FREE Museum Days - February 2014 - First weekend filled with opportunities...

First Full Weekend of the Month is upon us!

Got weekend plans? There is often a FREE MUSEUM DAY many days in February 2014, located in a town near you. San Francisco, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Portland, Boston and beyond. First Weekend of the month has many FREE Admission opportunities. Have fun. Be inspired.

CLICK HERE to find other FREE MUSEUM DAYS in a city near you.

CLICK HERE to explore Bank of America Cardholder FREE Admission Days

Oakland Museum is Free FIRST Sunday to the general public.

Chabot Space & Science Center w/BofA Card FREE First weekend

Contemporary Jewish Museum w/BofA card FREE First weekend

de Young w/BofA card FREE First weekend

Legion of Honor w/BofA card FREE First weekend

San Jose Museum of Art w/BofA Card FREE First weekend

Tech Museum w/BofA Card FREE First weekend

As an added bonus, there are some special FREE days at two museums not normally advertised:

Lawrence Hall of Science, Meet The Makers, Fixit Clinic: FREE Admission (with requirement) on Saturday February 8, 2014.

California Academy of Sciences, FREE Admission on Sunday, February 9, 2014.

Random Acts of Kindness. One little fruit tree flyer can make a difference...

What do you believe in?

“Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.” Diane Keaton

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Issues I believe in:
IDEAS INTO ACTION

Fruit to food banks. Random Acts of Kindness. All children deserve fresh apples, oranges, lemons at their breakfast table. Won't you please help The Lemon Lady save our world one little lemon at a time?

Random Acts of Kindness In Action:

One Lemon Lady Letter at a time. One person. One tree. It all begins somewhere. Drop a flyer at the first fruit tree you see. You don't even have to cut the fruit - simply start an awareness campaign. You can blog about it, tweet it, link it, find me on Facebook, or Google. Please...just share some good news today! Our children need you. Citrus fruit is ripe - right now all over the Bay Area.

The HUGE problem with solving the hunger problem is inaction. How many good ideas never get put to action?

Email The Lemon Lady: AnnaAndAva@gmail.com. I'll send a flyer to get you going.

The Best Lemon Tart Recipe...Cook's Illustrated Magazine...

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Cooks Illustrated January & February 2000, The Best Lemon Tart Recipe.
I've always enjoyed Cooks Illustrated Magazines and cookbooks. Just dusted off a joyful surprise old box from a life once lived. Found a ten year old gem in mint condition.

Baking sweet lemon treats to share with a friend gives a little more incentive to urban fruit foraging. Here's a great idea: make friends with a neighbor with a lemon tree and share a lemon tart for two. Happy Harvesting! Happy Baking!

FREE Museum Admission - California Academy of Sciences February 9, 2014

California Academy of Sciences Free Admission

All guests receive free admission on:

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Mark your calendars and plan a family outing...

EXPLORE The Academy: Just one ticket lets you explore the aquarium, planetarium, natural history museum, rain forest, 40,000 live animals and engaging exhibits all housed beneath a living roof.

FREE Museum Tickets / Admission for February 9, 2014.

Regular Price General Admission for a Family of 4 is $130.00.

$130.00 reason to go on a free day! Need I say more?

From http://www.calacademy.org/visit/ "The Academy is free to everyone on selected Sundays throughout the year. Admission is on a first-come, first served basis, and early arrival is recommended due to the likelihood of high demand. Please note that final entry to the museum on free days is 4:00 pm."

'Lemon Lady' needs your fruit for hunger effort. Clayton Pioneer Newspaper...

http://issuu.com/claytonpioneerinc./docs/2012_clayton_pioneer_1026/1

CLAYTON PIONEER NEWSPAPER, page 4

DONATE FRUIT Today. Now accepting registrations of summer fruit trees!

Volunteers needed year-round. Hunger doesn't end with the season. The only things that change are the fruits on the trees. Children are still hungry! Won't you PLEASE take action today? YOU can help feed others. Fruit matters. Hunger Matters. Thank you.

February is bursting full of oranges, lemons, tangerine, limes. Loquat season is just around the corner. 

Email: AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

SHARE FRUIT with families in need.

Free Pick-Up and Fruit Donation Service.

Cell: (510) 406-1625

Office: (925) 672-1988

February is Heart Month. 5 easy tips to a Happier Healthier Heart...

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." -Plato

Think Orange. The Happier, Heart-Healthy color.It takes a simple act of kindness to bring fresh fruit to a food pantry. One person. One tree. It all begins somewhere. Have YOU picked a tree today?
1. Walking is healthy excercise for YOUR heart. Go for a walk around the neigborhood today. You'll find many fruit trees bursting with ripe oranges, lemons, and other citrus.

2. Making friends is healthy for YOUR heart. I've met over 500 fruit tree owners in the Bay Area. Believe me, they are kind and generous souls who love to share. Make new friends today.

3. Picking fruit is healthy excercise for YOUR heart.

4. Eating fresh oranges is healthy nutrition for YOUR heart.

5. Joy of giving and sharing is healthy emotion for YOUR heart.

What are you waiting for...?
Please help The Lemon Lady celebrate Heart Month by sharing seasonal fruit with a nearby food pantry. Think healthy. Think orange.
For a list of local food pantries that accept homegrown fruit, CLICK HERE.

For information about Heart Month, CLICK HERE.

FREE Museum Days - January 2014 - First weekend filled with opportunities...

First Full Weekend of the Month is upon us!

Got weekend plans? There is often a FREE MUSEUM DAY located in a town near you. San Francisco, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Portland, Boston and beyond. First Weekend of the month has many FREE Admission opportunities. Have fun. Be inspired.

CLICK HERE to find other FREE MUSEUM DAYS in a city near you.

CLICK HERE to explore Bank of America Cardholder FREE Admission Days

Oakland Museum is Free FIRST Sunday to the general public.

Chabot Space & Science Center w/BofA Card FREE First weekend

Contemporary Jewish Museum w/BofA card FREE First weekend

de Young w/BofA card FREE First weekend

Legion of Honor w/BofA card FREE First weekend

San Jose Museum of Art w/BofA Card FREE First weekend

Tech Museum w/BofA Card FREE First weekend

Ruth Bancroft Garden - FREE Admission - First Tuesday of each month...

The Ruth Bancroft Garden Office is located at 1552 Bancroft Road in Walnut Creek, CA, (925) 944-9352. The Garden is open for visitors Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 4pm. 

How many of us drive by the Ruth Bancroft Garden daily, yet never stop to admire this beautiful garden? The garden's history dates back to the 1880s. Read about the HISTORY of the garden, here:
http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/about-history.html

FREE admission is offered on the FIRST TUESDAY of each month. Mark your calendars for January 7, 2014.  Stop in on your lunch hour, after work or school.

Another wonderful program, Contra Costa Library Discover and Go provides FREE admission to the Ruth Bancroft Garden. With my library card, the Ruth Bancroft Garden has complimentary tickets available every weekday this month! Check it out, here: http://ccclib.org/discovergo/

If you enjoy the garden, consider supporting their work through fundraisers, admission and plant sales.