wow

Fossil.

PMC swag I want

This stove cooks -- but burns

A Salvadoran wanted to help the environment and his country's poor. Instead, his acclaimed invention has cost him his family and savings.
It's a stainless-steel cooker that uses about 95 percent less fuel than conventional wood stoves, with minimal pollution. It would seem to be a can't-miss technology in a country where millions still cook with wood and most forests have been destroyed.

The device has garnered Nuñez a prestigious environmental prize. It has earned him a U.S. patent. And it has won fans among some Salvadoran peasants who no longer spend a good chunk of their days hunting for firewood and the rest inhaling cooking smoke.

Nuñez gambled that the government or nonprofit groups would finance production of the appliances to distribute to low-income people. But Salvadoran officials so far have shown scant interest in his invention. Environmental groups have offered praise but little financial backing.

The Rise of Family-Friendly Cities: It's lifestyle, not lattés, that our most productive workers want.

There is a basic truth about the geography of young, educated people. They may first migrate to cities like New York, Los Angeles, Boston or San Francisco. But they tend to flee when they enter their child-rearing years.

Read it at Wall Street Journal.

Kikoy scarf

This is so beautiful....I'm considering getting it for my mom for Christmas. She just got this raspberry jacket at L.L. Bean. Will it go?

www.kikoy.com.

I also love their cushions and wraps and dresses. If I lived in Florida I would be all over this stuff.

This guy is amazing

AWESOME!

Marion's point of view

He got the boot - I wasn't sure it was his time to go!

Cute cords, also J.Crew

Love it with those shoes, too.

I...love...charms

But adding elephants in there? BRILLIANT.

Find it at J.Crew.

New Pan-Mass Challenge routes, fundraising minimums

Registering for any Saturday ride now carries full financial commitment.
1-day rides to MMA will carry the same fundraising policy as 2-day rides
to Provincetown. Only the Sunday Wellesley to Wellesley route allows
riders to cancel by July 11th without further financial commitment.

Fundraising minimums for 2008

3. All routes finishing in Provincetown: $4,000
4. Two-day rides finishing in Wellesley: $3,400
5. One-day rides to Bourne: $3,000
6. Sunday Wellesley - Wellesley ride: $1,300
7. Heavy Hitter*: $6,700

• *receives matching cycling shorts with 2008 event jersey;
• invite to 2009 Heavy Hitter banquet,
• listing in Yearbook;
• First opportunity to register for choice of 2009 route, Saturday night
lodging and Sunday transportation home.

(I'm thinking of doing the Sunday ride to warm up to it. That way I could still volunteer earlier in the weekend and then do the ride on Sunday.)

Practical? No. Cute? Yes.

wow

Wellies? wonderful.

J. Crew. Textured wool.

More expensive but totally rad

It comes in bronze, too.

$120 at Aldo.

Another ankel boot I love - on SALE

$78 at Aldo.

I tried this this morning- instantly won over

Luxury in a tube? Possible.

Must have!

My favorite stationary company. Hard to find; well worth it.

Smudgeink.com.

Hipster Olympics

Hello, boots I must have

No I don't have enough already, do you?

Bags I heart

What ever happened to...

...Jeffrey Sebelia?

Auf Wiedersehen, Simone

Very cool video

The making of the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular

Chunky or smooth?

With all these distractions it is easy to forget that a plain bowl of smooth, simple mashed potatoes can be both easy and celestial.


New York Times guide to Thanksgiving cooking.

lack of baby = irrelevant

Name me a reason why NOT to want these:

It's almost time!

mmmm

All I can say is....YUM.

The Globe did a great series online about the best cioccolato caldo in the area, and I haven't yet been to
Simon's Coffee Shop in Porter Square offers something different: Mexican hot chocolate. This variety is flavored with cinnamon and cayenne pepper, resulting in an enticing mix of spicy and sweet.

Location: 1736 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Prices: Mexican and peppermint hot chocolate: Small: $2.85. Medium: $3.45. Large: $3.80. Regular hot chocolate: Small: $2.29. Medium: $2.69. Large: $3.19.

Bergeron talks

I'm totally going to buty these for Mark

Very manly and rugged......love 'em.

Newspaper circulation still on decline

Newspaper circulation continues to decline in Massachusetts and across the country, according to a report issued yesterday. But for the first time, the data also included figures for newspaper websites to measure the growth of online readership.

US astronomers spot massive, record-setting stellar-mass black hole

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US astronomers have discovered the biggest black hole orbiting a star 1.8 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, with a record-setting mass of 24 to 33 times that of our Sun, NASA said Tuesday.The massive newcomer beats the previous stellar-mass black hole discovered October 17 in the M33 galaxy that has 16 times the mass of our Sun, the US space agency said.

Put those sticks to good use

In December 2004, Linda Swinford's daughter learned that a former classmate of hers was stationed in Iraq. He described the sub-zero wind chills in the desert in the winter and how cold the troops were, especially when riding in open humvees at 60 mph. Linda knitted him a helmetliner, known as a "wooly pulley" by our Armed Forces, and asked him for suggestions. She revised the pattern accordingly.
These wool caps are worn under the helmet, but do not restrict vision. They help to trap the body-heat lost through the head -- a serious winter problem for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and South Korea, as well as many parts of the United States.

As a result of volunteers throughout the U.S. knitting and crocheting these 100% soft wool helmetliners, Operation Helmetliner has shipped 14,000 helmet-liners and a total of 45,000 pieces of cold and hot weather gear since it began three years ago. 100% of all donations go for the benefit of our troops including paying the postage to ship the "Genuine, Home-Issued Gear."

Lion Wool, a worsted 100% wool yarn, works beautifully for the helmetliners. Lion Wool colors #820-153 Ebony, #820-125 Cocoa, and #820-149 Pearl Gray are allowed by the Armed Forces.

Operation Helmetliner Web site.