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Bamboo Clothing: Soft on the skin, good for the soul
When Bambu Batu, the House of Bamboo, opened nine years ago (yes, our birthday is coming up on February 20), we were the only shop anywhere to offer such a wide variety of bamboo clothing. In 2006, the bamboo clothing industry was still in its earliest stage of...
Bamboo sheets make you feel like royalty
You might not spend your spring vacation in a chateau in the south of France, and maybe you don't serve caviar for lunch, and you probably don't have a team of serfs to carry you to and from the tennis courts in your covered sedan, but when it comes time to...
8 Great Stocking-Stuffers from Bambu Batu
You better not pout, you better not cry, but if you did I'd say that I understand why. For those of us who lack such time-saving devices as a team of uber-industrious elves or a jug of high-octane reindeer fuel, it can be a daunting if not insurmountable...
Singing Bowls: Asian accents for bamboo households
NOTE: This article first appeared in Nov. 2014, revised in 2021. Those of us who enjoy bamboo, for all its beauty and utility, often have an affinity for Asian aesthetics in general. They confer a sense of calm and tranquility that is both subtle and sublime. To gaze...
Heidi Harmon: On the winning side
Yesterday, hundreds—perhaps thousands, but surely a dismally small number—of U.S. citizens went out to the polls to participate in this American experiment we call representative democracy. Today we can breathe a collective sigh of relief that another season of...
Bioneers: See the change you wish to be
The 5th Annual Central Coast Bioneers Conference is coming to SLO later this month, October 24 & 25, at the SLO Grange Hall, 2880 Broad St. The locally hosted event takes place in conjunction with the 2014 National Bioneers Conference and features recorded...