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Fresh Blooms + Sprouts in Gilbert SPRING IS HERE, AND IT’S TIME TO GARDEN!

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There are all different ways to get into gardening no matter your skill level. Our favorite way to garden is to shop the local farmers markets because, let’s face it, the food coming in from the local farms is just so yummy. Once the citrus season starts, our family just seems to become more VEGAN every day as we take advantage of our bountiful harvest season. Agritopia has a great Community Garden if you want to rent a little space or you can join their CSA to share in the farm harvest. Summer shares are available now. If you have time to take on a new project, you could try starting a vegetable garden, a rose

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garden or an herb garden in your yard. If you just have one or two types of veggies you want to grow, maybe you try container gardening on your patio or porch. You can find our step-by-step container gardening at citylifestyle.com or check out our insta for the the link @gilbertcitylifestyle. Our favorite container garden is the salsa garden, give it a try, you won’t be disappointed. This month’s issue features a great community farm project and cookbook that helps feed some of our neighbors as the battle cancer. As a cancer survivor, I can attest

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a smile to your faces with the spring babies at AZ goat yoga. These little cuties are bouncing all over the fields in Gilbert.

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INSIDE THE ISSUE APRIL 2021

FEATURES 12 AZ Goat Yoga - The Original and the Best G.O.A.T. - AZ Goat Yoga is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) and still thriving in Gilbert

18 The Joy Bus Community Vibrant Nonprofit Takes A Temporary Detour While Expanding Its Programs And Introducing A New Cookbook

22 The Joy Bus Diner Recipes Jennifer Caraway’s Famous Recipes from the Joy Bus Diner

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26 Spreading Kindness with Kindli Meet the new digital platform that’s revolutionizing social media

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Lifestyle Letter

Good Times

Around Town

Healthy Lifestyle

Food & Wine

22 Culinary Creations 26 Financial Buzz 30 Lifestyle Calendar 34 Trend Setter

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GOOD TIMES

Spring Time in Gilbert with our Favorite Friends We had so much fun with AZ Goat Yoga we wanted to share a few more pictures with our neighbors. There are lots of fun adventures including hugging a cow and discuss drama with the llamas, well the Alpacas.. you get it right?

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Behind the Scenes with The Joy Bus Family The Joy Bus has a purpose to provide some daily comfort to homebound cancer patients. Fostered on the belief of the healing power of food especially when combined with love and genuine compassion. The Joy Bus provides nourishing meals to families across the valley whose bodies are in need of something that can not be purchased in a store.

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AROUND TOWN

CULTIVATE GOODNESS INVITES YOU TO APRIL VIRTUAL BABY SHOWERS Cultivate Goodness invites you to a virtual baby shower to benefit children in foster care and underserved families. They will be collecting packages of diapers & wipes, baby wash lotion, swaddle blankets, new pacifiers, and hand made blanket. These essential items are on the list of high needs for many organizations that serve those in need in our community. April showers will be held virtually April 9th from 9:00am to 1:00pm

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AZ GOAT YOGA IS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) AND STILL THRIVING IN GILBERT

A Z G OAT YO GA - TH E ORIGINAL AND THE BEST ARTICLE KRISTY BELLEY | PHOTOGRAPHY SAMMY CLARK

ARIZONA GOAT YOGA WAS CREATED

to walk as soon as they are born. By the next

IN 2015 BY OWNERS APRIL GOULD AND

day they are jumping all over. Gilbert Lifestyle

SARAH WILLIAMS. It has since then grown

had the opportunity to visit when the spring

across the world! “Honestly, we kinda started

babies were learning the ropes. During our

it to be funny.” April and Sarah both have

visit, we saw 17 babies hopping about but

quirky personalities and are always coming

honestly they were hard to count.

up with fun ideas.

