Design & Lifestyle...

I am so excited about my hot date with "Green Architect Dave" who I met in Yoga class. First things first, I figure I need some new threads; "green" threads that is.

I had no clue that the perennial denim fave, Levi’s, makes Eco friendly jeans! They’re distinguishable by a lowercase "e" stitched in green and are priced comparably with traditional Levi's. I try the women's basic 565 Boot Cut for a mere $59.Straight 539. For a casual but sassy top I went to ‘Under the Canopy's’ website, www.underthecanopy.com for stylish tops made of 100 percent organic cotton or soy for $34-$56. They have words on them like, "Faith," "Awaken" and "Devotion". I go with "Faith" because that’s what I need for my ‘Dave’ date. (That and an organic bottle of wine.)

AsI pull up to his house I am so not surprised to see an LS Hybrid. This is the new hot hybrid by Lexus. It’s sexy and green, just like Dave. (Insert nervous sigh here.)

His small but lovely house is surrounded by, guess what? Greenery! I suppose he has a green thumb too. If I have a plant for more than three days, it’s a miracle. This includes cacti.

He answers the door and the first thing I notice is how good his place smells.

"Incense," he says. "Plus my java log". I take a look around and I think to myself that I could totally live here. OK, maybe I’m getting ahead of myself, but I can live like this. Just call me the ‘green goddess’!

Instead I thankfully keep that thought to myself and say, "What’s a java log?"

Dave tells me it’s this funky new fireplace item that is chemical free and burns clean using coffee grinds and has no chemical smell. It also has 25% more energy than wood. Even I know that also saves some trees.

As Dave cracks open the organic wine I brought over he asks me what I do for a living. I tell him I’m a tree farmer. Just kidding! I confess to him I’m a hungry writer.

He leads me to a table where he’s prepared a vegetarian feast. I spy chickpeas out of the corner of my eye. Where’s that organic wine?

"We have organic spanikopita, a pear pecan salad, Mediterranean pasta and my personal favorite, root vegetable gratin with chickpeas." It actually all looked delicious, except for the chickpeas.

He told me that all this amazingly fresh food comes from www.diamondorganics.com. It’s a nationwide delivery service that specializes in organic gourmet raw and prepared foods.

It tastes so good I might not even miss the meat!

Maybe.

Hey--did you miss the beginning of RiverWired's new Green Reality Series: Girls Gone Green? Come on, catch up. Check out Shari’s previous posts here.