Going to extremes

About 5 years ago – or so – a big Dutch company bought the Washington, DC grocery chain Giant. Ever since then when I go to Giant, I find something to annoy me. My family has shopped at Giant at least as  [more...]

I just watched a program on The Travel Channel about famous food factories. Among them was the Ben & Jerry’s plant in Vermont, which looks like a great, fun destination. They have a Flavor Graveyard, where  [more...]

Here in sunny California, we hear a lot about power grids and predictions for the day’s usage. Usually this is followed by urges to conserve energy for the day, a “flex power” day. I came across this  [more...]