Winter Sports Preview 2007
Sarah Tuff Talks Training With the Pros; Artists in Residence at Trey’s VT Studio; Sledding in Warren; Nordic Skating in Vermont; How Top Vermont Skiers and Riders Get in Shape for the Season
Being Gratuitious
A recent comment on the YoHackie blog asked about the differences in tipping between men and women. Here’s one cabbie’s take on the issue. Men seem, on average, to tip bigger than women. I ascribe it to a positive attribute of the macho ethic. Throwing around one’s money is one way to demonstrate what a…
Apple Trivia
It’s the season for harvest festivals and apple picking, as pretty much every local food publication has made abundantly clear. To help you out, here’s a list of pick-your-own places in Vermont. It’s not apple specific, but there are lots of orchards on the list. And now the fun stuff… Apple Trivia: In Ancient Greece,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Vegan Erotica is a company that sells S&M bondage gear suitable for vegans. Its whips, harnesses, collars, cuffs and restraints are made of fake leather. So it’s now possible for you to conduct puckish experiments with sexual power dynamics and yet not be responsible for harming any animals in the process.…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Mario Orlikoff, 49, was sitting in a car outside a bank, police in Gloucester, Va., said, when Christina Finney drove by with her family and thought he looked suspicious. “He had on a hat, a tweed jacket and big sunglasses. It was too hot for what he had on,” she told the…
Food Safety Spoofs
In his daily work, Carl Winter, PhD. deals with some pretty serious stuff: toxicology, food borne illnesses, and more. He has testified before Congress about pesticide safety and written papers with titles such as “Characterization of epoxide hydrolase activity in Alternaria alternataf. sp. lycopersici. Possible involvement in toxin production-Epoxidehydrolase in alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici.”…
Waste Not?
Burlington’s compost facility tries to digest environmental and aboriginal charges
Blades of Glory
Nordic skating has crossed the chilly North Atlantic and set up shop in Vermont
Get on Your Knees!
A sustainable forestry program clears the way for a rockin’ sled hill
Random Food News
Here’s a little fun stuff for you… 1) Have trouble waking up in the morning? Do savory smells like coffee and sizzling pork fat help you drag your sorry self out of bed? Everybody knows that moder coffee makers can be programmed to start dripping at a particular time of day, but inventor…
Hackie Sick and Crabby
The weeks encompassing the Vermont foliage season are among the busiest (read: lucrative) of the year for us B-town cabbies. Everything is happening: students partying; tourists peeping; weddings; college homecomings; business conferences; Flynn and Memorial concerts – it’s a friggin’ bonanza. This past weekend I was miserable with a head cold. Like sick people everywhere,…
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All in Together Now [SIV47]
Friday night the tiny Pursuit Gallery down by the waterfront was jammed to maximum capacity for the opening of “All in Together Now.” 12 artists from New York, Vancouver, Toronto and Oakland displayed their diverse illustrations and paintings. Featured artist Ben Tour flew down from Vancouver and painted a larger-than-life sultry red-lipped woman on the…
