Common Loves His Veggies

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Coachella Roundup 2009

Ladies at Viceroy enjoying tequila & the sun.

A sight for sore eyes. Literallly.

Our weekend sponsored by Vitamin Water.

Spank Rock killin’ it!

Enjoying Sinatra’s bed.

Jeremy Scott/Adidas @ 4am. Where to next?

Sippin’ on some sizzurp.

OG Coachella crew.

Public Enemy.

Celebrating our 23rd with The Cure.

Peace out! See you in 2010.

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Meat Was Murder For Moz At Coachella

The video clip above is of Morrissey walking off the stage during his set at Coachella because the smell of cooking meat offended him.

Morrissey gave his quote of the year at Coachella just before he walked off the stage during his song “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”: “I can smell burning flesh and I hope to God it’s human,” he said, smelling the barbeque sold by festival vendors.

To his credit, Moz did return to the stage and continue his set, giving the explanation that “the smell of burning animals is making me sick. I just couldn’t bear it.”

Morrissey usually has a strict ban on meat products at his gigs, but at festivals, anything goes.

Homie is SERIOUS about his hatred for meat. I don’t blame him. The smell of seafood makes me want to puke through my nostrils.

In other news, he was set to play the next night in my old stomping grounds of San Francisco. He cancelled his show only to be seen later chilling at the DNA Lounge. Oh that Mozzers, always so dramatic. We wouldn’t have it any other way. But I would have been PISSED as hell if I was supposed to be attending that show and he cancelled!

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“Out Of The Ordinary” Earth Day With Shades And Dita Von Teese

We’re heading down the green carpet and you’re invited! Celebrate Earth Day with Shades at THE WAY WE WORE in Los Angeles. Preview the “Out of the Ordinary” fashion collection featuring reworked, recyled vintage pieces curated by legendary green advocate Doris Raymond. Hair by Shades and makeup by Paige Padgett. 100% of the night’s proceeds support green charities.

“Out of the Ordinary” fashion event with host Dita Von Teese

Wed, April 22, 2009 from 6:00-9:00pm

The Way We Wore Boutique 334 S. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles CA 90036

RSVP to Shades All Natural: shadescolorstudio [at] gmail [dot] com

I got this listing from Your Daily Thread. Visit their events section to see their calendar. They have a gazillion Earth Day events posted!!

Source YDT

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Celebrate EARTH DAY With A COCK-tail At W Hotel!

From SwellCityGuide.com:

Celebrate Earth Day at WHISKEY BLUE at W Los Angeles-Westwood hotel. The bar will be featuring a special “green” cocktail on their menu called VeeV-a-la Green starting April 22nd (Earth Day) through May 31st.

Fifty cents from every cocktail purchased during this time will go to Global Green USA – www.globalgreen.org. In addition, VeeV is a product that supports green initiatives by contributing $1 from every bottle sold to the Brazilian Rainforest.

www.veevlife.com.

W Hotel – Los Angeles
930 Hilgard Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 208-8765
http://whotels.com/losangeles

Thanks Haya! Visit Swell City Guide for more event listings and interviews.

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The 2nd Annual Wilshire Center Earth Day / Car Free Day

The 2nd Annual Wilshire Center Earth Day / Car Free Day this Wednesday, April 22, 2009 from 11AM-2PM at 3700 Wilshire Blvd.

• FREE Electronic Waste Recycling
  Bring your old TV, computer, monitors and other electronics to be recycled for FREE!
• We will host a farmers market featuring organic and locally grown produce.
• The Mayor’s Million Trees Initiative along with KYCC will be giving out over 200 fruit trees.
• There will be NO street closures. Wilshire Blvd and all adjacent streets will remain open.
  The entire event will take place at 3700 Wilshie Blvd. on the grass lawn between Oxford and Serrano.
• To learn more go to: http://www.wilshirecenter.com/earthday

Recycling At It’s Finest

This Blockbuster drop-off box was spotted in Liberia being used as a baking oven for deserts and cakes.

Ingenious.

Source Afrigadget

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Coachella Ella Ella

Posts will be light until the beginning of next week. I’ve decided it’s going to be too difficult to drunk blog while basking under the sun at pool parties and going to see Public Enemy and The Cure. Party time! Excellent!

On a side note, please check out the Coachella website to read about the EnergyFACTory and TRASHed.

