Dear Friends of the inSpiralled Ways

A REFRESHING START
So summer has been blessing us with solar rays... we've been soaking it up and hope you have been too! We've some juicy events and concoctions in store! Our canal side terrace is getting more and more use as London's waterways spring to life... On your next stop through Camden, why not join us for a refreshing drink, from our newly expanded menu of f iced coffees, freshly pressed organic juices and superfood smoothies... We're having a blast mixing up some magic here!

Remember that even our alcohol bar is also 100% organic- including our wines, ciders, lagers and COCKTAILS! Organic Caipirinha's are only £5 all summer long...



so in this mailout we want to tell you about

• the big inspiral price simplification - we've made our food even better value for money - with easy simple prices!
• vote for us as your favourite vegetarian place in London
• Elestial Art Exhibition in the lounge now!
• Electronica Eclectica this Friday with Greg Hunter
• inSpiral nights featuring Mix Master Morris - this Saturday the 17th
• Curve Music Presents - Serial Chillers in the lounge - Sunday from 14.00 to 18.00
• Sunday Harmonies - refreshing new tunes from 18.00 onwards
• Cinema Libre present Vegention - films to celebrate Vegetarian Week 2008
• New Horizon invites 'Half The Man' - Philip McCluskey
• Shake Hands with the Dalai Lama on the 22nd of May in London - news from AVVAZ.org
• Veggie Quotes
  

QUALITY NOURISHMENT

Our mission is to provide you with the best quality food and drink you can find in London at an affordable price, and no cost to the environment... organic, fairtrade, vegetarian... locally produced, homemade, additive free... nutritious & delicious! We use bio-degradable packaging and implement recycling.

We have now changed and reduced our pricing structure, making us even more easy and accessible. Come in for

a heeped bowl of hot and raw food for £4
a large bowl for £6 and
a big plate for only £8

- of all organic lovingly prepared food!

If you are joining us for a meal, why not try something from our freshly prepared raw living cuisine- nourishing, hydrating, rich in minerals and enzymes... perfect for enhancing vitality this summer!

VOTE WITH CONFIDENCE!

Last chance to share your win ning vote with us for the vegetarian society award 2008 - best vegetarian cafe - click here to make it happen!
Just fill in our name (the inSpiral lounge) and our address (250 Camden High Street)... thanks for your support- every vote counts!



Who else can offer you all this included with waterside seating and canal view?

- All ORGANIC Fairtrade Coffee & Tea,
Juice, Smoothie & Cocktail Bar
Fresh Sandwiches, Soups, Hot food & Salads

- Quality Entertainment: Accoustic Music & DJs
Performance, Talks & Films

- Amazing CD & Bookshop, Superfoods & more...
- Internet Access & Wifi for customer use
- Private Hire of Basement Lounge or Venue,
Organic Catering & Birthday Cakes

EVENT OF THE CENTURY

We're more than your average café- we have a full program of events, and best of all, more often than not, they are FREE!
Check it out! Downtempo electronica & beats every Friday & Saturday Night,
Accoustic Music on a Sunday, followed by Cinema Libre film night Monday evening and New Horizons talks on health & leading edge living on Tuesdays...

Please see OUR WEEKLY P ROGRAM below... with a few sights ahead!

elestial.:. ART EXHIBITION- its on now!

Just a few more weeks to go... this is a great opportunity to see some inspirational pieces of visionary art by a London based artist- a colorful eye opener into a world of spiritual symbolism and digital wizardry...

Remember that you can pick up prints of these gorgeous art works from the lounge, for as little as £3... or splash out on an original framed artwork.
www.elestial.tv

FRIDAY 15th MAY - electronica eclectica

Resident Aviva will warm us up with a warm selection of global grooves.



http://www.myspace.com/avivazone

On this special night we welcome a true sonic wizard, Greg Hunter who will reveal some special mixes and full flavour globally influenced music for the converted and yet to be converted.

May 18th - 19.00- Midnight inSpiral nights

DJ Pagan (Planet Angel) will warm things up and keep you smiling with some funky grooves. www.paygan.com



Mixmaster Morris (The Irresistible Force)
A welcome return from the ambient legend, who will present an immaculate selection of eclectic beats and melody,s with true inimitable style. http:www.myspace.com/theirresistibleforce

SUNDAY 18th MAY - Serial Chillers and Sunday Harmonies

Accoustic extravagance at its best... come join us for Sunday brunch or a vegetarian roast dinner. Organic house wine, lager and cider all for £3.

14:00 - 18:00
(©urve) music present The Serial Chillers -
An afternoon of world music and electronic lounge, mixed up in fine Sunday fashion. Featuring: Rokhsan (BBC New Talent songwriter) www.myspace.com/poundformytambourine

18:00 - 23:00
Sunday Harmonies, Hosted by Shiva, continues with ever more musical panache, featuring...

Brian Beat Tree- Improvised Live Electronica
Dilla and the Band- Sensuous Turkish Rhythms and Riffs
Alua- Brasillian Beats
Son de Havana- Cuban Latin Vibes

NATIONAL VEGETARIAN WEEK begins...

MONDAY 19TH MAY, 7.30pm - Midnight
Cinema Libre presents 'Vegenation'
A night celebrating the veggie moveme nt, to kick off national Vegetarian Week. A series of docs exploring the benefits for both our bodies and the environment. We'll have some top nutritionists on hand to answer any questions plus discussion and Live Music. http://www.vegsoc.org/nvw/

This week's feature: 'The Witness' by Tribe of Heart
In the award-winning documentary 'The Witness', Eddie Lama explains how he feared and avoided animals for most of his life, until the love of a kitten opened his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals, become a vegetarian, and ultimately, to bring his message of compassion to the streets of New York.

