The lag in between posts serves as a testament to the epic move we had. We are finally settled in, but I am still without a good dsl connection. So as a delightful diversion to the lack of content recently, may I present this awesome Istanbul luggage label.

Via Grain Edit.

This is a true story. This past Saturday, as I was listening to the Gulf disaster unfold, I decided that enough is enough. I simply can’t be a willing participant in the dumb petroleum game. “I need an electric station wagon. Where is my electric station wagon? Who hasn’t thought of this yet?” After 5 minutes online, I found it. The future is here, thanks to EnVision Motor Company.

The Electric Wagon (do you guys need a branding consultant, by the way?) sports a nickel sodium chloride battery and has a range of 200 + miles and speeds of 75 MPH +. This is exactly what I was looking for. At $37,000, it’s a little steep for me, but the maintenance & fuel savings seems to make up for the price differential after 6-10 years or so. Oh, and it qualifies for the full $7,500 Federal tax credit.

Nice work, EnVision!

Finally, something my kid can take to school that is cool, healthy, and made regionally. Goodbyn is a company in Washington that set out to reinvent the lunchbox, and has done so in a smashing way. Manufactured in Michigan, it is a product of the good ol’ U.S. of A., without the phthalates and BPAs. It encourages parents to fill it with wholesome, good stuff, and it looks like a million bucks. I’m ordering one. Photo and product ©byndoo, llc.

I am the Twin Cities for a long weekend, and I feel lucky. Not only do I get to see some of my great friends here, but I also get to see some new work by Mike Perry over at the MCAD main gallery. I’m stoked, because I just read an interview with him in the winter issue of Elephant. I forgot that I like it here!

Finally, something my kid can take to school that is cool, healthy, and made regionally. Goodbyn is a company in Washington that set out to reinvent the lunchbox, and has done so in a smashing way. Manufactured in Michigan, it is a product of the good ol’ U.S. of A., without the phthalates and BPAs. It encourages parents to fill it with wholesome, good stuff, and it looks like a million bucks. I’m ordering one. Photo and product ©byndoo, llc.

Every day 20 million plastic bags end up in our landfills – and that’s just from school lunches! Faced with this insane statistic, three responsible and inventive moms formed 3greenmoms, superheroes of our environment. Back in December I purchased a couple of LunchSkins for my son’s lunch, and after two months of use I can say that they are a superb product and a simple, yet revolutionary solution to our waste problems.

Not only am I buying more LunchSkins, I am telling every school parent I know about them. Maybe I can get the school involved in selling these as a fundraiser?? Raise funds for school, save the environment? Maybe the first baggie-free school in America? Hmmm.

Check it out.