Our friend Rick Plautz, owner and operator of the Bell Garden, is back on the pod today! If you didn't catch his last episode, the Bell Garden is a wellness business and sound bath facilitator in RVA combining quartz crystal bowls, curated music, and vocal toning to create a profoundly relaxing meditative experience.

Today Rick comes to discuss an exciting new festival in RVA: Rest Fest on May 4th. The festival is a celebration of wellness, bringing Richmonders together for group classes, speakers, music, food and connection. We also talk about the MANDALA EFFECT with Big Daddy! ✨

Tickets to Rest Fest:

https://www.rvarestfest.com/

Support The Bell Garden:

TheBell.Garden

@thebell.garden

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Restaurants of the week:

The Boathouse @ Rocketts Landing

Cocktail: dirty martini

App: Rockefeller oysters

Entree: crab cakes with asparagus and mashed potatoes. The crab cakes have a mustard glaze on top which is so delicious!

Hobnob

Cocktail: The Winter Solstice

Entree: Fried green tomato BLT or Strawberry Goat cheese salad with grilled chicken

Croaker's Spot -Southern soul food

Band of the week:

Cheapshot: a five piece rock band that plays 90s/2000s hits with their own hard rock flair on everything they play.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089847070248&mibextid=LQQJ4d

https://www.instagram.com/cheapshotva/?hl=en

Our Sponsor:

Maya's Bellydancing💃

Shoutouts:

Divine Spark

The Art Of Us Studio

Transitions Float Spa

RVA Rage Room

Maymont

Carytown Massage

Doswell Meadow Event Park