Showing posts with label raw union festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label raw union festival. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 July 2009

See me Singing at Raw Union :)

Wow…it’s three weeks today since Mr. M and I were wedded at the Raw Union festie...we’re feeling so blessed in our lives together, as our journey continues to deepen and expand :) I wanted to send some more shout–outs today to some of the wonderful people who helped co–create our wedding event...

*The Henna Artists – we were so blessed to be joined by the uber–talented henna tattoo artists Pamela and Chele, who both gifted me beautiful bridal henna all over my arms, feet and upper back. Three weeks later my henna has almost totally gone now, the memories will definitely last though ;) Thank you, lovelies :)

*Liv – my wedding dress was made by our dear friend Liv in Ojai, California. Liv is a master seamstress who has been making custom clothes since 1968 ;O. I chose the silk, we worked out the pattern between us and she brought it to life – love it :) She even incorporated a piece of cloth from my grandmother Lily's shawl into the dress, as the under–bust sash. Thank you, lovely Liv :)


On July the 9th I loved:

1 quart water
3 cups greeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, lettuce, zucchini, carrot, ginger
big bowl of raw elixir ice cream :)
3 cups water
2 cups greeeeeen veggie juice: celery, cucumber, spinach, lettuce, zucchini, carrot, ginger
shared meal with Mr. M of fresh figs with almond butter – wow ;O
1 quart water


*Time Capsule Contributors – thanks be to everyone who sent goodies in for the Raw Union time capsule – it was so FUN to see all the offerings to the future. Remember to mark your calendars for June 21st 2059 when we have the intention to re–open the capsule with whoever is around and have a half–century Raw Union re–union ;)

*Chaya Ryvka – the creator of our astonishingly gorgeous raw wedding cakes. I’ve sent shout–outs to the fabulous Chaya here before – her work is SO exemplary though and there have been so many comments on the wedding cake pics, that I wanted to honour her contribution here again ;) Chaya runs classes showing you how to make ext–raw–dinary cakes and other creations, in the SF Bay area and beyond – you can see her site, blog and class schedule here – enjoy :) THANK YOU goddess Chaya :)

Remember that you can also get the Raw Union Wedding Recipes Ebook now, HERE, which contains all the recipes used for the wedding celebration, including Chaya’s amazing wedding cakes.


on July the 10th I enjoyed:

1 quart water
2 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses and Phytoplankton
shared yummy meal with Mr. M again of fresh figs with almond butter
1 quart water
10 chlorella nuts
3 cups coconut smoothie: coconut meat, lucuma, mesquite powder, cardamom, cinnamon, water, with a curry noriwrap on the side
3 cups water


on July the 11th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeeeen juice
½ cup carrot juice with Greener Grasses Powder
big greeeeen salad with tomatoes, red bell pepper, cucumber, olives and tahini/garlic/lemon dressing
1 quart water
15 chlorella ‘nuts’
shared meal with Mr. M of big bowl of blueberries with Go! Almond Butter
3 cups water


...and if you’d love to see me singing at the festie, on the morning of the wedding, Mr. M just put up a video on TheRawFoodWorld.tv of the first part of my ‘set’ ;) Muchos kudos and gratitude again out to Mr. Maxwell Waker for accompanying me on guitar – great job :)


All gratitude and unfolding delights,
Ms. Stok–Mon. xxx

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Raw Union Pictures and Videos Galore ;)

OooOooooo, thank you dear ones for all the lovely wedding wishes that have been flowing in – we appreciate you all :)
As anticipated, the wedding photos and videos have been flowing in – love it ;) Today I will share here some choice selections for your delectation...let's begin with some pictures from the phenomenal Rawtographer, Jeff Skeirik :

At the opening ceremony


The lovely crowd at the opening ceremony


Arriving at the balcony for the wedding ceremony


During the ceremony, officiated by David 'Avocado' Wolfe

Exchanging rings


Looking out to the colourful crowd


Kissing as husband and wife ;)


With our AMAZING raw wedding cake in the foreground

Thank you Jeff, for all the wonderful pictures :)

on June the 22nd I had:

1 quart water
3 shots of wheatgrass juice
yummy platter of wedding feast leftovers, followed by a big slice of coconut cream pie – yummmmmm :)
1 quart water
3 cups almond/cardamom milk
1 quart water

Excitingly, Mr. M has just put up his first of eight Raw Union videos, this evening...it is footage from the lead–up to the wedding ceremony – see below and enjoy ;)

There are seven more videos to come in this series – stay tuned to TheRawFoodWorld.tv to get all the updates as they come out... ;) Check out the SUPER-cool new video intro and outro too - yeeeeeeeeee-HAH ;)

on June the 23rd I had:

