Tag Archives: Environment

Laundry Blues

November 4, 2007 – 8:56 pm

For the past month, I’ve been using a Mrs. Pegg’s handy line to dry my clothes. It easily holds a large load of laundry and I’ve found that most things dry within 2 hours. The few that don’t (towels, very heavy blankets) are dry within 8. The added bonus is that I no longer have [...]

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Cafe Flora & Vegan Desserts

October 28, 2007 – 10:57 pm

Today I went to one of my favorite vegetarian restaurants to celebrate a friend’s birthday: Cafe Flora. Anyone who thinks you can’t have a good meatless meal should try their French Dip sandwich. Very yummy! We had a wonderful dessert, a nectarine tartlet, to celebrate her birthday as well. It was a sinfully wonderful meal. [...]

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Looking for ways to decrease your gas/electric bill?

October 14, 2007 – 4:23 pm

The USDOE claims that 75% of the average home’s electric bill comes from phantom load. I decided to see if I fell into the average home statistics and have discovered a lot of appliances that have phantom load that I never thought about. Some I can’t do anything about (like the refrigerator) but other I [...]

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