoxing on a physical level involves cleaning up our diet, exercising on a regular basis and making an effort to reduce the amount of tox- ins we are exposed to in our personal care products. When you get a chance, take a look at the labels of your personal care products, you will be shocked to fi nd that almost all of them (unless you are already using toxic-free) contain many toxic ingredients. Detoxing your life in other areas such as relationships, fi nances, spirituality and work simply requires you to check in with how you are feeling in each area. Are you involved with people that are causing you major stress? Do you have a large amount of debt or is your fi nancial life unorganized? Do you have a hard time meditating or taking time for yourself for spiritual pursuits? Have you lost your passion for your career or job? These are just a few of the questions you should be asking yourself to determine if you need to detox other areas of your life.
As spring is around the corner, this is a perfect time to examine all aspects of your life and determine what needs some good, old fash- ioned spring cleaning. Out with the old and in with the new, it’s the only way to make room for all of the new abundance that is just wait- ing to come into your life!
In health and happiness,
of Maine’s restaurant culture. Restaurants throughout the state can participate in MRW. Participating restaurants will feature special three-course
W menus for you to choose from. Dinner menus are priced at $25, $35, $45 or $55 and lunch menus are priced at $15. This is a great opportunity to try out new restaurants or re-visit some old favorites!
In addition to the dining options, MRW also offers some fun events. The Incredible Breakfast Cook-off (Friday, February 27th at Sea Dog Brewing Company, South Portland) will kick-off the festivities for Maine Restaurant Week. Local restaurants will battle it out for the best breakfast in Maine - taste and vote for your favorite. This year’s signature event will be the Food and Cocktail Pairing Competition (Sunday, March 8th at Prime Mercedes Benz, Scarborough). Bartenders and chefs will join forces to create cocktail and food pairings that are both delicious and unique - vote for your favorite pairing and help choose Maine’s best chefs and bartenders. This year, MRW also features “The Maine Dish: A Feast of Plays About Food”, each of the 12 “courses” are written by different local playwrights. Performances will be held at the Portland Ballet Studio Theatre, Thursday - Sunday, March 5th-8th.
Don’t miss out on all of the delicious food and exciting events that Maine Restaurant Week has to offer! Visit
http://www.mainerestaurantweek.com/ to see a full list of participating restaurants and to buy tickets for any of the events. In good health,
e all know that Maine is an exciting destination for food-lovers. Lucky for us, March features Maine Restaurant Week, one of the best dining events of the year. 2015’s festivities will mark the 6th anniversary of this celebration
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