1 quart water
1.5 cups greeeeeeen juice
yummy platter of wedding feast leftovers, followed by a slice of coconut cream pie – yummmmmm :)
1.5 quarts water
2 cups hazelnut/cardamom milk
1 quart water


on June the 24th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, fennel, ginger
big plate of greeeen salad, kelp noodles, tahini dressing, tomatoes, dulse, followed by a chunk of leftover coconut cream pie – yummmm :)
1 quart water
1 cup greeeeeen juice: celery, cucumber, parsley, fennel, ginger
honeymoon wedding cake feast of leftover wedding cake/coconut cream pie/durian ice cream ;)
1 quart water


There have also been many other Raw Union wedding videos, pics and blogs posted all over the 'net already...here are some places to check out:

*Photos people have tagged me in, on Facebook

*YouTube search for 'Raw Union'

*Penni Shelton's blog summary

*RawFoodRightNow's blog summary

*A behind–the–scenes video with raw chef Solla in the Angel's kitchen

ENJOOOYYYY :)

We love you,
Ms. Stokes–Monarch. xxx

Monday, 22 June 2009

Our Raw Food Wedding - Raw Union :)

WOW :O
What an absolutely PHENOMENAL weekend we just shared with the raw family here in Oregon :) I am delighted to say that I am now officially Ms. Stokes–Monarch :)
We enjoyed the most divinely flowing, serendipitous, loving marriage ceremony and party yesterday with hundreds of gathered loved ones, in glorious sunshine with truly ext–raw–dinary food, outstanding music and abundant love flowing in all directions :) We are feeling so extremely blessed, loved up and grateful now, as we settle into the terms 'husband' and 'wife', hand out leftovers, tidy through the site and anticipate the joy of seeing photos and footage of the event, as they appear ;)
For now, I don't have so many pictures to share with you, as I wasn't really taking photos much myself this weekend ;) I have a couple to show you here though for now – hopefully many more to come as things settle more...

A picture from the festival opening ceremony, by Jeff the Rawtographer

Mr. Monarch covered in chocolate at the men's 'bachelor' party.

on June the 19th I had:

1 quart water
3 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
1.5 cups almond milk with lucuma, maca, Himalayan salt, cardamom, cayenne
big greeeeeen salad with tomatoes, olives, sprouts, tahini–lime dressing, a dollop of raw chutney on the side, followed by half a raw oatmeal cookie – yummmmmm :)
1 quart water
1.5 cups almond milk with lucuma, maca, Himalayan salt, cardamom, cayenne
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
little plate of salad with yummy green dressing and sprouts, followed by samples of different flavoured coconut macaroons: chai, lemon–ginger and vanilla – yummmmmm :)
3 cups water

There are SO many people I would love to thank for their roles in helping co–create this amazing celebration here this weekend. Thanks to all of you who came to join us here in the physical and big love too, to all of you who were with us in spirit and sending love – we FELT your loving flow :))) So many thanks to all of the festival volunteers especially for flowing with the unfoldment of this event and supporting the possibility of this joyous experience for all of us :)
There are also a few people I would love to send personal shouts out to for their sharing here (aside from my dearest Mr. Monarch of course, who was the original instigator of this whole event ;)
I would love to send huge love, gratitude and blessings to:

Laura Fox – the festival would simply not have existed without Laura – she is truly the ultimate raw festival goddess and we LOVE her :)

Solla – the Icelandic Kitchen Goddess delivered the most diviiiine raw wedding feast imaginable and with unparalleled love, joy and dedication – the kitchen crew were totally inspired by her glowing spirit and the crowd LOVED her creations – we LOVE Solla :)

Chaya – this gorgeous cake queen stepped in at the last minute to create the finest wedding cake we have ever seen, when we heard the Boutenkos were no longer able to deliver us cake. I hope to have cake photos to show you soon...Chaya's spirit and creations are like nothing else out there – absolutely stunningly BEAUTIFUL – we LOVE Chaya :)

Annie Jubb and Michelle Sabathne – these two wonderful goddesses held the space for the women's pre–wedding goddess gathering – what a tremendous send–off into wedded blissful union with my beloved – thank you beautiful spirits – we LOVE you both :)

David Wolfe – we were so delighted to have the multi–talented, glowing chocolate bishop officiate our nuptials with his passion, clarity and joy – it was, of course, the best wedding ever, by far... ;) We LOVE Dr. Wolfe.

