Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Siblings on Feb 19th, 2010
It’s been a recycling/reducing kind of week, so it’s only fitting that I am dedicating today’s Favorite Things Friday to cool products and companies that can help us reduce waste, improve recycling rates, and reduce the amount of plastic in our world. What do you think? Willing to give them a try? Ecologic packaging. I [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Cool sites, Food, Shopping on Feb 3rd, 2010
Over the past 24 hours we’ve had three instances of customer service via Twitter and all I can say is WOW. First, a little background: We own a Kenmore stainless steel refrigerator. It’s about eight years old, but it’s in nice condition. About a year ago it started running all the time. We have an [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Shopping on Feb 1st, 2010
Yesterday we were up in Jericho so we stopped in to Whole Foods. I’ve never been there on a Sunday. We always hit Whole Foods late on a Saturday — maybe 4 or 5 p.m., when it’s quieter and mellower. Yesterday at 1 p.m., however, it was a zoo. People everywhere. You could hardly get [...]
Posted in Going Green, Reduce, Reuse, Shopping on Jan 28th, 2010
My big girl is growing like a weed. Seriously. She started the school year wearing a size 5. We went to a 6 slim a little while ago. Now those same 6s are starting to look a little floody. So yesterday after school we stopped into the local Once Upon a Child, a consignment shop, [...]
Posted in Environment, Going Green, Reduce, Shopping on Dec 21st, 2009
I am a freelance journalist. I have been since October 16, 1999. My income is based on my good ideas, talent, and a little luck. There’s one more component, too: The kindness of relative strangers — the editors, producers, and project managers who give me assignments. That’s why, every year, I take the time to [...]
Posted in Favorite Things Friday, Going Green, Shopping on Nov 27th, 2009
I’m posting this late today. My kids slept until 9:10 a.m. We were woken up by my friend Lori. Every year she wakes up at 3:30 a.m. to go brave the Black Friday sales. I texted her last night, asking if she could pick up something from Kohl’s for me. A Barbie cruise ship that [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food on Nov 24th, 2009
Last night my husband stayed up until 2 a.m. baking brownies for my big girl’s school sharing feast. Apparently, the Native Americans gave the settlers chocolate as a gift, so we were assigned something chocolate. All the food at the feast has to be vegetarian — vegan preferred — but since we were baking we [...]
Posted in Going Green, Organic, Shopping, Sustainable on Oct 28th, 2009
This morning I came across a smart, eye-opening story posted on ecosalon. I immediately tweeted it — it was that important. The story’s gist: Some of the very brands I know, love and shop for are owned by giant conglomerates that could care less about the environment or the people who buy their products. The [...]
Posted in Cool sites, Shopping on Sep 25th, 2009
I’ve been trying to promote my blog so that more people read it. Not that I don’t love the four people who take the time to look at my posts, but this blog is more than just a hobby. It’s a means to an end…but I digress. Anyway, I’ve been spending time looking at other [...]