grapefruite

Really amazing music, they put on an incredible show at Outside Lands… I checked their website and no New York stops, but there is always Paris for thanksgiving. yeah, good idea.

Just got back from SF and scrolling through all my emails, I came across this link for a map that locates solar panels on roof tops in san francisco.  It must be a growing industry, I met two people over the weekend who install solar panels and saw an ad in the paper needing people to install.  Nyc needs to get with it.

Ahhh, I miss the fresh air and fantastic hill-top views.  pics to come when i refresh the ol’ camera battery

yay-  she’s back from vacay!

Beautiful concept!  Shipping via sailboat makes sense and is a great idea for many items, in this case - wine from France to Ireland.  The shipping company CTMV (Compagnie de Transport Maritime a la Voile) estimates the carbon dioxide emissions to be seven times less than a container ship plying the same route.  Look for the ‘Carried by sailing ship’ label on bottles… I wonder if you could travel on the boats for free if you helped crew the sails (or clean the heads).

cathyerway:

Oh, totally. Bring ‘em to the stores in Brooklyn for me, please.

“A standard wine bottle holds 750 milliliters of wine and generates about 5.2 pounds of carbon-dioxide emissions when it travels from a vineyard in California to a store in New York. A 3-liter box generates about half the emissions per 750 milliliters. Switching to wine in a box for the 97 percent of wines that are made to be consumed within a year would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about two million tons, or the equivalent of retiring 400,000 cars.”  GOOD to know!

I would like to go to this.  Maybe I shall.