Karma Kitchen DC Going on Retreat After April 10th

Open letter to Karma Kitchen DC Community: It has been a little over two years since we started Karma Kitchen DC at Polo India Club (now Dalchinni). We have had an incredible journey thanks to our volunteers, guests, and larger community. We have witnessed some amazing ripples of kindness and expressions of generosity...

Aparna

Loud and Silent

Four weeks ago at KK, a first-time guest waited till the restaurant was closed and then offered to play a song on his flute. "In the same spirit of love that you run Karma Kitchen, I do gift-economy yoga in the parks . I also make my own flutes, and I wanted to share this song for all your hard work today," Vlad Moskovski said. With...

Dipa

Life

‎Life is too short to wake up in the morning with things that you regret. So love the people who treat you right, forget the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it would be easy they just promised it would be worth it.

Sneha

Meera's Inspiration

After a long time I had the opportunity to volunteer with Meera a.k.a. Marriette. After KK, I got to catch up with her, as she was telling me about her trip to India and volunteering. Among her stories was one about tagging random people on the street with chai! It inspired me to try this on my own. I felt my...

MJ

When Your Heart Melted

Thank you for coming together to serve 121 guests, with a generosity-filled Karma Kitchen experience. Watching the 3-year-old girl and her 5-year-old boy who shyly came inside the kitchen to sing twinkle-twinkle-little-star as their thank-you to the Karma Kitchen crew or hearing a guest who proudly declared: 'Well, today was the first...

Vikram

things we forget

this is fantastic guys! thanks so much for sharing and taking photos of some of the notecards :)

absolutely love.

you should also check out http://thingsweforget.blogspot.com, a blog run by a guy in singapore with bits and pieces of advice that he slaps on a post it note (in a creative fashion) somewhere in singapore every day. he's always sure to scan the post it before going off and putting it somewhere though. really beautiful idea

Ankit

A-Bun-Dance :)

The server crew pulled off an amazing effort at Karma Kitchen Berkeley on Sunday, serving a whopping 138 people over a longer-than-usual day. Abundance was the theme of the day, and that certainly applied in terms of people -- both guests and servers, as Sharanya stepped up in the morning to help with...

Maitre-D :)

Most Powerful Piece of Wisdom

Karma Kitchen has a theme every week on which we encourage the guests to reflect on. The "theme" last weekend was: Wisdom. We asked each of the guests, "What is the most powerful piece of wisdom you have ever received?" Here are their responses, some obvious, some not so obvious, and some just made us laugh out loud:...

B2

There is no higher purpose than to serve others.

Dear KK-Team, The more you volunteer at KK, you will find out the magic that Guri brings. She handled the interface role with boundless generosity and still had time to bus and share a few anecdotes with the rest of the volunteers. Amish seemed to find his calling here at KK. He was amusing the guests with his...

MJ

A comment from a guest at today's Karma Kitchen in DC

"My first experience here or at any place like this. Simply amazing! I am moved to tears by the generosity of spirit, kindness, and goodness that underlie this model. The concept embodies our highest ideals and all of your wonderful volunteers execute with grace, enthusiasm and encouragement. Kudos to Tamara on her first day and Loveena for the best smile on Connecticut Ave. The delicious food is even better when we get a check for $0.00. I ended up putting more money in the envelope than I even would have paid for lunch because I want Karma Kitchen to thrive!"

Anonymous