In an effort to cut back on plastic bottle waste, there will be 3 stations throughout the grounds offering the following:

• Free drinking fountains – 3 locations throughout the venue, please see map
• Bring your own container – it must be completely empty to enter the festival (from the main entrance or any camping areas). No glass, metal and no camel packs. You can fill up at the free drinking fountains or purchase cold filtered water for $1 per filling. 32oz maximum container allowed in.
• Purchase a $10 plastic 24oz water container and receive free cold filtered water all weekend.

Thanks Leilani!

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Kanye X Guru

Guru energy drinks are organic, low in calories and 100% natural.

I would have never guessed it but apparently Kanye is going to be creating his very own flavor for the brand.

From Kanye’s press release: “I express myself through music, fashion, art, and design, and that’s why I am excited to collaborate with Guru; because the brand values what I value, and I can put what inspires me into this new product.”

ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS, IF I DRINK THIS, WILL IT MAKE ME WANT TO EXPRESS MYSELF IN ALL CAPS LIKE KANYE?

Grist via Pitchfork News

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Girl Scout Cookie Recycled

I’m obsessed with reading food packaging to see if it’s made from recycled materials and to see if it’s recyclable.

But this confuses me. I know it’s made out of recycled paperboard..but can I toss it in the recycle bin now that I’ve finished the cookies off? I don’t think I can. Anyone know the answer???

BTW, Trefoils with rice milk= ecstasy! I had to contain myself from buying more than one box.

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What’s The 411?

Obama in the doghouse: WH pup coming soon and he isn’t a rescue. Obama Dog Blog

Still got love for him. The big O getting 17,000 hybrids for his government posse. Swoon. Washington Post

Mmm. It’s that pesticide flavor that taste so damn good in Mickey D’s fries. Daily Green

5 million w/o water for 36 hrs in Mexico City. Learning to reserve water the hard way. Eco Worldly

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Enjoy The Peep Show

Happy Easter to our peeps!

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ILVTOFU Denied!

Can’t those pesky people at the DMV see that she just wanted to show her love for the creamy, delectable, odorless, & moist good stuff?

Get your mind outta the gutter you stuffy ass DMV people!

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Lockheart Vintage Benefit

SATURDAY, APRIL 11
WHO: Lockheart Vintage Pop-Up at The Reformation
WHAT: Benefit celebration honoring memory of Monisa Moreno, featuring cocktails, DJ Rockwell, and shopping tons of vintage with proceeds going to the Monisa Moreno Memorial Fund
WHERE: 142 North La Brea Avenue, 323-203-1102, 7pm-10pm

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Whole Foods To Donate 5% Proceeds To KCRW Today

Guess today is the day I spend a good portion of my earnings at WF. Not a hard task as I’m sure you all know.

Be sure to visit the Whole Foods site for participating stores. See you in the wine-o aisle.

Thanks Jops!

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Biodegradable Bimbo

Esto es bueno!

Grupo Bimbo, Mexico’s largest producer of baked goods, has replaced its plastic packaging with a new biodegradable plastic in all main supermarkets and retail outlets in Mexico City.

Symphony chief executive Michael Laurier said: “We are excited to be involved with creating some important environmental changes in Mexico and Latin America and playing a part in Bimbo’s efforts to continually improve their corporate and social responsibility standards.”

Founded in Mexico City in 1945, Grupo Bimbo produces more than 5,000 bakery products, from loaves and pastries to cookies, chocolates and sweet and salted snacks.

Source Greener Lourden

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Dine By Candle Light For Earth Hour

Tomorrow night, millions of people will be flipping off their lights in their homes and businesses.

What can you do for that hour? Well there’s the LA LIVE earth event going on downtown, or you can organize something for your family or friends to do at home. Or you can grab your honey and dine by candlelight at one of these participating restaraunts that have pledged to turn it off on Saturday evening from 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• AKASHA
• Chaya Brasserie Beverly Hills
• Chaya Downtown
• Ciudad
• Lawry’s The Prime Rib – Beverly Hills (For our meat eating friends)
• Napa Valley Grille – Westwood
• Simon LA

Ode For Intelligent Optimists

Ode is an independent magazine about the people and ideas that are changing the world.

Sometimes it’s difficult to see beyond the war, poverty, exploitation and pollution that the mainstream media use to fill our view of the world. But there is more to life. There are other stories to report. Stories of countless initiatives being launched around the globe by people devoted to justice, respect and equality. Stories that bridge the gap between thinking and doing, between rage and hope, and the painful gap between the rich and poor – and thus build peace and sustainability.

