by Advocate Staff | Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Light shimmers off the choppy surface of the Connecticut River. Despite the warm early spring sun, the wind is still cold and penetrating as it blows in off the water and over the perfectly manicured Riverfront Park in Springfield. The ribbon was cut only five months...
by Amanda Drane | Apr 5, 2016 | Articles, News, Third Eye Roaming, Wellness
The power vinyasa class hasn’t even begun and most around me — 50 bodies with mats no more than an inch apart — are drenched with sweat. As we struggle through the humidity-induced delirium in the 93-degree room at Northampton’s Shiva Shakti, tonight’s teacher...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Keep up the clean air fightYears ago your paper blew the whistle on pollution generated by Monsanto located off Route 141 a short distance west of the proposed Palmer Paving Biomass debacle, (“EPA Fines Springfield? Corporate Citizens?” Jan. 15, 2013). My tax paying...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 5, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Uncategorized
I’m a wicked Zelda geek. I grew up playing the Nintendo series on every console it came out on. When my friend Doug Poole started apprenticing at Shark Tank Tattoo in Easthampton, I asked him to do Link’s life hearts and the Hylian Shield. He’s done...
by By Warren Johnston | Apr 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
I might as well say it up front: Argentine Malbec is best with food, especially red meat and, maybe soft, smelly cheeses.After all, most of the world’s Malbec comes from a country known for its grilled meats.This hit me recently when I tried Septima Obra Malbec, a...
