Purple skies, an orange tree, and a lime green house---the perfect neighborhood.

These neighborhoods in Fruit Loop colors not only represent a actual street, but any place, café, library, egroup, or blog where we share our dreams, heal our pain, toast another day to start all over.

My neighborhood is filled with 100 year old houses and a scattering of small businesses on the corners.

There´s a bakery at the bottom of my street with the best Ciabatta in the world.

I am walking distance from rootbeer floats at Hatch´s Family Chocolates, an important neighborhood criteria.

Next to Hatch´s is a Tibetan resturant, Shambala. I had the curry peas and tofu just last night along with the company of the Stinson clan; Mike, Bonnie and Bree.

If I were more ambitious, I could even walk to my Kundalini yoga class.

One of my favorite neighborhood events is "Throw Your Junk Out Into the Street Day".

Once a year you get to throw everything that is blocking your chi, lurking in closets and basements out into the street.

Then everyone runs around snatching up everyone else´s chi blockers. So happy to have free furniture and sinks!