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Five Days of Rain

For those of you not living in the desert, five days of rain probably doesn’t sound like anything to note.  But here in Las Vegas getting five straight overcast, rainy days in a row portends the onset of Armageddon.  Ok, so that is a bit dramatic.  But it is odd.

When we moved here five [...]

Hotel Green Initiatives: CFL’s

Another green initiative that many hotels are embracing is the CFL.  When I started the tan/green blog, one of the topics I put on the list to cover was compact fluorescent lamps, CFL’s.  Why?  Because I really don’t like them.

This week every lamp in my hotel room is a fluorescent lamp…every lamp in the [...]

Hotel Green Initiatives: Towel Programs

Here I am on day four of my two week stay at the friendly Hilton.  In my last post I embarked on a mini-project looking at how green and granola those conservation/recycling/green hotel programs are.  It is hard to NOT think about being granola when on vaca/away for work every hotel asks you to conserve [...]

Cloth Diapering – Questions Answered

Many thanks to my friend, Meghan, who took time from her very busy job as stay at home mom to twin four year old boys and a nearly two year old daughter to answer my questions about cloth diapers.  Clearly time is not argument against using cloth diapers!  There is a ton of info out [...]

Freshness

Warning: today’s post is a rant on the corporate takeover of “freshness.”  Such a great concept – very granola really.  Imagine crisp autumn breezes, straight from the dryer linens, harvested veggies.  This is what I want the connotation of fresh to be!  But, alas, “fresh” and “freshness” have been totally taken over by marketers.  As [...]