"eco-friendly-trips" Articles & Blogs:
Meghan McCain: Republican Party Has to Become More Gay Friendly
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Young blogger seemingly has no qualms about taking her party to task on
traditionally taboo topics; new gay Republican group launches this weekMeghan McCain on Gay Republicans | Today 1:25 pm
Meghan McCain makes no apologies for being a Republican and p...[Read on] |
Road trips aren't so boring anymore
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Ah, road trips; the bastion of family squabbles and the phrase “stop
touching me!” I remember those days. My brother and I would share the
back seat of a 1989 Jeep Cherokee Laredo and stack a bag of toys or
books in the middle of the seat in order to...[Read on] |
What if everyone biked to work?
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This video, of morning rush hour in Utrecht, Netherlands is a glimpse into what a city could look like if 33% of all trips happened by bike. Pretty incredible.
In the last year, I finally conquered ...[Read on] |
Late Labor Day to reduce number of vacations, AAA says
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AAA projects the number of Americans traveling on vacation this Labor Day weekend will be impacted by when Labor Day falls on the calendar. Approximately 39.1 million travelers are expected to take a trip of 50 miles or more away from home, a decrease of...[Read on] |
Planning the Ultimate Chicks-Only Getaway
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Summer is quickly approaching and chicks in colleges across the country are getting ready for the upcoming months of internships, jobs, and, in some cases, summer classes. However, just because a chick’s summer schedule may not be as flexible as it was ...[Read on] |
WPS gives us the publicity campaign we've been looking for!
| This campaign is the first I've seen for the WPS that looks like it was designed by people who play and/or watch the sport. These ads are actually quite traditional - when promoting men's sports. Women's soccer hasn't gotten this treatment (closest...[Read on] |
Does sex sell women's sport? (and is it worth the trouble to find out?)
| Originally, I had tried to put down some thoughts so I could comment on a post at WTS. But they have grown too numerous for a comment, apparently, so I share them here. (Note: You may want to listen to the interview before reading on.)
In the int...[Read on] |
Lean, Clean & Green: A Chick’s Guide to Reducing Her Carbon “Cookprint”
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Environmentalists have been warning us for years about the damaging effects our lifestyles have on the planet. They spoke and we listened. We followed their recommendations and changed the way in which we shopped, consumed, drove and worked.
We replace...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Green Is Sexy: Helping the Environment One Tip at a Time
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Admittedly, there are days when it feels like the fight for the environment is a losing battle. Leaps and bounds in the right direction can suddenly amount to nothing when news of more polar bears drowning in the arctic reaches home and earthquakes of epi...[Read on] |
"Pop Stars Should Not Eat": The 10 Strangest Lady Gaga Quotes from That New York Magazine Piece
| From LadyGaga.com.
Vanity Fair contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis has a giant profile of Lady Gaga in this week's New York magazine. In the spirit of the Internet, though, we've condensed the piece into a series of infinitely Tweet-able and away mess...[Read on] |
E-Readers: Which One to Chose?
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E-readers have been gaining a lot of ground lately and I know they have a lot of benefits: lower cost, eco friendly (less trees), compact, and with wireless downloads possible, the Internet is at your fingertips! There’s no longer a need to feel embarra...[Read on] |
Jill Clayburgh: Breaking Boundaries for Women On Screen
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I heard the sad news this morning about the passing of Jill Clayburgh from leukemia at 66.
I hadn’t thought about Clayburgh in a while not since the cancellation of the under appreciated Dirty Sexy Money, but upon hearing the news I was immediate...[Read on] |
Hell Hath No Fury Like Taylor Swift (Sorta) Scorned
| Taylor Swift is approaching promotion of her third album, Speak Now, with what can only be described as Nixonian paranoia—her label seems to fear that nothing short of a manufactured shitstorm of controversy will save it from tanking. Ahead of the disc...[Read on] |
Become an Eco-preneur
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This fall I had the chance to write an article about three eco-preneurs. Rianna not only started her own holistic beauty line, Organic to Green, she also launched ReuseCycle, a program where she collects, sanitizes, and reuses glass bottles from local re...[Read on] |
Ask Patty Female Friendly Blog Carnival: August 12, 2009
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There's so much happening in the automotive world, whether it's exciting reports about automotive safety, fun car news, or information about our Certified Female Friendly dealers and retailers, we've got something here for everyone. Have you got female fr...[Read on] |
Be bronzed, be beautiful: and save $10, too!
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Calling all chicks! Tired of constantly making those weekly trips to take care of your waxing, tanning and hair removal needs?
Now is the perfect time for you to be as bronzed and bare as possible as summer starts to heat up and ChickSpeak has the perfec...[Read on] |
Traveling on a budget? Try a hotel alternative
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As a newly minted college grad, I had one thing on my mind: buy a plane ticket to Europe and spend six week backpacking across the countries I had only ever dreamed of visiting. But after I started calculating the price tag of my European adventure - from...[Read on] |
Eco-friendly Yokohama enhances tire exhibit with walls made from live plants
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Earth Day is still a month away, but environmentally friendly Yokohama has started celebrating early with a living display at this weekend's Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The exhibit features a lush "living wall" grown from natural p...[Read on] |
Fresh Air Fund looking to book host families for Summer 2011
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Chances are you’re already looking forward to summer. You may be going to camp, taking a vacation with your family, or playing in a summer sports league. But not all kids are as lucky. Each summer, the Fresh Fund provides New York City kids a chance t...[Read on] |
Chevrolet Volt hits Tinseltown in anticipation of Los Angeles Auto Show
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Los Angeles-based fans of the Chevrolet Volt will be pleased to learn the highly anticipated extended-range electric vehicle is in Tinseltown for a few spins around the City of Angels and a whirlwind tour of activities leading up to the 2009 Los Angeles ...[Read on] |
Elton John sings at Rush Limbaugh's fourth wedding
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Apparently even staunch conservatives love a little gay flavor at their weddings.
Singer Sir Elton John reportedly played at Rush Limbaugh's fourth wedding this weekend, to the tune of one million dollars as his fee.
A bit ironic, one might think, c...[Read on] |
Spring Cleaning! Hooray!
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I keep seeing articles on this apparently national seasonal phenomenon, and they always have bright, fresh photos and great encouragement to dive in and clean your whole house at once. What fun! Pardon my whining — But it’s SPRING! And the sun’s ...[Read on] |
Drive a Little Greener with G-Oil
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As the month of April approaches, and with it Earth Day, the focus of the Blog begins to shift to the green side of the spectrum. We'll be featuring lots of eco-friendly products and tips in the coming 30 days or so, and the first of those is Green Ear...[Read on] |
My Dad still driving at 85 - Happy Father's Day!
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My Dad is still driving at 85 years old and is one of the big reasons I love cars! My Dad did not own a car at all until he was he was 33 years old. Owning a car was a luxury item for a post WWII blue collar family man in the 1950's, he car-pooled to wor...[Read on] |
Set Visit: With Bridesmaids, Can Judd Apatow’s Dude-Friendly Formula Go Girly?
| Apatow’s ladies’ night? Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper. Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
By now, the legendary Judd Apatow filmmaking formula is so well known, we’ve memorized it: find talented comedians, give th...[Read on] |
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