Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Pickling watermelon radish and Persian cucumbers today. I get liberal about what spices I use, then vary vinegar, salt and sugar to dial in what I prefer and I hope our friends will enjoy. Fenugreek, cardamom, garlic, pomegranate blossom, pink peppercorn and mustard seeds went into these. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 04/05/2026We have had zero troll sightings today here in The Misty Mountains. 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 27/04/2026How might a system operate that rewards everyone in both explicit and implicit ways for restoring fisheries, kelp forests, grasslands, jungles and other ecologies? substack.com/@ramanfrey/n... 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 21/04/2026We've got your t-shirts for your kids, just in today. Jordan Colton and Dace James are in on our Fertile Mountain jokes about Camp Earnest. Many moments and memories these last few days when they absolutely thrilled and delighted our son. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 21/04/2026We call these "family walks," almost a mile out and back to Karin's Cairn, at the path that leads down to our biggest waterfalls. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 14/04/2026After a run, workout and breakfast at Chug's we made our only visit to Bill Baggs beach on Key Biscayne. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Karin's keen eye spotted these MAMMOTH oyster mushrooms sprouting from one of the dead alders in our creek, so I headed down and harvested them. Pasta tonight! 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Profit motive may not actually be the answer to what ails us and may deserve a greatly diminished role. A resurgent commons however might do nicely. And bioregional economies made resilient by seeing to their own foundational needs. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Imagine if our National Parks slowly grew and water, clean air, healthy wilderness was everywhere and was no longer vulnerable to privatization, exploitation, extraction and degradation. Imagine half of the land on earth "rewilded" and a lot of work made available in conserving this wilderness? 100
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Well what if a different design was possible, that kept capital circulating within communities and embraced the commons and collective stewardship of them? 300
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 15/03/2026It's neoclassical economics, the water we swim in, siphoning capital away from working people and all the way to Wall Street. Mom and pops die and Walmart balloons, or nothing survives and all that's left is a hollowed out local economy, maybe a few starvation wage jobs. 110
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Most of America for quite some time may have noticed a faint sucking sound everywhere but especially in small towns and rural areas. 101
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Ran to the end of our trail, about 1.2 miles at about a 10 minute per mile pace, then back again. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 09/03/2026We ended up at Trick Dog where I encountered a delicious and intimidating head of cauliflower. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Purple Calabash tomato Black plum tomato Porter tomato Speckled Roman tomato Costoluto Genovese tomato Beam’s yellow pear tomato Etiuda orange pepper Craig’s grande jalapeño Alexandria alpine strawberry Green banana eggplant Poamoho dark eggplant Eva purple ball tomato Purple shiso 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Today we started these: Arkansas traveler tomato Alaska red nasturtium Ashley lemon cucumber White heron cucumber Big Jim hot pepper Lime basil Nero di Toscana Kale Purple broccoli Spoon tomato Inizia zucchini Canary bird Zinnia Listada de Gandia eggplant Italian paste tomato Aji Chinchi pepper 110
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Okay, let's hit pause now on berry and vegetable starts. I've made a lot of work for myself. If you're planning to visit Camp Earnest and want to chip in with some garden help and planting berries, flowers and fruit trees around campus, let me know. 100
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026When when my daughter was born and I first became a father, my friends gave me the nickname "Papa Smurf." Well our bathhouse at Camp Earnest is going full Smurf, deep blue. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The old laptop and the new one. The old carried about 20 years of sticker memories. I’ve been saving new stickers for a few years now for this new one. Present self and memory self. How do you relate to the selves you’ve been? 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Sometimes we need to step back and just make sure we're still awake to the world as it is. Not fear, not fantasy, just meeting life in the moment. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Spring Broccolini with Olive Oil, Lemon, Marcona Almonds and Roasted Garlic and Truffle Vinaigrette TO FINISH Medjool Date Cake, Brown Butter Caramel Sauce and Chantilly Please email us at least 72 hours in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate them. 100
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Chef’s Fresh Ground Spice Marinated Northstar Ranch Bison Filet with Rainbow Zukerman Potatoes and Chimichurri Baby Chantenay Carrots with Easter Egg Radish, Snow Pea Tendrils and Miso Ginger Butter Glaze 100
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Port Braised Black Trumpet Mushroom, Ricotta, Tarragon Bruschetta MAINS Little Gem Lettuce, Vital Sieved Eggs, Watermelon Radish, Shaved Manchego, Persian Cucumber, Buttermilk Dressing, Chive, Toasted Pepitas 100