With humor and sincerity, Eddie tells the story of his remarkable change in consciousness, sharing along the way some of the shocking realities of the meat and fur industries.

http://www.26cinemalibre.org.uk/
Showcasing political, environmental and socially relevant media-encouraging debate and free thinking



TUESDAY 20th May, 6:30 for 7pm start

New Horizons! presents:

'Half The Man' - Philip McCluskey
200 lb. Lighter on a Raw Plant-Based Diet
A success story about the Vegetarian, Raw Living Food Lifestyle.

Philip McCluskey is a 31-year-old motivational speaker, author, and is passionate about raw foods! Being overweight his entire life, and after 30 failed diets attempts, he surpassed morbid obesity and skyrocketed to a max weight of 400 lbs. He thought gastric bypass surgery was the only option, and after a month of tests he was ready to have it done when he discovered raw foods. He switch to eating 100% raw vegan overnight and has never been off a day since.

To date he has lost nearly 200 lbs and is on the fast track to rediscovering his life in a way he never thought was imaginable. Everything is his life changed including his health, mental clarity, spirituality, job, and a newfound passion for raw food. H e decided to share his message through inspirational blogs, videos, pictures, and advice through his website www.Lovingraw.com.

Join the Human Chain to mark the Tibetan Peace Movement in London

organized by our friends from AVAAZ.org

Dear friends in the UK,

This isn't a petition - it's an invitation to participate in a unique creative event on the streets of London next Thursday 22nd May, involving the Dalai Lama on his UK visit. To help send the message of our 1.66 million-strong petition for Tibet-China dialogue peacefully around the world, we're mounting a 3-mile-long human chain handshake connecting the Dalai Lama to the Chinese Embassy, just after his speech at the Royal Albert Hall.

The Metropolitan Police have given us the green light for up to 2000 participants - but the event can't happen without you. Not everyone can travel or be free at this time (late afternoon/early evening next Thursday), so think about it for a minute -- but if you can, please sign up now to participate in person in the handshake event in Central London -- just click here:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/give_peace_a_hand_london/?cl=89707303

Please include your email and phone number so that we can be in touch with all the details of where you need to be and when. Here is the plan for the event, called "Give Peace A Hand":

On Thursday 22nd May, the Dalai Lama will be in the UK to meet with Gordon Brown - an event which will result in worldwide media coverage. He will also give a speech at the Royal Albert Hall, finishing at 4.30pm.

One of the people who shakes hands with the Dalai Lama will turn to shake another person's hand, that person will turn and shake someone else's, and so on. The handshake will flow out through the streets of London, along a spontaneously forming human chain - around Hyde Park Corner, up to Marble Arch, along Wigmore Street and up to the Chinese Embassy.

People power on the streets of London will reach out to the Chinese leadership, and to the world. No national symbols, no flags or banners - just a simple message of positive connection and dialogue. The global media will be alerted to this novel event, which will be filmed from end to end. We could reach millions.

Tentative contacts have resumed between the Dalai Lama's representatives and the Chinese government, so there's hope -- but as documented in a new film, The Unwinking Gaze, previous talks went on for years without progress. We are still a long way from meaningful dialogue, and the danger is that the situation will only become worse after the Olympics. We need to do all we can to encourage real talks, before it's too late.

We will assign you to a place in the handshake, which will begin at 4.30pm at the Royal Albert Hall. If you aren't free until 5.30pm or later, we can put you on the final route between Marble Arch and the Chinese Embassy in Portland Place. It will finish around 6.30/7pm. But if you want to participate, it's very important to click this link and sign up now -- we have a limited number of places and we need to organise things precisely!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/give_peace_a_hand_london/?cl=89707303

Some of us will be in London anyway, others will want to travel in and bring friends -- but many will have prior commitments. So don't worry if you can't participate - and thanks for all you do. But if you can, we'd love you to join us -- it'll be a great experience, and it could make a real difference.

Look forward to hearing if you can be involved -

With hope,

Paul, Pascal, Rob, Maria and the whole Avaaz team

PS if you have any questions about the event, feel free to email Rob Bolton now at handshake@avaaz.org.

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CELEBRITY VEGGIES

And now, in conclusion to our Vegetarian Week happenings, to end this transmission from the inSpiral hub, we leave you with some quotes from some famous vegetarians...

"He is a heavy eater of beef. Me thinks it doth harm to his wit."
- Shakespeare in 'Twelfth Night'

"Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind." - Albert Einstein

"As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love and compassion. That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond understanding. Please help to stop this madness." - Richard Gere

"Intellectually, human beings and animals may be different, but it's pretty obvious that animals have a rich emotional life and that they feel joy and pain. It's easy to forget the connection between a hamburger and the cow it came from. But I forced myself to acknowledge the fact that every time I ate a hamburger, a cow had ceased to breathe and moo and walk around." - Moby

"I did it for political, moral reasons, thinking that I was making this great sacrifice, but it was absolutely necessary; I was not going to contribute to the violence in the world anymore." - Alicia Silverstone

"Animals are my friends-and I don't eat my friends." - George Bernard Shaw

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Gandhi

"I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals." - Henry David Thoreau



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