Earlier this month in Part I of The Flow of Wine and Money I noted that wine and libation are linked to the sociability I love — yet they’re a luxury, in the face of a nation and world that are way financially stressed. We all know that what gets measured, gets managed. I had [...]
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The Flow Of Wine And Money, Part II
December 27th, 2008 · No Comments · community, entertainment, food & drink, lifestyle, money, simplicity
The Flow of Wine and Money
December 12th, 2008 · No Comments · community, entertainment, health & well being, lifestyle, money, simplicity
In the Christmas and holiday season, wine flows more than ever. I love festive sociability, and I see it as integral to the diamond-cut life. In fact, we’re holding our annual holiday party this Sunday (later update: our party got snowed out twice, so we’ll hold it sometime in January). At the same time, I’ve [...]
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Our Portland CRAG Launches!
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments · community, simplicity, sustainability
Last night five friends of mine, new and old, got together at Colleen and Thad’s house in NE Portland. We had wine, a delicious potluck dinner and animated-to-hilarious planning of our Carbon Action Reduction Group.
Honestly, it would have been fun and funny even without the wine. The four sled dogs milling around our legs added a lot to the happy hubbub. Bottom line: We’re going to do it! We’re
Tags: carbon footprint·climate change·culture·dinner·economics·energy conservation·environment·friendship·fun·global warming·life·sled dogs·wine
Update On Cooking For Climate Change
March 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments · entertainment, food & drink, simplicity, sustainability, transportation
My post cooking for climate change needs freshening here as sustainability’s body of knowledge keeps growing. As per Michael Specter’s well-researched piece in The New Yorker, it turns out that being a locavore — eating just things grown close to home — does not necessarily reduce our carbon footprint.
Come again? How could two Oregonians (my husband Thor and I) possibly drink wine from Australia and create
Tags: carbon footprint·climate change·Columbia Gorge·culture·environment·exercise·life·locavore·Oregonian·pear brandy·wine