The idea came when April was training for

April has had goats for 16 years. Every goat

American Ninja Warrior and having fun doing

is precious and they all have their own per-

push-ups and squats with her goats. The idea

sonalities. Many people probably don’t realize

of goat yoga came as inspiration. She was

this. You may think of a goat as simply a farm

making her application video, when she felt

animal who grazes in the grass and is used for

the need to put the goat on her back and do a

milk and cheese. They are much more than

pushup with him. As a silly idea, she felt it was

that! They are our beloved pets. We care for

perfect to help her stand out to all the 70,000

them as one may care for their cat or dog.

other applications. She would do push ups and

Baby goats are the cutest animal you have

squats with her goats on her back! With the

ever seen! When they are babies, they have

help from her children, she was able to teach

so much energy and frolic around. They start

them to jump up on their own, on command! CONTINUED >

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They dubbed her as the “Goat Whisperer”, and yes she made it on the show. April received a special spotlight feature about her and the goats. Sarah Williams was a huge part of the coming together for Arizona Goat Yoga. Sarah teaches paddle board yoga during the summer. When winter came, not as many people were braving the pools to do yoga. She was thinking of some ideas that she could do with yoga to keep her business alive for a few months, until it warmed up. She knew April had extraordinary goats and was training with them. That is when she had the crazy fun idea to put them together… Goat Yoga! Arizona Goat Yoga is the very first goat yoga created. The Goat Yoga craze was launched right here in the East Valley. goatyoga.com is the first goat yoga, original goat yoga.

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FOOD & WINE

THE JOY BU S C OM M U N I T Y

VIBRANT NONPROFIT TAKES A TEMPORARY DETOUR WHILE EXPANDING ITS PROGRAMS AND INTRODUCING A NEW COOKBOOK

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ARTICLE LYNETTE CARRINGTON PHOTOGRAPHY DEBBY WOLVOS

SINCE 2011, THE JOY BUS HAS BEEN SERVING

public due to COVID restrictions. The closure severely

FRESH AND HEALTHY MEALS TO THOSE WHO

impacts our ability to service our patients as the diner

ARE HOMEBOUND AND BATTLING CANCER. In

revenue helps support our programs, which have actu-

2016, its mobile meals service expanded to include

ally grown during the pandemic.”

The Joy Bus Diner, a nonprofit restaurant in Northeast

However, some special families have pitched in to pay

Phoenix. But when COVID-19 hit, the nonprofit on

the current diner facilities rent for the entirety of 2021.

which so many people depend was faced with hard

The Fine and The Hall families continue to support The

decisions, and its founder Jennifer Caraway tackled

Joy Bus mission through there welcome donations. “It

them with a head on approach.

truly gives us one less thing to worry about when the

Making home deliveries of fresh healthy food is

list of worries is already overwhelming,” says Caraway.

Caraway’s passion, and she was equal to the task

“Some of our significant supporters in 2020 kept us

of making changes during the pandemic. Caraway

afloat, like The Robert D. Fisher Foundation, BHHS

explains, “We have been fortunate enough to surround

Legacy Fund, Cowin Charitable Fund, The Colvert Fund

ourselves with smart humans who have counseled us

and Teal It Up Foundation.”

on how to service our homebound clients in the safest

One exciting addition to the The Joy Bus “family” is

manner possible.” Although the one-on-one hugs and

Four Peaks Brewing Company. After doing an extensive

interactions with their clients are not what they once

search, Caraway found Four Peaks and the brewery has

were, she gets creative in making sure everyone feels

since created two beers – The Joy Bus RAD IPA and The

cared for and loved. Tito’s Vodka has also given gen-

Joy Bus WOW Wheat Ale. Proceeds from those beers

erous donations of hand sanitizer that have been put

are also donated to the nonprofit’s mission. The beers

to constant use and also distributed to The Joy Bus

can be found at www.fourpeaks.com.

clients and their caregivers.

Throughout the highs and lows, Caraway and The

Although The Joy Bus Diner was forced to close

Joy Bus are always focused on providing healthy

due to COVID-19, its outreach continue to flourish.

meals for those they serve and are able to utilize foods

Caraway explains, “We still cannot open the diner to the

from local farms, too. “We are very fortunate to partner CONTINUED >

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FOOD & WINE (CONTINUED)

with Crooked Sky Farms that continues to provide

founded The Joy Bus. Some of the many recipes in

us with the most beautiful naturally grown pro-

the book are contributed from Charleen Badman of

duce,” says Caraway. “We recently have partnered

FnB, Tracy Dempsey of TDOriginals, Clint Woods

with Happy Eggs who generously donates the best

of Fox Restaurant Concepts, Tuan “Butch” Raphael

eggs I have ever tasted. The yolk is deep orange

of AZPops, Danielle Leoni of The Breadfruit & Rum

and so tasty. We continue to educate our clients on

Bar, Michael Rusconi of Rusconi’s American Kitchen,

the benefits of healing foods by including a menu

Stephen Johns of the larder + the delta, Josh Herbert

with each delivery highlighting specific ingredients

of Hot Noodles Cold Sake, Gio Osso of Virtu, Bernie

and their healing properties.”

