From my first post about the event: They had such a good time last year Heine Brother’s, Carmichael’s and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth are teaming up for another big party that “celebrates the unique natural beauty and ecological importance of Kentucky’s Appalachian mountains.” Louisville Loves Mountains 2010 is next Friday May 21 from 4PM-10PM. They’ll [...]
Continue reading...10. May 2010
They had such a good time last year Heine Brother’s, Carmichael’s and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth are teaming up for another big party that “celebrates the unique natural beauty and ecological importance of Kentucky’s Appalachian mountains.” Louisville Loves Mountains 2010 is next Friday May 21 from 4PM-10PM. They’ll have Longest Avenue, in front of Heine [...]
Continue reading...23. April 2010
Whole Foods has a nice project going on tomorrow that will allow you to recycle old computers and other tech gear for free. Just show up between 10AM-3PM with your old and (optionally) busted stuff and they’ll take care of recycling it. Note that they’ll be accepting lots of stuff (laptops, CPUs, DVDs, cables, memory [...]
Continue reading...12. April 2010
If this event had just been a few months ago I’m sure I would have learned some great strategies for all the work we’ve been doing on the new house. Too bad for me but good for all of you buying houses or doing work on your houses soon. Just in time for Earth Day, [...]
Continue reading...15. March 2010
There are a couple words that I have a Pavlovian response to when I hear them. For example when I hear the name of a beloved friend’s ex I immediately say “X is cold.” And when anyone mentions beets I always instantly say “Beets taste like dirt.” I can’t help myself, the words just come [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
Dear Fairdale Bigfoot: As the holiday season wears on, I find myself invited to more and more parties. I am of two minds on this. In general, I am a sedentary creature who likes reading in solitude. On the other hand, I do enjoy getting together from time to time with friends, friends of friends [...]
Continue reading...12. October 2009
Billed as a “sustainable living festival” The Green Summit will take place October 17 and 18, 2009 at The Summit. Over 40 vendors and groups will be set up outdoors near Habitation, The Summit office and by Quest outdoors, offering sales, samples and coupons. Swope Auto will have a Smart Car and Prius on display, [...]
Continue reading...18. May 2009
I’ve been thinking a lot about my energy consumption of late as the weather starts to get warm enough to make me want to crank the ac up. Maybe attending this lecture would make me more firm in my resolve to use the ac less and less. Maybe. Nancy Grant, author of The Pocket Idiot’s [...]
Continue reading...14. May 2009
I’ve been thinking about public transportation a lot lately. I took the train and bus while I was in Chicago a couple weeks ago and that fact really shamed me into realizing that I never take the bus here at home. I’m not hard core enough to bike downtown when I have meetings down there [...]
Continue reading...31. March 2009
We love us some trees in the Highlands. And with Mother Nature beating up on a lot of them over the past six months goodness knows we need to get some new ones planted. That’s where the Joint Highlands Arbor Day this Saturday April 4, 2009 comes in to help. A Joint Arbor Day event [...]
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17. May 2010
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