That is the news that Ode promises to deliver. By reading Ode you connect to a network of positive change and inspiration. Ode points the way to knowing better, doing better and feeling better.

Ode publishes ‘the stories that are different from the ones we are brainwashed to believe’ (Arundhati Roy). Ode challenges us and invites us to change. We realise that change starts with information. We can only make a choice to change things for the better when we learn how it can be done. Similarly, we can only change our behaviour when we understand the harmful effects of what we do.

Ode teaches and inspires us, helps us see how every one of us can contribute to a more just and sustainable world.

Ode is printed on recycled paper or you can do your “green” civil duty and receive the digital version. Subscribe here and you’ll get the first issue free and then the one year subscription will be $19.95. They’ll also plant a tree for joining as well as send you a Thich Nhat Hanh meditation CD.

Ode Magazine

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Drink Local Cali Wines At Corkbar

The Cork Bar is influenced by the California wine tasting experience and the unique establishment has set up the perfect casual yet elegant setting for wine lovers to come in and relax, mingle, and enjoy a sumptuous visit be it day or evening of California wine tasting.

The selection of wines offered by the glass at Cork Bar is from at least 40 different types of wine, in addition to another assortment of wines to be sold by the bottle. The Cork Bar also offers an excellent selection of beers and a menu that includes the freshest foods based on a Farmer’s Market menu.

Downtown Los Angeles. 403 W. 12th St. 90015

Source Thrillist

Flick LA Eater

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Isn’t She Lovely?

About two dozen elementary school students helped first lady Michelle Obama break ground on the first day of spring for a garden on the White House grounds.

The 1,100-square-foot garden, the first of its kind since Eleanor Roosevelt planted a victory garden during World War II, will grow dozens of vegetables, berries and herbs.

The collection of crops, a wish list from White House kitchen staff, will include lettuces, squash, fennel, rhubarb, cucumbers and sweet and hot peppers. White House chefs will use the produce to prepare meals for the family and for official functions, and some of the produce will be donated to Miriam’s Kitchen, a soup kitchen near the White House.

There will also be a beehive.

“We’re going to try to make our own honey here as well,” Obama told the fifth-graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington before they got to work on Friday.

The students will be brought back to the White House next month to help with the planting, and after that to help harvest and cook some of the produce in the mansion’s kitchen. The first harvest is expected by late April.

With the garden, Obama initiated a public campaign to help Americans better understand where their food comes from.

I think I’ve made it clear how I feel about Obama, but just to let ya’ll in on a lil’ secret, I crush on Michelle too.

Picture Win McNamee

Source Kansas City Star

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FREE L.A. LIVE Earth Hr Event At The Nokia Center Hosted by Mayor Villaragosa

The grand finale for Earth Hour 2009 happens at L.A. LIVE hosted by Mayor Antonio Villaragosa, MC’d by Billboard chart topper and Emmy-Award-winning DJ, Tony Okungbowa from the Ellen Degeneres Show, featuring elected champions of the environment and staring special musical guests the Agape Choir, the spectacular Gina Rene, singing her song, Be The Change, the official song of Earth Hour LA. And a special surprise guest to be announced shortly!

Come together with your fellow Angelinos, Dine By Candlelight at L.A. LIVE restaurants and enjoy great entertainment, all while you watch Los Angeles icons all over the city go dark on the L.A. LIVE jumbo-trons at the Nokia Center. Watch the Capital Records building, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel, L.A. City Hall, the El Capitan Theater and The Getty Museum flip the switch!

The event is FREE and ALL are welcome!

Go to http://www.earthhourus.org/losangeles for more details and prove to the rest of the world that we really do have a community here by turning off the lights together for Earth Hour LA!

We look forward to joining all of our eco-minded friends — in the dark– for Earth Hour on the 28th!

We’ll be getting there by Metro. Holla if you want to roll together.

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Happy Drink ‘Til You Puke Day!

Or drink til you see “a crackhead that got a hold ta the wrong stuff and it told him to get up in the tree and play a leprechaun.”

See clip below, but only after you come home drunk off your ass. The laughs that ensue will make you forget about giving an oral sacrifice at the altar of the Porcelain God.

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Roller Skate Jammy Jam For A Good Cause

World on Wheels + DJ’s + Booze + Friends + Charity= FUN TIMES!!

