Avocado Mango Strawberry Snack For The Beach

Avocado, Peach, Mango, Strawberry salad with a mint lime drizzle - keep things simple and try to pack your food in re-useable containers. Lets go plastic free the month of July.

Learn more about living a plastic free July here at Plastic Free July.

No cooking needed for this dish. Just a very sharp knife.



Ingredients:
- 1 organic avocado
- 1 mango
- 1 peach
- 8 large organic strawberries or more

Mint Lime Drizzle
- 1 teaspoon minced mint
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice or more

Avocados contain an enzyme called polyphenol oxidase, which causes avocados to turn brown with contact with oxygen.

How to keep an avocado from turning brown:
- rub lemon or lime on the avocado
- immediately immerse the avocado in ice cold water

Summer Sailstice Alameda 2013

The crew of the Iolani after a fun, windy, and wet day on the San Francisco Bay - 1st place finish!



Celebrating the 12th annual Summer Sailstice with free onshore and offshore fun.



A little fun on the rail while enjoying the sun after getting soaked going upwind



Crossed the finish line, now time for an adult beverage.



Fashion show at the main with the very handsome Noah.

One of my favorite sailing clothing companies is Marina Yachting, an Italian clothing company out of Genova, Italy. Discovering their brand and falling in love with their spinnaker logo in 1997 in Varazze, Italy, I continue to hunt down their clothing. Their jackets are a must have and remain a classic in any wardrobe. If you are ever in the EU, check out their other shops: Henry Cotton's, Moncler, and coast weber ahaus.

To watch the well chronicled history of Marina Yachting starting in 1878 to present, click on this link: http://www.marinayachting.it/#storia. To view the video, select the HERITAGE link at the bottom of the webpage and enjoy.



The American Youth Sailing Force was handing out rides on their SL33 catamaran.



Boat building contest and race at the Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda. You're given one day to build, launch and race your boat.



Here's the American Youth Sailing Force boat - Instead of having to 'turn' their boat or switch positions, they were both at the bow.



Photo with the winning team - Ian Andrews and Solomon Krevans


I am in this video! HA! I'm at the very end of the video taking a photo with the boys. What a fun group of awesome athletes. Must follow them on Youtube!



If you want to read a more detailed write up of the race, check out Sailstice Build-a-Boat Contest by Pressure Drop.


Photo by http://www.pressure-drop.us/forums/content.php?3608-Sailstice-Build-a-Boat-Contest

That's us on the boat. What a fun race!



At around 8:30 at night, we took one of the 'made that day' boat from Alameda to Oakland to find a sailboat for a midnight sail to Marin.



I'm not sure if the boat was rocking because we were laughing so much or if it was really that unstable. We almost fell out 6 times before getting to the other harbor. Took us about 1.5 hours to get to the Knarr 30.



By the time we got to the Knarr, it was getting dark, but still warm out. The three of us were dress in flip flops, shorts, lifejackets and fully prepared for the next 5 hours of sailing at night.



Once landed, stoke was high.

Now off to find the Knarr and sail away to Marin. We got into Marin about 3:30AM. What a ride! What a moon!

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Deltron 3030 at Stern Grove San Francisco

Deltron 3030 was like a rap opera in the park. DJ's playing, Del rapping, conductor conducting an orchestra all under a canopy of eucalyptus trees. Magical.  Deltron 3030 is composed of: rapper Del The Funky Homosapien, DJ Kid Koala, and producer Dan “The Automator” Nakamura. Some very solid talent on this stage.

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Stern Grove Festival is an admission-free performing arts series in a beautiful outdoor amphitheater located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco. In 2013, Stern Grove Festival will present its 76th Season.

Some amazing history about the grove "Stern Grove was purchased by Rosalie M. Stern and given as a gift to the City of San Francisco in 1931, in memory of her husband Sigmund, a prominent civic leader. George Greene originally homesteaded the Grove - a tract of sand dunes and marshes - in the 1840's. The Greene family planted the first eucalyptus trees in the Grove and built the Trocadero Inn, a popular recreation spot until its closure in 1916." Read more about the history here: History and Mission



There is a short, but steep walk into Stern Grove.  Once in the park, it's all flat and there are services for seniors and disabled patrons



Friends of ours got there at 8:30AM to reserve a space for the 10 of us. Note that blankets left unoccupied for more than an hour will be removed and can be collected at lost and found. Lucky our friend hung-out at the blanket area the whole time!



If you don't get there early, you're up in the tree house area.



The Grove Cafe has food truck style vendors and coffee, but you can bring your own food and alcohol.

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Kid Koala opened and he started off great with a tribute to MCA, Adam Yauch, from the Beastie Boys, but then lost me with some crazy grandma song. I think he might have had some technical issues with his deck, because I couldn't hear any mixing or effects... other than the song.



Cousin of Ice Cube, Del The Funky Homosapien hails straight outta the nickel dime...Oakland, California. His first solo album was released in 1991 'I Wish My Brother George Was Here' and Mistadobalina was loved ever since. Del was also part of Oakland's Hieroglyphics, whose original members included Souls of Mischief. Souls of Mischief's '93 'til Infinity' is one of the best albums to date.

Del's set was amazing! If you want to read an amazing review of Deltron 3030, check out Top Five Records writeup of Deltron 3030 Live at Stern Grove. Much more technical write up and very solid information about the concert.



Perfect seats on flat grassy area and an epic view of the stage.



Before the concert, there was a Q&A with a photo op for media. I got a chance to hear Del speak and take a photo with him. He's funny!

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Del

Websites:
- www.sterngrove.org

- wikipedia.org

- http://topfivemusic.wordpress.com/


Me and my friends!

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