The world around us

Barneys New York is pushing its green holiday season this year, and is using slogans such as “Have a Green Holiday”, “Join the green revolution, we have!” and so on. Being a high end retailer, Barneys New York has a set of customer who have the ability to be more green if they want to and the retailer is making full use of this. Barneys New York is also selling organic cotton T-shirts, handknitted scarves and jewelry where part of the proceeds go to non-profit organizations. Barneys New York is also selling its a green theme gift card. I think a lot of other retailers would also like to use this angle to woo customers, but it typically works best with either the top end or the home-grown retailers. College towns are a great place to find local T-shirt shops and gift stores that are environmentally friendly and share their earnings with a not-for-profit organization.

The concept of subtitling is really opening up a world of new movies for us, as it no longer matters where they come from and what language they are originally in. A lot of people keep the subtitles on as a matter of routine, as a lot of the dialogues are not easily heard due to the way sync sound functions. Subtitles also come in handy if you’re interested in learning a language and by reading the subtitles, you can correlate what is being spoken. A colleague of mine used it to brush up on her French, by turning on the French subtitles in a French movie, and it helped her quite a bit in her language skills.

I really like to go to quaint coffee houses instead of the mega chains that seem to sterile and generic, so when we came across the East Shore Coffee House a bit north of Ithaca, NY, we had to stop for a while, savor the incredible brews and take in the lovely warm atmosphere. I wish I had taken more photographs while we were there, since it is highly unlikely for me to go again, but one never knows I guess.

Here’s a photo of the coffee house.

Lately I’ve been hearing and seeing on TV about a lot of people going in for a colon cleanse treatment that people are doing in an effort to better look after their bodies. The procedure has been show on several diet and health shows, which is making it more accessible and doable for a lot of people. Instead of feeling scared about it, a greater number of consumers are voluntary opting for it, since it can really work to improve one’s health. I would recommend visiting your doctor and taking their advice first though.