Sunday, February 11, 2007

Weekend Update: Organic Chocolate & Solar Juice Bags

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Whitman's & Russell Stover are offering organic chocolates. The Green Girlfriend got some the other day, so hopefully she'll post a comment reporting on how they compared with standard chocolate.

Speaking of The Green Girlfriend, we went to Lost Dog Cafe for a late lunch/early dinner yesterday. They have the best selection of beer in Arlington, sandwiches that are much tasier and much cheaper than your standard Cosi/Potbelly/Au Bon Pain fare, and best of all, the owners are actively involved in animal rescue work, so you know your money is doing better work than just enhancing some stockholder's portfolio.

Ever heard of Juice Bags? If you're like me, your reaction was, "What, like Capri Sun?" These are backpacks or messenger bags with flexible solar panels on one side, so you can keep your electronic devices charged. If you're a frequent hiker or bike messenger, I can see where they'd be a great investment. You can be entered for a chance to win one by taking Grist.org's reader survey.

A few environmental programs that have been brought to my attention recently, if I get a chance to watch them, I'll post reviews:

- HGTV's "Living with Ed"
- The Sundance Channel's "The Green"
- NPR's "Discovering Where We Live: Reimagining Environmentalism"
This week, I'll be posting an "Ask the Green Miles" on I66 widening, and will be passing along any updates from Richmond on smoking ban legislation. And from what I hear, I may have lots of time to blog on Tuesday, because we could get a major winter storm here in DC. Few forecasters are putting down bets on snow totals yet, but AccuWeather is saying we could get 6-12 inches, with slight variations in the track of the storm having a big impact on whether we get much more or much less.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have two comments: 1) The Lost Dog Cafe was excellent and I definitely could see making a trip out there for lunch a weekly ritual. 2) The Russell Stover Organic chocolate gets the "Wes Anderson" from me. That means, that it was okay but being a fan of chocolate, it definitely did not touch Godiva or even the Dove chocolate that is super creamy. Saying that, I would be interested in trying other varieties before I slag off the whole category of chocolate. Thanks to the Green Miles for the sweet thought.

The Green Miles said...

For the uninitiated, the "Wes Anderson" comes from the little girl's shrug at 1:28 of this clip ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spCknVcaSHg