• Vintage Fruit and Vegetable Labels

    If you hate bad art, then create your own. You don’t have to be artistic. The old labels used on fruit and vegetable crates from the 1930s onward are a fun way to add some vintage character to your kitchen or other area. I found three old labels recently on eBay and used reclaimed wood…

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  • Spectacular Yosemite Book Review

    If the goal was to make you want to see Yosemite National Park for yourself, then photographer Quang-Tuan Luong and author Stuart Booth accomplished that with their book Spectacular Yosemite. (Disclosure: I received a free review copy of this book. See privacy and disclosures for more info.) I’ve never been to Yosemite National Park, but…

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  • Not Just Earth Day

    Yes, it’s almost Earth Day, April 22. Lots is going on. And it’s free. Celebrate nature with free admission to all national parks. It’s National Park Week through April 24. If that doesn’t fit in the schedule, visit a garden on Friday, May 6. Many botanic gardens are participating in National Public Gardens Day, but…

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  • Get the Guide to Green Colleges

    The Princeton Review and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have released their second annual edition of their green colleges guide. It’s called The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition, and you can download it for free at CenterforGreenSchools.org. Here’s just some of what you can find inside the guide: Profiles of…

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  • Animal Cuteness Supreme

    http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/l-2FYqp7uc4?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0

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