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The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
Adidas Yatra Studio Bag

• What: A duffel bag with style and posh.
• Why: For once, a likable d-bag.
• Where: Online at Zappos.

Bits and Bites
Northeast Social

• What: “An American contemporary style restaurant with a farm-to-fork agenda.”
• Why: Polish up your social skills.
• Where: 359 13th Avenue, Northeast Minneapolis

Around Town
Sundown Movie in the Park

• What: Park and Rec’s outdoor summer film series. This weekend’s flick: March of the Penguins.
• Why: Sundown, you better take care.
• When: Friday, June 18th @ 15 minutes after sundown.
• Where: Linden Hills Park ~ 43rd and Xerxes, Minneapolis

I Think I Can
Advanced Pilates & Calisthenics Workout

• What: A video of hard core strength and control.
• Why: Monkey see, Monkey do.
• Where: Online at YouTube

A friend posted a link to an article on Facebook. The picture attached to the link depicts a colorful array of apples in a market stand. At first glance, it looks sweet and harmless. But upon clicking and reading, I soon discovered the sour message behind the article: 7 Foods So Unsafe Even Farmers Won’t Eat Them.

I know what you are thinking: “I don’t really want to read that.” But you do. And here’s why.
A team of experts, including scientists, doctors and farmers, were asked which foods they have banned from their diets. The answers will make you re-think your food choices. The experts’ concerns reside in how many of our ‘healthy’ foods (apples, potatoes, canned tomatoes, salmon) are conventionally packaged and produced. In the article, each expert gives both a reason and a resolution to their food fear, so as to not leave you hanging in the apple tree.

The moral of the story? Buy organic when possible, for soon the old adage may have to be edited a tad—An organic, pesticide free, non- chemical, anti-residue-ridden apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Tired of the same old morning munchies routine? Here’s a breakfast breakthrough: avocado toast. Sound a little strange, yet simple and tasty? That’s because it is. Not only is it a great way to make use of avocados that tend to spoil before you even remember that you bought them , but it gives your day a fantastic kick-start (especially for you hard working Boot Campers out there). The ingredients are as easy as 1, 2, 3: toast (preferably wheat or whole grain), avocado and—wait for it—red pepper flakes. I tried it this morning and it was delicious. (Actually, truth be told, I was fresh out of red pepper flakes. So I gussied up my avocado toast with a few splashes of hot sauce. Just as good, if not better. And it gave me just the pep I needed after a 7:00 a.m. Pilates workout.) Now you try it. In just one breakfast you’ll get a dose of monounsaturated or ‘good’ fat, fiber, vitamin C and just the right amount of heat to send you off on our day. Plus, you won’t have to throw another avocado away. Hooray!

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
Water Bottle with Wrap

• What: A 25oz. stainless steel bottle with a spill resistant lid and a pretty insulated wrap.
• Why: Discover the softer side of steel.
• Where: Online at Etsy

Bits and Bites
Restaurant Alma

• What: Locally-crafted food with seasonal and organic ingredients.
• Why: Get fresh with your food.
• Where: 528 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis

Around Town
Vertical Endeavors

• What: One of the largest indoor rock climbing facilities in the world.
• Why: This week’s rain has got you climbing the walls.
• Where: 855 Phalen Boulevard, St. Paul

I Think I Can
Rules of Life: 10 Things You Should Already Know by Now

• What: 10 simple rules to live by.
• Why: Hold on loosely, but don’t let go.
• Where: Online at How to Get a Grip

The healthiest picks for your weekend pleasures and indulgences.

Got to Have It
Colorblock Performance Pants

• What: A pair of hard working pants: they wick moisture, block the sun and go in reverse.
• Why: These pants were made for performing, and that’s just what they’ll do.
• Where: Online at Lands End.

Bits and Bites
Jasmine Deli

• What: A diamond in the ruff of Eat Street.
• Why: For the love of Vietnamese spice and everything nice.
• Where: 2532 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis

Around Town
Minneapolis Farmers Markets

• What: Need a list of the city’s finest outdoor markets? Look no further.
• Why: We’ve got the cream of the crop.
• When: Now through October.
• Where: Mill City, Downtown, Northeast, to name a few.

I Think I Can
Motivational Quote

• What: “I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”
• Who: Kurt Vonnegut
• Where: Online at GoodMorningGoodNight.