tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14939309692021909172011-11-27T18:23:25.538-05:00Life on the Green Frontier! ...of Brooklyn NYcali hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514268393415945631noreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493930969202190917.post-17556460360869335162010-06-12T11:49:00.001-04:002010-06-12T11:50:50.196-04:00

Don't you hate it when you say you don't need a plastic bag and the counter person just tosses the one they were about to use in the trash? Well, here are these cotton bags you can get to throw your veg or fruit in and also use to store. Dampen to keep them fresh. Other methods from Berkeley farms conveniently already posted at Fake Plastic Fish (Thanks!). Plus just placed an order for some of

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No, really! And I have this OTHER blog now, can you keep up??

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Well. Here I go again. New project. So many. GARRRH. Is that a sound of agony or victory? Answer: both. Would you like to see this bag made? You might consider pledging. And I would be utterly grateful.

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I'm going to give up take-out containers. I guess I'll need a new blog to document this. I'll call it. Givinguptakeoutcontainersin2010? I'll have to ponder on this one.

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I know, I know, I've neglected this blog! But I have a new post up on http://www.sheepless.org/magazine/shorts/animal-chemical-radical-case-leather A new post up on http://masteringtheartofeverything.blogspot.com/ And new post up on http://astoryeveryweek.tumblr.com/ Phew! How much writing do you need from me?!

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Mastering the Art of Everything

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Can you believe it's already August? Arlo has been suffering the heat a little worse than me lately. Dry itchy skin, rashes. I tried spritzing him down with apple cider vinegar, and it seemed to help alleviate his conditions somewhat, but I wanted to try something different and, frankly, a little more pleasant smelling.Plenty of skin products advertise colloidal oatmeal. It soothes skin by

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I was craving fish. And I'm trying to (literally) downsize the fish I consume by eating fish lower on the food chain (and giving large fish a chance to recover their populations). So I got sardines from that fish market on Metropolitan and Leonard which I hadn't been to in several years because I once got some bad salmon there. (The sardines were fine, fresh and wild caught.) And I had all my CSA

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Ahhh, just finally harvested my first batch of vermipost. This tub was almost spilling over, but look how much room we have now! (With a good 3~5 lbs of fresh compost left over waiting to feed my plants.)I started this bin about 4 months ago. And these guys (about one pound of red wigglers and their friends) have been steadily monching through all my veggie and coffee waste since—I'd estimate it

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The NYT just printed a piece on cool roofs. White reflects light. And white roofs can too—as much as 90% of the sun's heat energy, thereby significantly lowering cooling costs. Great for Florida, say detractors, but not so much for, say Michigan where a dark roof can boost warmth in winter.Two-facedIs it not obvious to anyone else, they should make shingles that are peaked or curved and painted

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I can be kind of a buzz kill. I'm the girl at the party I who can turn even the most mundane discussion or activity into a political issue:Oh, you're using that lip balm, don't you know it can give you cancer? Yeah, that engagement ring is rather big and shiny, but was that diamond ethically sourced? You're still drinking water out of plastic, et el ad nauseum.So henceforth, I'm going to make it

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I have a new story, read it here: A Story Every Week.Thanks!Excerpt:A young woman and man peered into the chain-link fence to catch a glimpse of the arboreal mystery. The army of guards and researchers made it very well impossible, but every once in a while, inside the compound, one—if one were patient and lucky enough—could catch said glimpse of a dwarf and wrinkled tree bearing dull green grey

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I have a new project here. Enjoy! :) And thanks for reading.

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Come April, I will have had Arlo 3 years. A long way from the whimpering howling chicken he used to be. (He hated being alone).

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I am from the future, and this is what I drive. The Aptera 2e, folks.