Kantak of The Gladly and Russell LaCasce of ZuZu.

Other opportunities have presented themselves,

The colorful cookbook also includes exciting and

too. The Joy Bus now has a wider reach due to the

unique recipes from The Joy Bus Diner and its vol-

addition of two new partners. Caraway explains, “We

unteers. Plus, readers get to delve into the history of

recently partnered with Copper Hills Church and

The Joy Bus and learn more about its contributing

Phoenix Cancer Support Network to service clients in

chefs via fun Q&A’s. As an extra “feel good” element,

their area. It is awesome to partner with like-minded

all proceeds from the sale of the cookbook go directly

organizations that want to make a difference in their

toward The Joy Bus and its mission of helping home-

community. We are grateful for their partnership.”

bound cancer patients with chef-inspired meals, a

Caraway also decided it was time to pursue a proj-

friendly face and words of encouragement.

ect three years in the making. She published a col-

Caraway and her devoted volunteers are currently

laborative cookbook called, “More Than a Meal – The

working on plans to reach even more people in need

Joy Bus Community of Chefs,” showcasing recipes

of meal services. “While we have grown over the pan-

from some of the finest chefs across the Valley.

demic, there is a huge need for our services in areas

“Our mission when we first started venturing on

that we do not currently service. The plan we are

this journey three years ago was to highlight the work

working on will reach out to those areas and touch as

of the Phoenix chefs,” says Caraway. “Many people

many homebound clients as we can,” she says.

don’t know this, but we work with so many amazing,

“We are hopeful that a day will come when our

rad, chefs. Without their support, we wouldn’t be able

services are no longer needed, but until then we will

to have the awesome community that is The Joy Bus.”

continue to do our best to help those in need with

“More Than a Meal – The Joy Bus Community

beautifully nutritious and delicious food,” Caraway

of Chefs” features recipes from well-known chefs

finishes. Those wishing to support the mission or

from around the Valley, many of whom have helped

purchase the new “More than a Meal” cookbook can

Caraway in one delicious way or another since she

visit www.TheJoyBus.charity.

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CULINARY CREATIONS

t he joy bus d i ner recipes ARTICLE KRISTY BELLEY PHOTOGRAPHY DEBBY WOLVOS IF A HOT MEAL AND A LITTLE COMPASSION CAN BRIGHTEN A PERSONS DAY, THEN IT’S THE LEAST WE CAN ALL DO AS HUMANS AND AS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. This simple belief is the heart behind the Joy Bus. Millions of cancer patients are left to fend for themselves during this turning point in their lives. The Joy Bus strives to relieve this burden by providing locally sourced healthy meals to families across the valley. We are happy to share a couple of the famous recipes from the new cookbook. Please consider purchasing a cookbook either directly from their website or at AJ’s fine foods as all profits directly help the Joy Bus Mission.

Chilaquila Jennifer Caraway, The Joy Bus Diner makes 6 quarts + 100 Guajillo chiles, toasted + 20 Pasilla, chiles, toasted + 12 1/2 chicken stock + 3 small white onions diced + 4 small cloves of garlic + 4 tablespoons salt Notes 2 cups reserved chile water (step 5) To toast chiles, place pods on a sheet pan. Roast a few minutes at 350 degrees. approximately 5 minutes Once cool enough to touch chiles, break open and remove seeds 22

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Chilaquiles - Jennifer Carraway

JENNIFER CARAWAY’S FAMOUS RECIPES FROM THE JOY BUS DINER

Place seeded chilis in a pot with water, bring to a boil. Reduce heat until chilies are soft. Strain, chiles saving 2 cups of chilie water and place chiles in a blender. While Chiles are simmering in a second pot add chicken stock, diced onions, and garlic. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until garlic is soft, When onions and garlic are soft set aside to cool. When cooled place in blender with chilis. Add salt, reserved water, and puree until smooth. Run through a strainer once more. You may have to blend in batches.

