Back to school, so what's for lunch?

The summer has come to an end and now it's time to get ready for going back to school. If you're a parent this routine will sound very familiar: shopping for school supplies, fall clothes, and what ever other necessities may be needed for your child entering the new school year. And if like me, you send your child to school with packed lunches, then you need an awesome lunch bag to carry some awesome food to fill that little belly.

 In our home, it's all about eating the right stuff. After changing our diet to being a more healthy and satisfying selection, I realize that now I am ready to change the face of lunch for my son. Lunch for my nine year old Ian,has always consisted of a fruit snack, PB&J or a turkey sandwich with the occasional hot meal (like mac & cheese or some delightful left over). This summer, I have focused on providing different options for lunch and I see that I get a better response from my little eater when there are more options and the food is presented nicely.

I'm also tired of the endless use of Ziploc bags and random containers lying around. I need items that are going to last and that are versatile and fun. So, I found some really cool options for serving up some yummy food.

I like the idea of the bento box. This lunch concept comes from the Japanese. They have really turned lunch into a special occasion.

1. Laptop Lunches- Starting at $23.99


2. ECO Lunch Boxes- Ranging from $9.00- $45.00


3.Kids Konserve - Average Kit priced at $42.00





4.Lunch Bots
- Average Price starts at $14.99




5. Lunch Sense - Average kits starts at $42.99


6. Mo:Ben - This is the ultimate lunch box for a child or an adult. The Mo:Ben, plugs in to an outlet so that you can heat your food on the go. No need for microwaves. Just simply plug in and tada!, you've got a hot lunch. Simply amazing.


Eating healthy is so important for any age. Many of the above products are BPA free and Phthalates free. Not only do these lunch storage solutions contribute to healthy eating but they also save all the plastic wrap and Ziploc from ending up in the garbage graveyard.

The Artist Gilf! At Gallerie Swanstrom.

Clockwise: Little Seismic Girl, Empower Equality, To Tehran with Love, The Big Swim, Oh Yeah?

"Motivated by the idea of inspiring people I perhaps will never meet, I hope
to breathe hope into many of the issues we face as a global society. My goal is to
create art that provokes thoughtfulness and motivates a change of the zeitgeist." gilf!

Sometimes, you come across an artist that expresses your exact thoughts. The paintings above are images that definitely represent the times we are living in. In the "The Little Seismic Girl", her bang is a seismic graph at the peak of the earthquake in Fukishima, Japan. Polar bears wearing floaties in "The Big Swim", or the best one, the Statue of Liberty, which is a self portrait of the artist, drinking the Kool-Aid. The artist Gilf! is making a bold statement through the subtlety of her work and I love it!

Artist Yun-Woo Choi Makes Amazing 3-D Sculptures.

Artist Yun-Woo Choi creates expressive structures of 3-D art using materials like newspaper,magazines, wire, resin and light. Choi's style is a refreshing representation of contemporary art.

Choi describes his work as being an expression of his studies on theoretical physics. His work is organic in movement and offers a mysterious presence. It's interesting how his body of work through out the years concatenate, based on what he describes as a conceptualization of the fragments of his mind in a spiritual sense.