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Once during college, some Christian yokel managed to cram a skinny pamphlet into my palm. Skimming over it later, I realized it was entirely useful. A how-to-guide for removing every stain imaginable. Unfortunately, I only recall one, how to get out blood stains, but to that, I add my list of non-toxic and vastly cheaper alternatives to packaged “green” cleaning products. Great if you have a dog

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December 31 gets all the hype. And all the anti-climatism. While drunken revelers stumbled into the new year, I'd already celebrated the underdog of holidays—the subtle sleeper of winter solstice. What once was only a minor blip on my radar now radiates a much keener hope that never fails to deliver. The hope of longer days, cold though they are. The hope of winter finally come and only spring to

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I have a serious love/hate relationship with my cast iron skillet. I love its evenness of temperature, ability to sear a steak like nobody's business, that it is non-toxic, non-stick, super inexpensive ($14) and it will probably last my lifetime with proper care.The care constitutes all of the hate part. Proper seasoning of the skillet prevents the steel from rusting and keeps food from

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I'm not sure where I picked it up, but as a child, I remember hearing that you could cook with sour milk. Once I got to cooking age, that no longer seemed to apply, and friends would be unsympathetic when I would tell them about drinking milk past its expiration date because it didn't taste sour—but was definitely past its prime as evidenced by my discomfort.Well, finally, I get to say I told you

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Little Towns Little Prayers from kate bryant on Vimeo.

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I have been trawling the internets looking to get my hands on raw milk delivery. You've seen it on TV, the glass bottles, the milkman in his starched whites, the little icebox truck. Well, now, me too! I found a co-op that delivers in NYC and now I will be the envy of all my eco-foodie-nerd friends.Nutritional benefits of whole raw milk are many:Contains conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) present in

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HELLS YES!

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I found myself with a couple hours to kill after work a couple weeks ago and wandered into Lord & Taylor for some casual browsing. Immediately, a hooker make-up girl pounced over to tell me a national renown make-up artist was at the store and wouldn't I like to try out some stuff. I felt game and said, Yeah! The enthusiasm, of course, wore off in about point two seconds.She sat me down and asked

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I shot this.* I hope it looks intentionally amateur. we live because from kate bryant on Vimeo.*Music by Patrick Bower.

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I'm sorry, I'm sorry I did not take a picture of the hot dog salad my sister made me for breakfast that I so rudely ignored. Sorry! 

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Borges loathed mirrors for their ability to reproduce realities. The puzzle I dreamed last night expanded on that idea. In the dream, a man was being interrogated for treason under a false name. The narrater spelled out the dilemma: If the man told the truth, there would remain two realities, the reality of the man and the reality of his alter ego, Nicolaus Krazinksy. And if he denied the truth,

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Posted By: Fred H If God wanted us to stop global warming he would have given us solar panels and hybrids. But He didn't give us that, LIBERALS did! God gave us coal and oil and nucular [sic] power to burn because God's breath is strong enough to blow away more pollution then the liberal windmill generators can. And those wind things are stupid because they don't spin fast enough to blow

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So, in one month, my sister Sang Hyun will be visiting NY/and the US for the first time....for a whole month. As promised, I will be posting a regular Korean primer for her imminent arrival.There are no difficult tonal or glottal sounds to worry about in the Korean language. If you see a y as the second letter (as in Hyun), it is pronounced like the y in you not like the vowels i or e. So Hyun is

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Fire on Newel. Bright spot on left is the truck on fire. Fire truck lights to the right. You can see plume of smoke in top photo.First the warning, don't walk down there, there's a fire. Just barely visible, I hadn't even noticed right away. The warner's phone was failing her, and her apartment was right there, so I made the call to 911. Fire on Newel, between Nassau and Norman. It's visible,

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I'm not sure what the actual figures are for the take-out waste the city produces, but there are approximately 10 million people living in New York. Let's say just a quarter of those people have full time jobs that require them to work off site (not from home). And from my experience working in offices, usually 75 to 98 percent of my coworkers bought their lunch daily. But for our purposes, let's

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Gazooks! Someone broke into the kitchen. How did he did do it?? Secret surveillance camera shall be hooked up tonight.

