DC Reads at the 5th Place Level
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under VA/DC/MD Happenings, Publishing | Leave a Comment
One would hope that our nation’s capital has some of the most literate people even though passed policies often create another perception. But lucky us, DC comes in 5th as the United States’ most literate city.
LiveScience published their report today placing Minneapolis and Seattle at the top of the list with St. Louis coming in […]
The Starbucks Reverse Jinx
Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Food, Consumerism, Finance | Leave a Comment
This delightful coinage taken from an article on Slate describes how the looming coffee monster we call Starbucks is actually helping improve coffee sales for local shops. There is this assumption that our communities were overflowing with locally run coffee shops until the dreaded Starbucks moved in plucking their customers one by one away from […]
Read More..>>TreeHugger’s Interview with Spurlock on WWJB
Posted on December 17, 2007 - Filed Under Consumerism | Leave a Comment
Earlier this year I posted an article about an upcoming film entitled, “What Would Jesus Buy?” about Reverend Billy and his Stop Shopping Choir. One of my favorites sites, TreeHugger, had the opportunity to talk with the producer Morgan Spurlock about the film in an interview worth reading. Morgan discusses the message of the film […]
Read More..>>What are your Desire Lines?
Posted on December 12, 2007 - Filed Under Just Breathe, Deep Thoughts | 1 Comment
I have been enamored with the British canoeist (John Darwin) who faked his own drowning death (pseudocide) only to be “reunited” with his wife (Anne) and create a new life together in Panama. Evidently, the house they were living in when his “accident” occurred was rigged with secret entrances so John could continue living there […]
Read More..>>DC is Urban Walker’s Dream
Posted on December 5, 2007 - Filed Under VA/DC/MD Happenings | 1 Comment
Urban planning is becoming a big deal for developers and city managers as the nation, especially areas outside of large cities, prepare living and working areas to accommodate pedestrian traffic. The Brookings Institute, a nonprofit public policy organization, located here in Washington, DC, has published a report ranking the top 30 metropolitan areas on […]
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