10.6.08 | Grand Rapids, MI, was named “the greenest city in America” by Fast Company Magazine. The city leads the nation in the number of LEED-certified buildings per capita.

10.6.08 | I am devastated; I had hoped to see my first official junkyard dog up close (I wanted to experience for myself how mean they really are) but them there puppies have been thrown out of work; they appear to be victims of the new economy and have been replaced by cheaper-to-operate electronics. Bummer.

9.29.08 | With all the minerals in this state, ya'd think there'd be some kind of decent stone to use for vanity countertops, shower walls and floors. Alas, stone is not one of the Arizona 5 C's (cattle, citrus, climate, copper and cotton). A friend is a project manager for a stone fabricator and she assures me there is stone in Arizona, only it is either completely inappropriate for bathroom use (soft sandstone) or so outrageously beautiful and expensive that the likes of me should never even dream of acquiring it (onyx).

9.22.08 | After packing up its impressive assortment of Angle Walls, modular kitchen/java center components, interactive 3-D software displays, and other product innovations that it will show in Toronto this week at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd.staffers will return home to Calgary with no time to rest. The company is planning a decidedly different event for the following week a major gala fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 2, for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS).