tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post8047764665794395276..comments2024-03-28T00:13:03.960-07:00Comments on Babasiga: What's in a name?Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-16535070723511399692010-05-25T01:18:33.609-07:002010-05-25T01:18:33.609-07:00It's for yuppies I guess. And mainly in Califo...It's for yuppies I guess. And mainly in California.<br /> <br />Soothing Soda<br />1/5/2010<br />As he dealt with losing his job last year, Matt Moody decided to calm down and maybe earn a living helping others do the same.<br /><br />The native Salinan and founder of The Relaxing Company in Riverside, Calif., developed Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda, a product he says is a natural opposite to energy drinks.<br /><br />Moody's first in a line of products made with a secret kava-based formula is meant to soothe but not make you sleepy.<br /><br />"It's an alternative to alcohol that you might be able to drink in the middle of the day," he said.<br /><br />Mary Jane -- slang for marijuana -- contains nothing illegal, Moody said, but the "quick calming sensation" achieved by drinking the soda, which is made with kava root from the South Pacific islands, is comparable.<br /><br />"If there is something that makes you all worked up, you can calm down," Moody said.<br /><br />Moody was working for a supplement company in Colorado. He was laid off Jan. 9, 2009, and not long after, he decided to produce an antithesis to energy drinks, rather than compete with them.<br /><br />The formula for Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda was developed in his kitchen in Denver. Having worked at the GNC store at Central Mall in Salina, Moody knew of kava's effects.<br /><br />"I used to mix it up and drink it on long flights. It tastes really bitter," he said.<br /><br />To make it taste better, Moody began mixing kava in soda. He tested it with friends, who compared the results to the effects of pot, aka Mary Jane.<br /><br />Kava is a natural herb, Moody said -- perfectly legal and safe.<br /><br />"It stuck, and I figured if it stuck with a small group of people, it would work," Moody said.<br /><br />Moody began bottling Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda. He began marketing it in July, investing $10,000. It was all he had at the time and was considered a very bold move by his father, Steve Moody, of Stafford, a former deputy Salina fire chief.<br />etc. etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com