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beef, blueberries, grated squash, brown rice, cooked Swiss chard

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Saturday was the second pick-up from my CSA farm share and my first (and only) volunteer shift. (I split a half share with a friend which we collect every other week—although next year, I'm thinking it wouldn't be so bad to split a full share.)This week's vegetable selection included two kinds of beets, summer squash, zucchini, kohlrabi, swiss chard (basically a top-heavy beet turns out!),

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A video I made as part of a Black Sabbath music video collage, October 2006.Technical note: for some reason it sticks in the middle. Use the scrubber to get to the next frame and it should proceed fine for the remainder. Thanks for watching!

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm GladwellMy reviewrating: 4 of 5 starsTerminally fascinating. Among other things, I learned that I am what is referred to as a "developmentally retarded" smoker. And teenagers take up smoking not because *smoking* is cool, but because *smokers* are. And there you have it, folks. I don't know about you, but I sure feel like

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Photo: Chester Higgins Jr./The New York TimesJust five months away from an historic election, with record number citizens tuning in for political coverage, who could possibly fill his shoes.Rest In Peace.

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Sweltering SkyThe humidity steamrolled in, leaving no brow undampened in its wake. As well, it hampered ambition; perched a sweaty arm on the rooftop just above my window. Ninety two degrees swollen to feel like a hundred and two. My tiny desktop fan, though an earnest fellow, did little more than escort in the suffocating air.Arlo sprawled on the floor, panting recklessly. I lay near comatose on

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Because it's not like you don't have enough to carry with you, but if you're a guilt-ridden paranoid consumer like me, you might find these handy grocery wallet guides useful. (Although you could just load it up on your iPhone too.)The fruits and veg guide lists the foods most likely and least likely to contain pesticide residue — to stretch those organic food dollars. And the fish guides are

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Chewhound in unrare repose.In the hasty minutes following my departure two nights ago, Arlo snuck to the cupboards. The wafting scent of a cooling vegetable pie fingering his hound nose, tugging at a never-sated hunger. Not so out of reach, he easily shifted loose the glass dish, disturbing its equilibrium. The subsequent crash sent shards scuttling to every corner of the tile floor, bespeckled

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There was blood on the chicken. Us standing there in the Six Flags parking lot eating a home-cooked lunch. Just eat it, mom snapped, it’s fine. My stomach lurched. My six-year-old heart grated against my chest. I nibbled delicately around the tiny rivulet of blood trailing down the bone, the pinkening flesh. A thick grey sky hanging above. A sea of cars blurring into the horizon. An island of

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I mean, he's kinda got that mouth thing going...

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From Don's flickr page.

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Part I: DismayIndiana, I just didn't appreciate you enough. Never then while living in a multitude of apartments historic and modern did I ever once consider that my apartment could be better designed. Not because I was too naive or wasn't looking—I did notice that the courtyard steps at my dorm were oddly spaced so that you had to take two very long strides or three very tiny ones—but because

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If I haven't been keeping up with my blog, it's because I'm spending way too much time on trains. Commuting to and from East Norwalk, Conn. for a freelance job. That's four hours a day. On a train. Four, people. And I haven't made any commuter friends yet to take advantage of Metro North's bar car which makes it even sadder.

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Obama in 30 seconds.

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Volunteer!I just signed up for two projects with Taproot Foundation. They're in dire need of designers. But, of course other skills are also appreciated....Do It Pro Bono – Volunteer Your Professional SkillsAre you interested in:· Using your professional skills to help strengthen local nonprofits? · Sharpening your skills in a new environment?· Meeting new people?Get involved with the Taproot

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(Editor's note: on Patrick's suggestion, we attempted to cram as many iconic Williamsburg-specific markers into one picture as possible. Can you spot all six?)Name: Patrick BowerOccupation: Copywriter, rocker Relationship status: In oneNeighborhood/Borough: Williamsburg, Brooklyn.Why you moved to NYC:Indiana, though admirably flat and gray, was also dull and lifeless.What you love about your nabe

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Give a drunk girl a camera and even hands slick with truffle oil can't stop the madness. Why did I take so many pictures? I don't know. (That set is such a tiny fraction of the photos I took. Tiny.)Except there was booze involved. Ample ample ample.Last night was the second ever Gothamist/SliceNY pizza party held at Fornino in Williamsburg. Home to Michael Ayoub's much salivated over Tartufo pie

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Today marks the launch of Pitchfork.tv. Because the M in MTV now stands for Mediocrity.

