Health and Beauty 
Welcome to the Warm(0)
If you’re looking for our HABA Department, you’ll find it at the intersection of Health and Beauty (or if you’re a guy, next to the beer coolers). From the point of view of manager Cathy Anderson and her staff, you can no more separate these two attributes than you can distinguish between inner and outer radiance.
But [...]
Confessions of a Pot Head
I stood motionless above the kitchen sink, the business end of a clay pot buried in my left nostril, my right hand steadying my trembling frame. Tilting my nose skyward, I could have sworn I heard a carnival calliope as a freakshow barker urged, “Ladies and gentlemen, step right up and watch the Human Fountain. Water goes in one [...]
You Screen, I Screen
I’m one of those poor unfortunates who only has to gaze through tinted windows on a sunny day to get a second degree sunburn 10 minutes later. Blame it on my Anglo-Saxon heritage. I often wonder how my ancestors managed to pillage their way up and down the coast of Britain with nary a drop of [...]
Emulate…Or Better Yet, Emu Early
One of the local vendors at our June 8 Member Appreciation Party is Emulate, a Boise-based supplier of natural healing products made with 100 percent pure pharmaceutical grade American Emu oil (certified by the American Emu Association). Emulate products also happen to be among our Member Specials for June, at 10 percent off regular price [...]