Owner Gayle Dierkhising will be helping organize this January's Health and Wellness Month's restaurant activity in Calistoga. Although we know most of the restaurants in Calistoga already feature a fair amount of healthy but hedonistic offerings, there will be even greater emphasis on good-and-good-for-you dining in January. January, named for the Roman god Janus, is symbolized by one who looks both forward and backward, a perfect metaphor for the reflective time that January can be, and Calistoga is the perfect place for that quiet, reflective time.
The real bonus will be the exceptional packages available to visitors for lodging, spa treatments, dining, wine tours, shopping and other local activities. A couple of weekends will feature complimentary workshops and seminars as well as free events--family walk-runs, yoga classes, etc. Nothing personal, gentlemen, but there's also a whole week of activities for the women in your life. We'll keep you posted! You're also welcome to contact the Chamber of Commerce at 707-942-6333 or visit their website at calistogavisitors.com. NOTHING is better than sitting in an open air hot pool on a brisk Winter's day or night!
We're very proud to be involved in our local drive to keep unwanted and unused pharmaceuticals and pet medications out of our landfills and waterways. "NoDrugsDowntheDrain.org" advises communities on how they can offer a safe, easy and free method to properly dispose of these hazards to our water supply and marine life. Twice yearly, Soroptimists International of Calistoga, a service organization, teams up with the Calistoga Police Department and our local St. Helena Hospital, to offer curbside drop-off of all unwanted and expired medications, as well as pet medications and syringes ("sharps").
At our first drive in April of this year, we collected over 160 pounds of medications and sharps, followed by more than 180 pounds of waste in October. Imagine the impact if every community in the United States did the same thing. It's estimated that last year, approximately 150 million pounds of medical waste ended up in landfills across the country...
To find out about a collection event in your area--or to organize one--contact your county's Department of Environmental Health, a local hospital, or even your pharmacy. If we want to continue to enjoy the ocean's bounty on our plates, it only makes sense to do these truly simple things to safeguard our waterways.