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Good People, Chef Eric Minnich has sent us his menu for our 194th GP Dinner, in San Francisco on February 24th. A few spots are still available using the link in the comments. OUR MENU: TO START Chinese Eggplant and Sichuan Peppercorn Caponata in Purple Endive 100
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 01/02/2026This wonderful book has a LOT of words. I couldn't imagine my son sitting still all the way through, almost 20 minutes. But I got to sit in the massage chair while he sat in my lap and I read him the whole book. Even better? We listened to Duke on the massage chair speakers while we read. 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The perfect day for a patriotic protest against tyranny in the center of Sonora, and a big exciting win for the San Francisco 49ers! 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Alison Bing has more talents than I can count. One of these is bartending. This cocktail contribution is "The Journalist," but here amended to "The Journalist on Assignment in Tuolumne County." www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/re... 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Reduced myself to 204 lbs. and feeling decidedly...lighter. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Hard to embrace the label, but I think I'm a revolutionary. And this is the revolution our moment requires. Thank you for this gift to the world John Fullerton and to the luminaries who are part of our larger coherence around a civilization that regenerates and restores the web of life. 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Our creek shared her roaring face today. I can't believe we get to live here! 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Early this morning we said goodbye to my sister and our mama-san. Goodbye Tigertail Lodge! Goodbye Coconut Grove! 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Peace, love and joy from our family here at the Tigertail Lodge in Coconut Grove. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Slow down time in Coconut Grove and at the Tigertail Lodge. Books and Books, Chuggs, Peacock and Kennedy Parks. Happy holidays everyone. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Reconnecting with my daughter and scenes while wandering Hoxton and Shoreditch. 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Here to advise if you're the winning bid. I see agroforestry and greenhouse gardens for year round fresh produce, a deeply caring chef and actual catalytic programming that's not just there to comfort the most powerful. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 17/11/2025A fascinating evening at The Lightning Society in Brooklyn, put together by our friends Benjamin Von Wong and featuring Michael Mezzatesta and myself, all about the present and future of leaning into regenerative economics. Our movement is in the air! It was a packed house! 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Our son is developing quite the vocabulary and so I'm offering small nuggets of dad advice I hope will serve him well. Become competent, not expert, at everything you touch. 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Last night's sunset release of baby turtles on Playa La Ropa. The boy was immobilized and frankly concerned. We had to explain that they live in the ocean and are happy there. 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 09/11/2025The path to Zihuatenejo. And I feel this Mexican graffiti artist. We haven't been the best of neighbors. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 28/10/2025More of autumn. Thanks Benjamin Von Wong for this shot of me co-hosting the Warm Data Lab at the Denizen retreat. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Thank you Wil Otero for stepping in as our chef, celebrating the Caribbean. Thank you @karinjjohnson.bsky.social for corralling our boy and helping to make the evening smooth. This was our last community GP Dinner of the year. Please look for our next ticketed dinner in Q1 of 2026. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2025@nickjankel.bsky.social thanks again for popping up to SF from LA after your trip to Amsterdam. Going into The Dark together was a transformative conversation for our community, reflecting on courage, introspection and the kind of initiations and medicine needed by so many right now in our society. 110
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2025As David put it, Chouinnard and his family have benefited us all through the "compounding interest" of their adherence to naturalist values. 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2025If you're wondering what it's like to have the courage of your convictions and the integrity to stay the course over decades, read this book. We could use more leaders who are fundamentally motivated by things other than wealth, fame and power. 110
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2025On Saturday night we hosted about 60 Good People at TinkerTendo for a dinner to celebrate David Gelles and his new book Dirtbag Billionaire, about Yvon Chouinnard and Patagonia. Big thanks to Esther Yoon, Matt Mullenweg, Hanif Sadr and especially Karin Justine Johnson for making this all possible. 110
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Last call for our 191st GP Dinner this Tuesday, October 7th in San Francisco. Chef, menu, speaker, venue and other details are all here. www.eventbrite.com/e/1429318051... 000
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 21/09/2025We are building a little Cathedral of the Green Thumb over near the garden. 010
Raman Frey @ramanfrey.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Last night's sunset from the Panoramic Highway, looking west to the ocean. 000