Additional ingredients + Corn tortillas for chips ( quarter and deep fry to make chips)

+ 1 egg + 1 thinly diced white onion + 2 tablespoons crema + 1 tablespoons queso fresco + Optional: Shredded Chicken Plating Add 1 1/2 cups of sauce to a large handful of chips in a saute pan, Quickly toss chips and sauce together until the chips are coated in sauce, and the chips and sauce are warm. Top with over medium egg, thinly diced white onion, crema, and queso fesco on a rectangular plate. Add shredded chicken if desired. CONTINUED >

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Summer Arizona Cucumber Salad This dish is one of my favorites on a hot summer day and it is served ice cold and the spicy chiles mixed with the cold cucumbers and yogurt give a great flavor HISTORY We take local cucumbers of all varieties and cut them into oblique cuts. We dress them with pickled red onions, shaved local radishes, olive oil, sea salt, lime juice, and black pepper. This sits on a yogurt sauce made with greek yogurt, thai basil, mint, and honey. Finish the dish with a crunchy topping made with fried garlic, zuzu spice, roasted peanuts and chili oil. Then garnish with some lime, mint, and basil.

+ 1 pound mixed AZ cucumbers (cut into chunks) + 2 shaved watermelon radishes + 4 tablespoons pickled red onion + juice of 1 lime + olive oil to taste + sea salt to taste + black pepper to tasted Mix all ingredients together. set aside

Thai Basil Yogurt + 1 cup of Greek yogurt + 1/4 cup mint, chopped + 1/2 cup Thai basil, chopped + 1 tablespoon honey + pinch togarashi ( togarashi is a Japanese spice comparable to red chili pepper) Mix all together and set aside

Chili Peanut Crunch Ingredients + 2 tablespoons crispy garlic + 2 tablespoons ZuZu spice + 4 tablespoons toasted peanuts chopped + 4 tablespoons chili oil In a bowl, mix all together

Zuzu Spice + 2 tables spoons fried garlic + 1 tablespoon chile flakes + 5 tablespoons tagarashi + 5 tablespoons canola oil Garnish + lime, mint, sea salt, petite basil 24

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Summer Arizona Cucumbers

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ARTICLE MICHELLE GLICKSMAN | PHOTOGRAPHY TRACY ANN BATTAGLIA/FULLY ALIVE PHOTOGRAPHY 26

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Martin Diamond and Darleen Santore

IT WAS 2017, AND MARTIN DIAMOND WAS BRAINSTORMING. The founder and CEO of VURIA, LLC, a digital media firm in Scottsdale, he has managed the design and development of thousands of web and mobile projects, marketing initiatives, and media productions for companies around the world. He was well-versed in the digital space, which is where the father of three saw something he realized he wanted to change. “My problem was looking at social media and seeing what I thought were so many things wrong with it, which I [then] sought to fix, to give it a purpose and make it better,” he explains. As of last month, what began as an idea launched as an app, website, and social movement. Kindli, as it’s called, is a platform with a purpose—and it’s ready to change the world. Kindli was built to focus on the positive and eliminate the negative. Yes, that means that there’s no bullying or hateful language, and there are no depressing conversations about news or politics. Instead, the narrative is on kindness and positivity. The revolutionary idea was created to propel a sustainable movement that impacts positive global change. Even in just its development stage, the idea of spreading kindness had a big draw. In that time, it attracted such founding members as professional baseball and football star Tim Tebow, three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, and WWE star Thaddeus Ballard (also known as Titus O’Neil). And Darleen Santore, also known as Coach Dar and for her work with professional athletes, also signed on as the CKO—Chief Kindness Officer. “I have served as the U.S. Ambassador for Global Pay It Forward Day since 2015, and as a board-certified occupational therapist and mental conditioning coach, helping the well-being of others and creating positive global change has always been my personal mission. When I was asked to partner with Kindli as Chief Kindness Officer, I knew this would be an incredible opportunity to make an impact, spread kindness, and help boost the mental well-being of people who use social media daily. I believe the world needs Kindli and is ready to create a positive and tangible shift in humanity,” Santore says. So, what exactly is Kindli? While in some respects it looks similar to the social media apps that most people are already familiar with in that they can post, like, and comment, Kindli is distinctly different. Everything on the site is positive, and kind acts are celebrated. It is designed to be a safe space for people to connect, and where they can be inspired or inspire others.