You are invited to a Funkaliscious, Skate-Tastic, Sexy-Mama-Suga’-Daddy, Disco-Rama Extravaganza!!

the DJ Formerly Known as Chris Monaco
DJ Riley More (space is the place)
DJ Bradley B (b-sides)
DJ King James (educate project radio)

Skate your sweet booty off and help raise some dough for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society while you’re at it!

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 10:30pm

Go to Love On Wheels for deets!

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Green Tip: Buy Organic

It’s common sense; organic food is good food. Good to eat, good for the environment, good for the small-scale farmers and farm workers who produce it. By the year 2000, the USDA estimates that half of all U.S. farm products will come from only 1% of the farms. The EPA says that agriculture is responsible for 70% of the pollution to the country’s rivers and streams caused by chemicals, erosion, and animal waste runoff. Organic farming may be one of the last ways to keep both ecosystems and rural communities healthy and alive.

Organic food doesn’t contain toxins like pesticides, heavy metals, dangerous industrial chemicals (for example, artificial flavors, colors or preservatives). And everything in it is natural: it’s real food, not “Frankenfood” created in a laboratory for profit regardless of the fact that genetically modified, synthetic foods have massive, well-known health hazards

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What’s The 411?

Ecstasy (MDMA) threatens rare Cambodian Tree. How’s that for guilt trippin’ your next trip? Treehugger

Spit that Diet Coke out right now. BPA in soda cans. Eco Child’s Play

90% of parents opt out of school’s paper handouts. YES! Mother Nature Network

California leads in Energy Star Buildings. Environmental News

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Seed: Macrobiotic Lovin’

Check out our review of Seed on Swell City Guide.

Seed has a counter service set-up with seating provided, and the food is served in environmentally friendly to-go ware. Eric Lechasseur (opening chef of M Cafe de Chaya) and his wife, Sanae Suzuki, opened the restaurant on election day.

Every one of the dishes we had were to die for. We walked out feeling healthy and satisfied and we’ll definitely be going back very soon.

Read our piece on Swell City Guide.

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Pretty Boy Zac Efron Rocks A Sigg

Work that hair Zachary.

Source Bauer Griffin Online

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Drunk In Public

I’ll take what they’re having. And make mine a double! These are pretty much the same steps I go through when spending a night out on the town.

1. Gorge on boozin’.
2. Strut and sway.
3. Stumble into bed.
4. 5 a.m. walk of shame.
5. Spend the next day suffering.

Hey at least their sauce is natural, local and organic.

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Do The Cabbage Patch

I’m sure Cabbage Patch brings to mind visions of dimpled dolls that smell like baby powder but this Cabbage Patch is of the restaurant variety.

Run by the former exec chef at Rustic Canyon, this new healthy hotspot serves up tons of farm-to-plate food for a reasonable price point to boot.

214 S Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills; 310.550.8655

Check out the menu here.

Image and Source thrillist

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The Forbidden Fruit: Cu-CUM-ber

Forbidden Fruit

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Food For Thought

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Nike Burger

Olle Hemmendorff was commissioned, together with 7 other creatives/designers/photographers/artists, by Nike to interpret a Nike Sportswear icon. He got the Air Max 90 and decided to turn it into a hamburger.

I’ll take an Air Force 1 veggie version. And I would like the folks from Kitchen 24 to make it. They’re veg patties are to die for!

Source Design Boom

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WTF: Chicken In A Can

I’d rather get a pap smear from Freddy Krueger than gag on this. If I was a contestant on Fear Factor and one of the challenges was to eat a whole chicken in a can, I’d lose, instantly.

The gel that pours out along with the chicken is gnarly. I would have barfed at the site of this nastiness even back when I was eating meat. Some things are just not right.

Another dude did a video of him eating cold ass chicken in a can and he gives a detailed description of the smell, taste and consistency of it. If you have any interest in finding out what satan’s ass jelly taste’s like, go here.

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Aloha

Jen and I have been practicing our Shaka hand sign thanks to Obama. We’ll be putting it to good use with all the locals in Hawaii in a few hours, although we’ll probably be gearing the thumb towards our mouths as in “bartender can we get another?”

One of our bestest friends, “Sally That Girl” is getting married in Hana, Maui this weekend and we’ve been looking forward to her and Gregory’s special day for quite some time.

