I first discovered Milk & Honey store in 2007 while accompanying a friend going there in Sebastopol. There was clothing, jewelry and items that mostly only women like, but there was also beautiful art, small figurines, artisan candles and spiritually oriented books! I bought a hand painted wall piece my first visit.
Subsequent visits over the next year or two was to bring my girlfriend to buy her gifts. She loved some of the clothes as they were made from natural fibers, some fairly locally and many had spiritually accented designs.
After that relationship ended I did not come back for another two years. It was in late 2010 that I stumbled back into Milk & Honey when meeting up with a new friend in my Divorce Support group who lived in Sebastopol (I lived a lifetime in those two years).
During that time Milk & Honey changed owners and completely changed the floor plan of the store. There was much more art on the walls like a gallery and there was now a Goddess Lounge Cafe that serves incredible Botanical Elixirs that have to be tasted to be believed!
That first year (2010 to 2011) with my separation and divorce of my wife was the worst of my entire lifetime. I became so despondent that I was officially disabled. Sometimes the only activity of my day was to make it over to Milk & Honey to drink my Elixirs and to talk with Alyssa (the owner).
The Lounge area has a beauty and peacefulness that brought me great comfort. That combined with the Elixirs, the beautiful paintings displayed everywhere, the intrinsic beauty of the store and merchandise, and most of all the compassion of Alyssa made me feel that I was receiving healing directly from God/Goddess there.
Now 2012 I am doing increasingly better and still go to Milk & Honey for the occasional elixir. I did recently buy a beautiful small painting by Shiloh Sophia McCloud there and whose paintings are everywhere in Milk & Honey. As Alyssa is now a new mother you would be very lucky indeed to see her at the store. Though every employee that I've met there is charming and beautiful too!
I wish there were half stars available to the rating system because I would give Milk & Honey 4 1/2 stars.
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