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“I HOPE THAT THIS PLATFORM HELPS THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE—THEIR MENTAL HEALTH—AND IT LIFTS UP THEIR SPIRITS AND INSPIRES THEM TO SERVE.”

KINDLI CARDS In addition to the platform, Kindli provides a home for the “Pay It Forward” movement with real-world Kindli Cards™, a proprietary, patent-pending method of tracking kind acts worldwide. Diamond explains them by using the well-known Starbucks drive-thru “pay it forward” experience. Except, in this scenario, a Kindli user would leave a Kindli Card with the barista, and ask them to give it to the car behind them when they tell them their order was paid for. The card— which has no details on it that would personally identify the card’s giver—has a QR code. If the person who was on the receiving end wanted to say thank you, they could scan the card with their phone and send an anonymous thank you message, photo, or video to the Kindli member. That member could then share that message to their Kindli profile to inspire others to perform their own acts of kindness. Those involved do have the option to reveal their identity and connect on the platform if they want. Not only were the cards created to inspire kindness, but to track the number of kind acts they inspired, as well. Kindli founders have a mission of inspiring one billion acts of kindness around the world. MAKING IT A POSITIVE PLACE Anyone can create an account on Kindli and browse for free, but there are safeguards built in to ensure that it remains a safe and positive place. In order to comment or post content—the first time only—members are required to make a one-time, one dollar payment, which Kindli then donates 100% of to one of its charity partners, which include organizations such as United Way Worldwide, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, ASPCA, GLAAD, Special Olympics, Disabled Veterans, Susan G. Komen, Tim Tebow Foundation, and Bullard Family Foundation. This feature is designed to not only eliminate fake accounts, but, since the purchase will be linked to an in-app purchase, enforce accountability and Martin Diamond and Kindli cards

strict content guidelines. The proceeds also help with another of Kindli’s goals— to donate one billion dollars to nonprofit organizations.

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Diamond agrees that inspiring one billion acts of kindness across the globe and donating one billion dollars to charity are big goals, but says confidently, “Yes, they are lofty goals, but I think with this platform we can reach them. “The basic premise [of Kindli] was to create a positive alternative for social media where people can interact and walk away feeling good about the time they spent on the platform, and maybe feel a little more positive about the world and life in general, rather than what I saw was just a downward spiral of negativity and a very hostile, very unfriendly environment that was being fostered and just increasing in ‘traditional’ social media,” he explains. “It really just was trying to figure out a path to fix what I saw were the major flaws in those platforms that were allowing them to be abused and taken over by hate, and, essentially, allowing them to become a very, very toxic environment.” REDEFINING THE INFLUENCER Kindli also aims to change the current perception of what it means to be an influencer on social media. Currently, influencers are generally popular and are often endorsing products. Kindli hopes to alter that definition to someone who changes others’ behavior and inspires them to do good things, and truly makes a positive impact on those around them. “On Kindli, rather than putting the focus on just likes and popularity, our emphasis is more on what have you done to make a difference, and how much of an impact are you making?” Everyone from companies to celebrities to individuals will be able to show the world how much they are an influencer by the number of Kindli cards they’ve given out, based on the number that will be linked to their profile. SPOT THE BUS Kindli also now has a dedicated bus, which goes around with what they call their “Street Team,” and often a celebrity, making random stops to do random acts of kindness. This was recently on display when Tebow and the Street Team took the bus around Phoenix and stopped at a gas station, where they surprised customers by paying for their gas, and Tebow actually pumped their gas and cleaned their windshields. They also stopped by a teen football practice, where Tebow gave the team an inspiring speech, as well as a grocery store where they paid for customers’ groceries, and more. Kindli will also feature Daily Kindness content, a stream of feelgood stories, videos, and news. “I hope that this platform helps the well-being of people—their mental health—and it lifts up their spirits and inspires them to serve. I hope this is the platform they turn to, to be uplifted and inspired. [After being on the site], I want people to leave it better than they started their day. This is going to change the word for better,” says Santore. Darleen Santore

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