Rainbeau Mars – ahhhh, sweet sister Rainbeau was in attendance to share yoga, meditation and her beautiful spirit...what a blessing – we LOVE Rainbeau :)

Moon and Nature – LOL – I am so in AWE of these incredible conduits for universal energy and flow...these freestyling MCs open their mouths and love just flows out at an awe–inspiring rate of words per minute...SO much love for these guys :)

La Soprana
– WOW – we were SO awesomely blessed to have opera singer Michelle singing during our ceremony... :O I literally felt like I was being electrocuted with energy flow after we were pronounced 'husband and wife' and Michelle broke out into 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' – THANK YOU Michelle, we LOVE you :)

Ken and Peggy – the gracious owners of the gorgeous Angel's Farm where the event was held. Thanks be to this loving pair for their generosity, open–ness, loving spirits and dedication – we LOVE Ken and Peggy :)

The Musicians – the musical talent present here this weekend was truly off the hook...praise be to all the gathered lovelies who were sharing their musical flow – especially the wonderful Max Waker who accompanied me on guitar on Sunday morning for a half hour set of some of my favourite songs (hopefully we'll have a video of that up soon too at TheRawFoodWorld.TV ;) – we LOVE the musicians :)

Our Families – massive appreciation and love to all our blood family members who made the journey to share our wedding day – thanks for the support, excitement and love. Thanks especially to Matt's brother Brian for the very cool photo montage – another thing we'll hopefully have up for you soon on TheRawFoodWorld.tv ;) We LOVE you all ;)

There are sooooo many more people to thank - so, for now, thank you alllll... :)

on June the 20th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
2 cups greeeeen juice
handful of blueberries, 3 apricots, a chunk of fresh durian ;)
2 cups water
1.5 cups celery soup, 2 cups energy soup with onion bread and freeze–dried salted raw nuts - wow :)
3 cups water


on June the 21st I had:

1 quart water
1 cup coconut water with Greener Grasses and ginger
cup of celery soup, a powerwrap, 1 cup coconut water with Greener Grasses
2 shots of sprout juice – WOW :)
cup of celery soup, followed by 1 Tbsp goji bliss butter and 3 apple–snap crackers
3 cups water
the wedding feast – an enormous shared plate of all the AMAAAAZING wedding buffet foods (THAAAANK YOOOOUUUUU Solla and all the phenomenal kitchen crew :), followed by pieces of the four cakes: coconut crème pie, lemon–coconut wedding cake, chocolate wedding cake, chocolate chill cake – WOW :)
cup of peppermint tea
1 quart water

ahhhhh, yes, more wedding blissing meanderings to come in the following days I'm sure...for now I shall leave you with a blissed grin and a little reminder that the simply divine Raw Mom Summit is starting tonight – a week long event of FREE raw food talks on the subject of natural birthing/parenting, sacred relationships and more...I'm SO excited about this series of talks and I hope you'll enjoy them too – over 5000 people have apparently signed up for this event already – YUMMY ;)
ENJOY :)
All love,
Ms. Angela Stokes–Monarch (ooooo lala ;) xxx

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Raw Union - Our Wedding Countdown ;)

OoooOoooo, we are SOooooOOooo blessed :) Things are flowing just beautifully here in S. Oregon in the run–up to the Raw Union festie and our wedding – thanks to everyone who is helping co–create this wonderful event :) Here is a little video from Mr. M over at TheRawFoodWorld.TV from today, sharing some of the pre–wedding excitement :)


Remember, if you want to send anything in for the Raw Union time capsule, you can send it quickety–split quick to:

Raw Union Time Capsule,
c/o Angel’s Organic Farm
9394 Blackwell Rd.
Central Point, OR 97502

Or you can email things to angela@rawreform.com MARKED for the Time Capsule and I'll print them out and add them to the mix ;)

THANK YOU :)

on June the 16th I had:

1 quart water
cup of acai tea
cup of Macaforce and Vitamineral Earth powders mixed together with water
big greeeeen leafy salad with yummy tahini/dulse dressing, followed by little blocks of chia ice cream – YUMMMMMMM :)
1 quart water
shot of wheatgrass juice, 2 cups greeeeen juice, 20 chlorella nuts
2 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses
little bowl of chia ice creams – WOOOOW – amazing flavours: cardamom, lavender–cherry, citrus–mint – YUMMMM :)
cup of mint tea
1 quart water

We were very delighted and grateful to receive a little jewel of a wedding gift today, from Shazzie, Kate Magic and Philip McCluskey over in the UK – see below for the yummies:


(: THANKS LOVELIES :)

on June the 17th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeeen juice
4 Tbsp bee pollen/hemp seed mixture
30 chlorella 'nuts'
2 cups greeeen juice
2 'powerwraps'
1 quart water
big greeeeen salad with yummy tahini–lime dressing, olives and chutney, followed by 2 chunks of raw chia ice cream
1 quart water


on June the 18th I had:

