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| October 2009 is Mindful Metropolis’ 6th issue; what we are hearing from readers and advertisers leads us to believe we are doing an incredible job. The content is relevant and informative; the layout is professional, interesting and competitive. However, what is not seen are the layers creating the infrastructure on which we build our product. We have networks of editorial. We have vital production, layout and design professionals, a cache of knowledgeable consultative sales, marketing and relationship-building talent, and the unsung heroes of the Mindful web products that support our print initiative. Today, the web team brings you a redesigned and expanded new website (see below for features of the new site). Please enjoy the October issue, and look for more wonderful additions to our media portfolio! |
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| Eco-Fashion Forward
Grabbing a favorite tee from our closet or throwing on a well-worn pair of jeans feels like second nature, but often makes a bigger statement than we realize. Keep your eye on the catwalk and take a peek at what some Chicago-based designers have to offer. Read More | | 
| Fall Colors & Local Wines: A Perfect Pairing
Take a trip this month to enjoy the Chicago region’s beautiful fall colors—and maybe a glass of organic wine. Read More | | 
| A Year on the Land
Farmer, author and founder of The Land Connection foundation, Terra Brockman, talks about the seasons, local food systems and buying food based on values. Read More | | 
| Did You Hear?
Soak Up the Sun
Illinois’ solar families welcome visitors into their homes for the Illinois Solar Energy Association’s 2009 Solar Homes Tour.
Read More Trophy Lunch
How Chicago Public Schools students are reinventing cafeteria food, and what it means for the future of school lunches.
Read More Shift Happens
Emanuel Kuntzelman, president of the Center for Cultural Interchange and Greenheart, believes a shift is on the horizon.
Read More Get involved and make a difference for animals
If you’re an animal lover, your volunteer efforts are especially needed right now.
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| Green City
People in Your Community
Jessa Brinkmeyer: Owner of Pivot Boutique in Chicago Read More | | 
| Living Healthy
Trick or Treat, Give Me Something Healthy to Eat!
This Halloween, select treats that are good for kids’ health and easy on the planet.
Read More Soothe Your Soul: A Dynamic Collaboration for Healing
No matter where you are on your journey to wellness, Solay Wellness, Spark of the Heart and Mystic Fountain offer a group of healers to help you navigate your way.
Read More From Your Local Farmer
Prime Time for Frost-Kissed Kale: Kale is a wonderfully earthy, nutritious green that is good year-round, but achieves true greatness only after the first frost.
Read More Eat Here: Province
American Fare with a Latin Twist
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| Art & Soul
The Sweater Chop Shop
Sewing one-of-a-kind creations from recycled sweaters
Read More Books The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History of the Chicago River by Libby Hill (Lake Claremont Press, 4th printing 2007)
Read More Beauty and the Soul: The Extraordinary of Everyday Beauty to Heal Your Life by Piero Ferrucci (Penguin Group)
Read More Film The Boys Are Back Based on Simon Carr’s acclaimed 2001 memoir, The Boys Are Back is an affecting account of family reunification and redemption as a successful sportswriter and absentee father (Clive Owen) attempts to reconnect with his estranged sons following the unexpected death of his wife.
Read More The Burning Plain Magnolia Pictures (Guillermo Arriaga, Writer/Director). The sins of the past are visited on the present in The Burning Plain, starring Charlize Theron as a sullen Oregon restaurant hostess drowning in self-destruction before confronting a long-buried secret.
Read More Music Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt Slide to Freedom 2 (Northern Blues)
Read More Alex Cuba Agua Del Pozo (Caracol)
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| In Every Issue
Publisher’s Notes
Fashionable Thinking Eco-smart, green chic, verde glamour…the words “sustainable” and “fashion” are not typically synonymous to most of us as we try to cobble together a way to live with less impact on the world. Yet, we cannot ignore the fact that fashion, especially in men’s and women’s couture, is a vital part of our culture and economy.
Read More From the Readers
Feedback from our readers Regarding styrofoam, Another way to avoid it—or any type of container waste—in restaurants is to bring your own containers.
Read More Life, etc.
Starlight, Star Bright How I lost my life's savings and a poem saved my life.
Read More Final Thoughts
William Shakespeare, HamletRead More | 
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Mindful Launches New Website
We offer a fantastic e-viewer of the current and previous issues delivering the identical-to-print reader experience with fully a fully functional e-table of contents and e-advertiser directory; Our content is searchable with a newly compiled list of tags; Our Calendar section not only has the “editor’s picks” which parallel the print version and an extended list of events around town; We offer a categorized, Professional Services Directory and Marketplace option (which is offered at no additional charge to the advertisers who place ads in print); We blog with updates relevant to current content that are not static – the blog offers special features not in print like the “Adopt-a-Pet” listing and promotions for events that we are host or sponsor; We have RSS links to several sections as well as Twitter and Facebook feeds; There is a searchable location listing to find where to pick up Mindful Metropolis in print (over 580 locations and growing); And, if you want to know where we are hanging out around town, check out ‘Mindful Appearances.’ There is so much more on the horizon. Read more about new website |
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