Even while we profess to care deeply about the climate changing, Americans don't seem to be raring to change their lifestyles much - especially when there's a long weekend at stake. Over 37 million people will take trips during the three-day Memorial Weekend of more than 50 miles. Those numbers are up from last year - high gas prices be damned. Nobody wants to be stuck at home on the first official weekend of summer, but people, please: spare a thought for your ecological impact.
It's no secret that Toyota has been trouncing sluggish U.S. automakers in sales growth – thanks largely to its forward-thinking approach to fuel-efficiency. But at the recent L.A. Auto Show
Interests: Anything with an ING: dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading, watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming, surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing, driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting, loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking. I love supermarkets in other places, lyrics to songs, seeking out gluten free food, responding to questions and surveys, finding deals and bargains, doing public relations for anyone/anything I believe in, good conversation, sociological observation, the beach, early mornings, condiments and spices, vitamins and minerals, alternative medicine, nutrition, holistic health, fitness gum, coffee drinking, gun chewing and sitting in the steam room.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their own battles and didn't give up.
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.