If Newman’s Own didn’t donate all their after tax profits to educational and charitable organizations, I’d still buy their products. Why? Well, they ain’t half bad! The ingredients are fairly natural and healthy and they taste good too. What’s not to like?
The Westport, CT foundation and Paul Newman have given more than $250 million to thousands of charities worldwide. The company motto is: “Shameless exploitation in pursuit of the Common Good.”
“Hole in the Wall Camps” was Paul Newman’s pet project. In 1988 he opened a camp for children with serious medical conditions. The Association of Hole in the Wall Camps soon expanded into a worldwide movement. Campers benefit from supportive physical, mental and spiritual programs and it’s all free of charge.
Go here to contribute cash and here to see the NY camp wish list. Or just buy some Newman’s Own tomato sauce and popcorn.
I know the NY Post is a right wing rag, but now this is starting to scare me. Barack Obama’s 18 point lead in New York has dwindled down to just 5 points. And he’s dead even with women voters. This is New York! What the hell is going on? I thought it was smooth sailing what with the economy and all.
According the “Palinistas” article, the New York Young Republican Club topped 700 for the first time since the 1960s. The club has registered 47 new members (26 women) under the age of 35 since John McCain announced Palin as his running mate.
Just read these scary quotes. I can’t even construct a post. I’m too agitated.
Lynn Krogh, 27, president of the New York Young Republican Club: “It’s a great time to be a GOPer in NYC,” “We’re kicking butt, and it’s in large part because of Sarah Palin.”
Gail Allen, 30: “I was thinking, ‘Where’s Ronald Reagan when you need him? Who’s going to come in and give us the warm and fuzzy feeling?’
Yeah, Ronnie was so adorably cuddly when he was arming our terrorist buddies back in the day.
Zoa Martinez is voting Republican in part because she supports lower taxes: “I’m a good judge of character, and I believe Sarah Palin is real.”
First, Zoa, do you know anything about the tax thing? Secondly, you are wrong. You suck at judging character. Get your head out of your ass.
Jennifer Gallacher, when asked about the library censorship incident: “I’m not familiar with that. I read the papers every day, but that skipped over me somehow.”
Ah-huh. Yeah, I guess that wasn’t in the funnies.
Who ARE these women and why are they in my blue city?
There’s a Palinistas website, but no way in hell I’m linking to it.
I’m currently reading Marc Eliot’s “Song of Brooklyn, An Oral History of America’s Favorite Borough”. Here are some things I didn’t know. Did you? Answers will posted later. If I remember.
1. Legend has it that two would be celebrities encouraged Nathan Herdwerker to open his hot dog stand in Coney Island. (That would be Nathans). They were:
a. WC Fields and Lou Abbott
b. Jimmy Durante and Eddie Cantor
c. Groucho and Harpo Marx
d. Ed Sullivan and Jerry Lewis
2. Which young star was a Steeplechase stilt walker?
a. Patty Duke
b. Dean Martin
c. Sidney Portier
d. Cary Grant
3. Pips is:
a. The oldest continuously operating comedy club in the country.
b. A comedy club in Flatbush that has open and shut it’s doors 20 times since it opened.
c. A music venue in Sheepshead Bay.
d. The place where the Not Ready for Primetime Players started out.
4. The first major Brooklyn rapper was:
a. Biggie Smalls
b. Run DMC
c. Big Daddy Kane
d. Grandmaster Flash
5. Which of these people is NOT from Brooklyn.
a. Larry Davis
b. Larry Bud Melman
c. John Cusack
d. None of the above.
6. Mel Brooks grew up in Williamsburg. During his childhood, the rent on his apartment would’ve been:
a. $16 per month
b. $40 per month
c. $1 per week
d. $200 per month
7. Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond were in the same class in which high school?
a. Midwood
b. Lincoln
c. Erasmus
d. Tilden
8. The 1991 Crown Heights race riots were sparked by an incident involving:
a. Rudy Giuliani
b. The NYPD
c. Yusef Hawkins
d. Gavin Cato
9. Author Sol Yurick wrote the book:
a. The Warriors
b. The Lords of Flatbush
c. It Happened in Brooklyn
d. Saturday Night Fever
10. Which area was modeled after the Champs-Elysees?
a. The Junction
b. Ft. Hamilton
c. Eastern Parkway
d. Cadman Plaza
Reclaimed Home’s first BK Trivia Quiz
Child’s Playhouse: £ 3000.