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Because what's the point of suffering through awkward situations if you can't exploit and laugh about it later; let's talk about my recent online date. I shall call him Brisket. I met Brisket at Huckleberry in Williamsburg after a few email exchanges which weren't exactly scintillating but — having only recently gotten back into the dating scene — I felt buoyed enough about potential romance that

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Those douchebags. I mean seriously, yes it's an apple, but why does Apple feel it has to stake a claim on the Big Apple's new green apple infinity logo? They say it's "likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception in the minds of consumers." But it looks nothing like the other apple logo. I mean I know, I'm looking at it right now, on my computer, as I type this.

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We trekked over to Death by Audio on S2 in Williamsburg last night to catch The Dodos who hail from San Francisco. I'm reluctant to make "sounds like" comparisons, because I'm afraid it will only be a sad revelation of the rather meager music knowledge I have compared with serious music bloggers like Soundbites or Brooklyn Vegan. Nonetheless, I'm gonna throw out there that they sound like a

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Name: Kate BryantOccupation: CopywriterRelationship status: Left blank intentionallyNeighborhood/Borough: GreenpointWhy you moved to NYC: It was love at first sight.What you love about your nabe?I can have pierogis for breakfast, authentic tacos for lunch, and a pretty decent pad see ew all in one day. Also, the scenery ain't too shabby. And all my friends are here.Favorite restaurant:Dumont

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Illustration by Julia KimIn the tender hours of twilight, I watch until the last traces of pink and purple fold into the transparent grey that substitutes for night. In the wee hours before dawn, I hear the gate below creaking in the slow wind. And in the sleepless hours in between, I listen to the mechanical tick of some unknown device keeping irregular time, my upstairs neighbor's unsteady

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I will be adding these on the right, thanks for looking!

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Name: Ryan SovereignOccupation: DesignerRelationship status: SingleNeighborhood/Borough: WillamsburgWhat brought you to NYC?Some college friends had an extra room in their loft/garage.What you love about your nabe?I can buy anything I want on the sidewalk, the girls all wear boots and have bangs, I can eat at a different Thai restaurant everyday of the week, and of course the morning commute on

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I like how I'm addressed as "Dear Citizen."dateFri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:43 PMsubjectFood Vendors of Red Hook Parkmailed-byparks.nyc.govDear Citizen:A year ago, you wrote to us to share your love of the huaraches, pupusas, tacos, and other Latin American delights available each summer in Red Hook Park. At the time, we told you that we were obligated to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) in order

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That headline was a geography test. If you immediately thought Biennial! then you live in New York. Proceed to Go.I guess the Biennial is supposed to be some kind of litmus test for what is hot in the art scene right now. So let me pare it down for you:HOTBird droppingsInspiration walls as gallery installationsCheeseShiny and metallicVinyl-sheathed "paintings"TrashCinder blocksBroken

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When that stupid pet food recall swept the nation last year (this is in keeping with my thus far blog's theme of topics that were newsworthy before 2008), I'd initially felt some relief that I'd wisely invested in premium "natural" dog foods for the most part. Oh how easily they dupe me, because apparently "premium" just translates to "better marketing" to lure in anxious pet owners like me. Not

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About a year ago, the New York Times published this piece on Movie Place, one of the last relics of that dying breed — the local video rental store. Shouldered out by rising rents and the Blockbusters of the world, these independent shops were beginning to take on a familiar modern-world patina — manufactured obsolescence — set to take their place alongside electric cars, family farms, scripted

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