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Beautiful fall day at Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market One of my favorite parts about traveling is all the new food I get to explore in the destinations I visit. But I certainly don’t want to travel out to California only to be served lamb from New Zealand; I want a lamb from California served with . . . → Read More: Local Food
This post was written in October of 2009 for my wife and my one year anniversary in Napa valley. The post originally published at Mapawatt! ————————— I’m traveling this week out in SF/Napa valley area and I just wanted to throw in a few observations: We stayed the first night at the Hotel Griffon which I covered on . . . → Read More: Sustainability in San Fran and Napa Valley, CA, USA Vegas lit up My wife and I just got back from a weekend trip to Las Vegas for a family get-together. While I went to Vegas when I was 13, this was the first time I’ve been there since I’ve been allowed to gamble AND I’ve been interested in sustainability, energy and water consumption. . . . → Read More: Sustainability in Las Vegas, NV, USA  Beautiful View on Lake Austin! Two weeks ago my wife and I travelled to Austin, TX to hang out with her parents for a weekend. It was only a 2-day trip, but we were able to get a great feel for the city. Austin is consistently ranked near the top in the most sustainable U.S. cities, so I knew it would be a good place to seek out sustainability. In any case, it had to be better than my sustainability experience in Las Vegas. Aside from eating the 3 foods you must eat while in Austin (BBQ, Tex-Mex, and Chicken Fried Steak), checking out the bar scene and live music on 6th street, watching the sun sink over Lake Travis at The Oasis, driving through the campus at University of Texas, and checking out the beers on tap at Draught House, here are my sustainable observations: Continue reading Sustainability in Austin, TX, USA |
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