1 quart water
2 cups greeeeeeen juice – celery, cucumber, spinach, parsley, lemon, ginger
25 chlorella 'nuts'
big greeeeen salad with yummy tahini–lime dressing, olives and chutney, followed by 2 chunks of raw chia ice cream
3 cups water
1.5 cups lime/mint slushie
2 cups coconut water with Greener Grasses powder
3 cups yummmmy smoothie: coconut water, coconut meat, freeze-dried durian, stevia, vanilla, maca, with extra freeze-dried durian on the side - yummmmm - a drink fit for a Monarch ;)
2 cups water

…and if you're located more to the right of the Atlantic and would love somewhere fun to play out with raw yumsters soon, may I suggest again that you make your way along to the delightful Funky Raw gatherings coming up soon in the gorgeous Sussex countryside? ;)
The Funky Raw Retreat is coming up very soon – July 3rd to the 10th – and for an investment of just £50 you can join the Funky Crew for a sumptuously relaxing week of raw food, camping, daily yoga, workshops, meditation, music and connecting with others in nature. Ticket sales stop soon – next Monday the 22nd, so hop on over to SpaceofLove.co.uk to reserve your space now, if you'd love to play with the UK raw pixies in the woods ;)
The Space of Love Summer Festie is also happening later in the summer – the weekend of August 14–17th, you can join with the tribe again in the Sussex countryside for more delicious fun and games...
For details on both events and to secure your place, visit the SpaceofLove site HERE...enjoy :)

All love,
Miss Stokes (last few days of this name – eeeeeeeeek ;) xxx

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Join The FREE Raw Mom Summit :)

OOOoooooooooo, I’m VERY excited to announce a fabulous new free raw online event coming up soon: The Raw Mom Summit ;O WOW :) I am soooo excited to hear this collection of interviews with speakers on natural parenting from around the world. This FR*E*E event starts on June 22nd and runs to June 28th – you can sign up HERE to listen to interviews with people such as:

*Byron Katie – world-renowned author/speaker
*Jean Liedloff (author of ‘The Continuum Concept’ – WOW :)
*Susun Weed – master herbalist

*Elena Tonetti (maker of the ‘Birth Into Being’ DVD)

Raw Gals:
* Victoria Boutenko * Shazzie * Anna Maria Clement * Brigitte Mars
* Kate Magic * Katrina Rainoshek * Nadine Artemis * Angela Stokes *
Valya Boutenko * Lorenna * Karen Ranzi * Andrea Nison *

Raw Guys:

* Gabriel Cousens * Brian Clement * David Wolfe * Paul Nison * Shantree *
Daniel Vitalis * Wayne Gendel *

Soooo...you may have noticed my name in there – what’s that all about you may wonder, as I’m not yet a momma? Well, the delightful organizers at RawMom.com wanted someone to speak about the emotional connection with food, so I got to play too :) Fun :)
I am suuuuuper excited to hear these interviews – I feel this is going to be an outstanding event on a topic that I personally am very interested in and I’m sure a lot of you are too – YAY :) Thanks to Shannon and Tera at RawMom for this amazing opportunity and remember y’all to click over HERE to register for this free event – enjoy :)

on June the 8th I had:

1 quart water
2 Tbsp bee pollen
2 cups greeeeen juice, ½ Tbsp ‘Elixir of the Lake’ powder – phew ;)
meal of romaine wraps stuffed with a greeeen salad, spicy tahini dip, mixed sprouts, tomatoes, dulse, olives and avo, followed by a piece of ‘banana nut bread’ – yummmmm ;)
3 cups water with rooibos
water of two young coconuts, one with pieces of rawnola and freeze–dried durian stirred in
3 cups water

I’m very excited to say that the schedule is now more or less fixed into place for the Raw Union festie – YAY :)
You can see the line–up HERE.
I seem to be scheduled to be singing on Sunday morning – eeeeeeeek – I haven’t sung on stage for a while...if you’re coming to the festie and might be excited to provide musical accompaniment (e.g. guitar), please email me on angela@rawreform.com and lemme know ;)


on June the 9th I had:

1 quart water
shot of wheatgrass juice
2 cups greeeeen juice
2 cups water
big shared meal at Mary’s Secret Garden, including lime/mint slushie, pistachio/mint smoothie, raw tabhouli, ‘tacos’, Italian wrap, sushi nori and pecan pie/Goji Bliss butter – pheeeew ;)
1 quart water

Other exciting RawUnion Updates:

*Cathy Silvers is now joining us to provide a complimentary chocolate elixir bar for the wedding celebration (watch out ;)
*We have a Raw Opera Singer serenading the event – yeeeee–HAH ;)
*New videos from David Wolfe, Rainbeau Mars and Kevin Gianni discussing the event...

It’s just two weekends away now – we are excited to see you there :) You can book your tickets at RawUnion.com now, if you haven’t already registered...

All love,
Angela. xxx