Taking a bite out of the big apple

Every Penny Counts (New York Times)

Do you want a latte or a house? For the last couple of years, the answer for me has been "a house", and now my husband and I are proud home-owners. We will leave our awesome, but outgrown, apartment suite this October for a home in the suburbs with superb access (i.e. 5-10 minute walk) to groceries, bank, schools, post office, LCC (husband makes a wicked beer-crust pizza in the bread-maker), a large park with a trail along the river, and of course, the public transit - I like to think Jack White would be proud.

Throwing it all away

New Eco-Friendly Packaging Triggers Boom In Guilt-Free Littering

Eco-littering, however, is just one of the ways the public is embracing the green idea. The growing popularity of flex-fuel cars, which can run on regular gasoline or the ethanol-hydrocarbon compound known as E85, means more people can enjoy old-fashioned Sunday joyrides and short drives to the neighborhood supermarket without fretting about wasting nonrenewable fuel. Compact fluorescent lightbulbs now save the trouble of turning off lights. And cleaner-burning fuels and sustainable energy sources such as wind and solar power are making the longtime dream of running household appliances at all hours a reality.

Please endeavour to use less, because eco-garbage is still garbage.

Daytripper

Field of potatoes near Carman, MB. This particular variety travels to a potato plant (if the farmer is lucky and has a good crop) and is turned into a few food products, mainly fries, and of those, mainly McDonald's fries.

Flowers on those same potato plants

Looking down into the Boyne River

Wheat

Wheat and a ladybug

Lightning crashes - in my ears

Oh man.

Video proof

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White Stripes, Secret Show in Transit Bus , Winnipeg

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The White Stripes take public transit. Why don't you?

"I took the public transit today. I never turn down a free ride." - Jack White addressing a crowd of 6000, 07/02/2007, MTS Centre.

White Stripes play Winnipeg bus, bridge

I bet they took the Downtown Spirit. Winnipeg Transit runs three free Downtown Spirit routes, two of which go through the Forks.

Yesterday afternoon, after the bus ride, Jack White and Meg White played an impromptu gig on a bridge within close walking distance of my workplace. I'm disappointed I missed it, but the story warms the bottom of my soul, as does the memory of their fantastic show last night.