We’ve all had that table made out of a large cable spool found on the street. Haven’t we? First apartment? Couldn’t even afford Ikea? Well, there’s a company in England that makes a whole line of furniture out of these spools.
Furniture designer David Meddings started Reel Furniture in an effort to protect and conserve timber resources. And to earn money.
The pieces come (from the UK) flat packed and assembly is required (just like Ikea!). Reel Furniture does commissions as well as the pieces you see here.
Disk Chair: £325 ea
Small Rocker: £ 425.
Ever been to a poor country? No, I’m not leading into a joke about our own country’s economy. If you’ve ever traveled through poor neighborhoods in less developed countries, you know that shelter takes on a different meaning. It’s literally…shelter. People without money were the original green builders. Their homes were made out of wood pallets, cardboard and scrap metal out of necessity before it became trendy in the US or Europe.
It was on a trip to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico that Brian McCarthy came up with the idea to offer poverty stricken folks the chance to own homes. The concept? Shipping containers.
Each container home will be 320 square feet and cost less than $10,000. McCarthy and his three partners designed the prototype to include a/c hookups and water and electric systems.
The partners named the company PFNC Global Communities: “Por Fin, Nuestra Casa,” which translates to “Finally, our own home.”
Via CNN
I’m trying to get back to my original idea of this business, which is to give salvaged material a new life. It’s been a tough year organizing the grand plan and I often find myself just buying vintage items to turn around and resell.
Today I actually got to do some work. The other pieces are in progress, but I did mostly finish one I can show off. I bought a set of water skis that I thought would be totally cool to just hang on a wall. Well, people loved them, but alas, they didn’t sell. Then I had this brilliant idea to make coat hooks out of them. Ok, it was my friend James’ idea, but don’t tell anyone. My idea was to do something too elaborate for my baby skills: make a bookcase with a ski on either side.
Anyway, it was pretty easy. I had these wooden finials in my garage and they already had screws in them. All I had to do was drill pilot holes and screw them in. A bit of glue to help them stick. Put some hooks on the back for hanging and Bob’s your uncle!
In retrospect, I probably should have left the finials unpainted. Do they look like nipples or dog penises or is it just me?
When I first started selling Reclaimed Home pieces, I tried to make something out of discarded shipping pallets. I thought it was the best idea since sliced bread. I scavenged the Home Depot parking lot behind the store and filled my driveway with pallets. Then I tried to take them apart and that was the end of that. Waaahaaayhaaay too time consuming. You know, come to think of it, I don’t even like sliced bread anyway.
Here are some designers with patience.
Google “pallet furniture” and Studio Mama is all over the place! She makes lamps, chairs and benches. I can’t figure out if these things are for sale or not, but I see that you purchase instructions.
Corazon Fair Trade has this rustic kid’s chair for $30. Made in Mexico. For $30? Does that mean it was made BY kids FOR kids?
This fish cabinet from Pallet Art is a bit too whimsical for my sophisticated New York taste, but the hippie designer from Burlington, VT does some nice unpainted pieces. None of which I could grab photos of.
Martin Davis Furniture has by far the most detailed and finished look of this group. I’m sure it’s the most expensive too. These are made from industrial pallets.
And for all you DIY experts out there, here’s a link to Ready Made pallet lawn furniture.
Coming this October to the Brooklyn Flea: The Fall Furniture Festival curated by Greenjeans.
Every Sunday in October, 5 to 6 furniture designers out of a total of 15 to 20 will be highlighted. Most of the furniture will be designed and constructed in Brooklyn, but a few upstaters and out of staters managed to finagle spaces. A 20×60 pod will be situated near the handball courts so it will be easy to spot.
Greenjeans closed their Park Slope store in the spring and will re-open in Dumbo in early 2009. They have been working the flea and getting positive feedback, so they spoke to Mr. Flea, Eric Demby to see if they could take it up a notch. If the fall fest goes well, it will become bi-annual, including during May’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair and BKLYN Designs.
You can see a full list of the eco-friendly designers on the festival site. We’ve already covered some here, including Uhuru, Counter Evolution and Nightwood.
Makezine: Exercise machine
Shorehouse Chic: Red Bank house porn
Fancy Pants: Concrete Jungle
AMNY: Sarah in NY
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