Are you using the New Chinook Book, Silicon Valley and Santa Cruz edition, yet?

Isn't a Chinook a Salmon and what does a Salmon want with a book?

This book is for locals and those Cruzin' though the Santa Cruz and Silicon Valley area.  It can even be found across the Monterey Bay, in Old Town Monterey at the Pharmaca store located next to Trader Joe's.  That's right across from the Transit Plaza making it convenient to hop a bus or travel by Kayak straight across the gorgeous Monterey Bay from Santa Cruz. 

The Chinook Salmon will do neither to get this book, but it is nonetheless named after the fearless Salmon which travels readily to the Ocean and back, but for reasons of their own.  The publishers of the Chinook Book find this fish -a local, found from Monterey to Alaska- amazing enough to name their publication after with the shared reason being another meaning applied to Chinook.

As stated on the Welcome Page of the Chinook Book, "Chinook jargon was the language of commerce used between Native Americans across the West and early settlers."  The two translations representing environment and commerce join to reflect the combined purposes of the Chinook Book.  Through use of the book the translation may manifest as Health and Savings!

The Chinook Book is as much a buying and lifestyle guide as it is a coupon book.  It is chock full of information including updated neighborhood maps, travel information for cyclists and transit takers, a local farmers markets guide, recycling schedules and more.  There are coupons for elegant entertainment and learning as well as practical information on gardening and energy use.

The retail price of $20 can be bypassed, in a sense, by putting it toward a purchase of $100. at Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy to activate that store's $20.00 savings coupon found inside the book.  There are an additional two different Pharmaca coupons remaining for use during a future visit.  With a little planning to stave-off to stock-up and save comes the opportunity to save much more.  Inside the Chinook Book find real savings coupons and inspirations. 

There are grocery coupons for favorite healthy brands, sporting equipment and gym coupons, clothing coupons, delicious restaurant coupons, and more.  The book's back cover boasts that this, the second edition of an annual publication, includes, "...over 300 coupons and up to $3,000 in savings...with many 2-for-1 and 50% off deals."

The Chinook Book is an encouragement to get to healthy restaurants and grocers for favorite organic foods, try a new outdoor adventure or fitness challenge, take in local theater, dance and museum events, and purchase home, building, toys and pet products made with a concern for our environment.

You can find your Chinook Book at two dozen local businesses including: New Leaf Community Market  at 1101 Fair Avenue and 1134 Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz and at 1210 41st Avenue in Capitola.