To Tap Or Not To Tap

• Major draft deadline this Friday
• Unrelated project meeting on Friday as well
• Jobs A & B continue to run bumper to bumper
• I'm doing some major research on my family's history
• Working out
• Training

Living life is surely putting my chosen lifestyle to the test.

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This past Thursday, I took my job A besty, Jasmine, on a health journey.  We visited the Molecule Project on East 10^th Street.  I had passed this place numerous times before, during my walk breaks from job A.  Initially they billed themselves as a filtered water bar.  I have been wondering for a while, is this person really selling New York City tap water out of a store front?

When Jasmine and I entered the store, I immediately noticed that the small space was arranged much differently than I had remembered.  It was no longer the neighborhood place where you could stroll in to buy a truly hip water bottle and fill it with the hippest H2O on E. 10^th Street.  These folks were now in the water filter business.

Okay.  I read Tapped, and I don’t really support the whole bottled water industry.  It seems like a colossal waste of resources.  I live in New York, which I thought had the best possible water in the country.

I introduced myself to the man behind the counter.  He was eating baby carrots and hummus and Reeked of Genuine Good Health (RGGH).  I asked him what the story was.  We spent the next 30 minutes or so discussing reverse osmosis water.

There are only two things I know about reverse osmosis water, make that one and a half.  I know that Vitamin Water is made with reverse osmosis water, and Vitamin Water to me is bullshit in a can.  The second thing, and my half point, goes to the fact that I remember hearing the word “osmosis” a lot in 11^th grade chemistry.  I seem to recall as well that only three of us passed the chem Regents Exam, including me with my score of 76.

Jasmine and I bought Molecule Project glass bottles ($2.50 each), which Mr. Adorable RGGH graciously filled for us.  He showed us filtration systems we could buy for our homes.  We discussed the difference between what he sells versus the Brita.

I guess I learned that at its source, the Catskill water, which we drink in the City, is indeed excellent.  But in its travels, the water picks up things like insecticides and pesticides, which run off the surface of the earth.  In addition, fluoride and chlorine to the water, which is why there are days that you drink lots of water but remain thirsty.  I asked Mr. Adorable RGGH if reverse osmosis removed some to the minerals, which our bodies need from the water.  He said that, yes it does and that you can not sustain yourself on it.  We didn't discuss a remedy nor an alternative to this.

The following day, Jasmine and I met over leafy greens and smoothies.  Neither one of us could recall or define what reverse osmosis is.  I had to google it.  

I'm not sure where I stand on the Molecule Project.  I'm very happy that I visited, and the water was fantastic.  And of course, I'm open to your questions and comments.

Rock on!