Thoughts on eating and living.
Posted on January 3, 2010 by diane
The Chicago Parks District has an offer running this week to help get a head start on reducing that holiday gut (and kick starting your New Years resolution to exercise). January 2 – 10, you can work out for free at any of the Chicago Park District’s 66 fitness centers located throughout the city.
Patrons [...]
Posted on December 17, 2009 by diane
Green Gift-Wrapping Bash – FREE EVENT!
Friday, December 18Â Â Â Â 6-10pm
George’s Ice Cream & Sweets, 5306 N Clark Street
Unleash your creativity – give the gift of green – and have fun! eco-Andersonville will host the 3rd annual green gift wrapping bash during Late-er Night Andersonville. The event is free; all you need to bring are your gifts [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2009 by diane
This Thursday, December 17th, Chicago’s Southport Grocery is giving back with ‘Cupcakes for Cans’. Bring in non-perishable food items and get their wonderful, delicious, amazing gourmet cupcakes! One item gets you one cupcake, limit two per person.
All of Southport will be collecting donations for their charities that day. Southport Grocery’s donations [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2009 by diane
Starting November 1st the Andersonville neighborhood will launch Chicago’s first Streetscape Recycling Program!
The program will install 15 public recycling receptacles throughout the Clark Street corridor, stretching 5000 N. Winona to 5650 N. Olive.
Each receptacle will collect paper, glass, or plastic and aluminum. Recyclables will be picked up by the Chicago Resource Center, a not-for-profit [...]
Posted on August 13, 2009 by diane
Chicago’s West Town will be host to the first Green Music Fest, this Saturday August 15th through Sunday, August 16th in Eckhart Park (1330 W. Chicago Avenue). The innovative green technology-themed event will reflect the hip and environmentally-conscious West Town community by fusing original live music with all green vendors and services.
At Green Music Fest [...]
Posted on July 23, 2009 by diane
If you have an old fur coat stored in the attic somewhere and no idea how to get rid of it, here’s a thought. Donate it to The Humane Society’s Coats for Cubs program. Coats for Cubs cuts up the donated furs and uses them to warm and comfort orphaned and injured wildlife. [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2009 by diane
With summer in full swing and farmers markets happening nearly everyday, or at least every weekend, it’s fairly easy to find meat and dairy raised on local farms. Meat that is more humanely raised and more nutritious, where animals are grass-fed as nature intended. But what about during the other seasons?
Enter Eatwild.com, a [...]
Posted on July 6, 2009 by diane
Looking for a summer fest that steers clear of deep fried who-knows-what’s-in-that food? Check out Veggie Fest in Naperville. There will be 100’s of food vendors, cooking demos with free samples, live music, crafts and games for kids, and best of all it’s free admission.
Karyn Calabrese of Karyn’s “Fresh Corner” and “Karyn’s Cooked” will [...]
Posted on June 26, 2009 by diane
My poor, neglected, locked-up-in-storage bike got a tune up this week. I actually had to knock the dust off before taking it in for fear of shaming myself completely.
One tire was totally flat. The tube needed replacing due to a missing little piece of metal inside that part that sticks out where you [...]
Posted on June 25, 2009 by diane
After seeing a recent news segment covering Chipotle’s humanely raised meat (what they call “food with integrity”), I decided to look at their site for myself to find out more. I wanted to know if all meats at Chipotle are raised in a humane way and whether or not the rest of their ingredients [...]
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