Mahalo to the soon to be Mr. and Mrs. for choosing the land of hot boys paradise as our backdrop. Congratulations and we love you! xx

P.S. this means we will not have our beloved black macbooks with us.. we’ll be basking in the sun and catching up on some much needed drinking and debauchery R&R. Be back soon braddah’s and sistah’s.

xx

thuy & jen

So Fresh And So Green

Good news for the residents of Burbank, and any Westsiders who care to venture over the hill, a new Fresh and Easy (eco-conscious supermarket) is coming to your hood.

There is already a relatively new branch open and operating at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.

Plans for the Valley outpost are in full effect. The Burbank Planning Board approved the Finding of Public Convenience or Necessity for beer and wine sales for the location. Holler!

Also gotta love the convenient hybrid parking located front row, center.

Source racked la

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Paper Or Plastic For Jello Shots?

Damn, I forgot that Jello is made out of horse’s hooves. Nasty!

Source Grist TV

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White House Chef Thinks Green And Local

And homeboy is my new flavor of the week! Read more about him below while I go research how I can volunteer at his soup kitchen.

Dinners at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue might be a little greener these days: the new White House assistant chef, Sam Kass, is an environmentally conscious University of Chicago graduate who founded a home cooking service that focuses on ingredients from local farms.

Kass, 28, the Obama family’s personal chef in Chicago, will assist White House executive chef Cristeta Comerdord, a holdover from the Bush White House. Kass, who grew up in Chicago, trained at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Europe before going to work at Avec, a Chicago wine bar that specializes in Mediterranean food.

Avec chef-owner Paul Kahan has said, “The cool thing about Sam is that he’s very active, very involved with issues that relate to food. His goal has always been to improve the world from a food standpoint.”

After leaving Avec, Kass founded Inevitable Table, which according to the Web site promotes “a healthy lifestyle that focuses on the quality and flavor of food to encourage good eating habits.”

Score one for Locavores.

Source NY Daily News

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SNL Eco-Diapers

Can you imagine? The images at the end are nastay!

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Follow Up Post To The One Below

See I told you. Ain’t nothing phallic about asparagus.

Source Dlisted

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“Veggie Love” PETA’s Banned Superbowl Ad

NBC bans PETA’s ad from Super Bowl because of its explicit sexual content. Here is a list of reasons why, given by the peacock network:

• licking pumpkin
• touching her breast with her hand while eating broccoli
• pumpkin from behind between legs
• rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin
• screwing herself with broccoli (fuzzy)
• asparagus on her lap appearing as if it is ready to be inserted into vagina
• licking eggplant
• rubbing asparagus on breast

Pambo: This One’s For You Paul!!

Pam Anderson by David LaChapelle

You won’t find Pamela Anderson’s release at your local multiplex. The former Baywatch star and longtime animal advocate gave her voice for this video “Kentucky Fried Cruelty,” an undercover exposé blowing the whistle on the cruel treatment of animals at KFC’s factory farm and slaughterhouse suppliers. The video details just how horribly KFC treats chickens. Birds are so crippled that they can’t even walk, live birds are forced into tanks of scalding-hot water while completely conscious and able to feel pain, and Moorefield, W.Va., slaughterhouse workers kill birds by slamming them against the wall and stomping on them.

Thanks for the kind words Pauly boo-boo. Press play. It’ll make you feel better. xx

Oh and for those of you that have weak stomachs or don’t like to see violence- don’t press play.

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Heather Mills Does Good.

Heather aka Lady Mucca gets on my damn nerves but she did something charitable so I have to give her credit. Paul McCartney’s goldigging ex-wife, Heather Mills donated a million dollars worth of vegan food to underprivileged children in the Bronx. Way to go by providing fresh veggies, fruits and nutritious to kids that do not have access to these types of food on a daily.

Ok, that’s about all I can give her. Watch the vid to hear more.

Source Huffington Post

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Free Food At Whole Foods??

Green grocery mecca, Whole Foods, has got some ‘splainin to do to John Schultz, an employee who was fired for trying to aprehend a shoplifter. The cause for his dismissal was for “touching” the shoplifter in the process of the citizen’s arrest. He grabbed the man’s jacket and put his leg behind the shoplifters’ leg.

The Whole Foods manager, insisted John let the shoplifter go, and told the media that the fact that John had touched him, period, was grounds for termination.

Wow, That’s going to make it pretty difficult for them to enforce any type of shoplifting security….

So whaddya think…?? FREE FOR ALL AT WHOLE FOODS!! WOO HOO!!!!!

Posted by jen

Obama Cakes

Satisfy your sweet tooth and curb your sugar cravings with Obama-inspired cupcakes in celebration of his inauguration as our new President.

Mrs. Beasleys has Obama cupcakes and cookies to order.

According to Ken Harris, the company’s chief executive, is marking the moment with this sentiment: “Mr. Obama’s inauguration is a momentous occasion for all Americans. And we’re happy to know that these cookies and cupcakes along with our other baked goods will become a part of many celebrations, small or large.”

If you couldn’t make it out to DC, throw a little party at the crib and serve up these tasty treats!

Source eater la

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Super Swell Eats At Kitchen 24

Follow our green dining adventures as we review “green” restaurants in the Los Angeles area. Our most recent stop was at Kitchen 24 in Hollywood.

Click HERE to see what we ate and how we liked it.

Also, check out many more exciting reviews of hotels, spas, wines and entertainment at Swell City Guide (www.swellcityguide.com).

It’s the only source you need to find out what’s hip and happening in your neighborhood.

Savor the goods at K24.

Veggie chili- to die for.

Smac N Cheese was heaven.

Sweet Bar. All available at Kitchen 24.

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Breakin’ It Down: Greywater

Greywater is water that flows down sink, shower, and washing machine drains–but not the toilet. Greywater may contain traces of dirt, food, grease, hair, and household cleaning products. While greywater may look “dirty,” it is a safe and even beneficial source of irrigation water. If released into rivers, lakes, or estuaries, the nutrients in greywater (mainly phosphate from detergent) become pollutants, but to garden plants, they are valuable fertilizer. Aside from the obvious benefits of saving water (and money on your water bill), reusing your greywater keeps it out of the sewer or septic system, thereby reducing the chance that it will pollute local water bodies Reusing greywater for irrigation reconnects urban residents and our backyard gardens to the natural water cycle.

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Peta Offering 10 G’s To Maker Of Vegetarian Foie Gras

Peta is putting the word out with an offer of $10,000 for any chef that can make a vegetarian version of foie gras. I’ve never been a pâté type of gal, so this doesn’t even sound appetizing, but hey, anything to avoid animals being force-fed for their not so appetizing enlarged livers is good by me.

Foie gras (pronounced ‘fwah grah’) has been exalted in some gourmet food circles as a prized delicacy, but if most people knew how foie gras is produced, they would be horrified.

Foie gras, the French term for “fatty liver,” is the product of extreme animal cruelty. It is the swollen, diseased liver of ducks and geese who are force-fed just up until the point of death before being slaughtered. Birds suffer tremendously, both during and after the force-feeding process, as their physical condition rapidly deteriorates. In just a few weeks, their livers swell up to ten times their normal size, and the birds can scarcely stand, walk, or even breathe. At this point, they are slaughtered, and their livers are peddled as a “gourmet” delicacy.

Gourmet delicacy my ass! That shit is straight up Janet if you NASTY!

Source Peta and No Foie Gras

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Eye Candy

My mind is always in the gutter. Even with veggies.

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Legs And Fran Boogie Says Yes You Can Do Good

Hearing about parties like this one makes me miss the Bay Area. My homies Fran, Legs (Rock Steady Crew NYC) and Apollo (Triple Threat DJ’s) are doing the damn thang by providing a night with slammin’ music and HELLA fun in exchange for 5 bones and 2 cans of food that will be donated to the San Francisco Food Bank, which works towards ending hunger in SF by distributing food and advocating for improvement in government food programs and policies.

I know we’re all watching our dollars nowadays but this is one event that you better not even think about asking to guest list love for.

Nice work fellas. I got 5 on it. 4-1-Fever represent!!

Posted by thuy

Eco-Brew Baby!!

As a beer-drinking Canuck from the Great White North, I was stoked to stumble upon this Green Beer Guide at greendaily.com. At least two breweries have started to make the switch to eco-friendly brewing methods.

Brooklyn Brewery was the first New York company to make the switch to wind-generated electricity. This move halts 335,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, 1,500 of sulfur and 500 pounds of nitrogen oxide from being emitted into the atmosphere every year.

New Belgium Brewing Company is another brewery making positive changes. They reuses their own waste to meet 30% of their factory’s power needs, and the other 70% comes from wind power. They are also the makers of Fat Tire, a beer that I’ve had the opportunity to sample at various recent eco-events.

The moral of the story is that you can still get wasted, but with ‘green’ beer you’ll have a lot less guilt… unless of course you’re doing the walk of shame… ain’t nothin’ that can help you with that kind of guilt.

Source green daily

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