SLOPES AND TOTES
Photo courtesy of Mount Washington Alpine Resort
That exciting day is only 13 sleeps away! Mount Washington Alpine Resort is set to open on December 6, 2007, so pray to the snow gods, keep your fingers crossed,and your board waxed! Life on the slopes gets better and better each year at Mount Washington, now with expanded night skiing, 1,200 acres of all skill levels of terrain, snow tubing and, of course, a wide selection of beer in Fat Teddy’s at the lodge.
For more information on operating times, location, lift tickets and anything else your brain requires, visit Mount Washington’s website.
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Photo courtesy of spectruss on Flickr
Last night Vancouver’s local news reported that Canadians use approximately 55,000,000 plastic bags every single week across our country. Re-using your bags is always a great idea, but these will all ultimately end up in landfill. I know many of you are already on board with cloth shopping bags, but lately using these satchels to carry your stash has become much more trendy. If you’re not itchin’ to grab some (which are usually about .99 cents at your neighbourhood grocery store) from Safeway or Superstore, check out BYOB - Bring Your Own Bag.
Developed in 2005 by two Vancouver-area women, BYOB actually designs seasonal cloth bag collections with delicate motifs and tongue-in-cheek slogans. Personally, I’m a fan of the “F*@k Plastic” tote.
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I’ll be going backcountry skiing this weekend in Squamish. Should be lots fun. Hopefully it’ll take less than 9 hours to get to the hut this time around.
Wow that’s a lot of plastic bags. I thought some plastic bags get recycled as carpets? I certainly try not to use plastic bags whenever I can.
In Iowa one person asked if we’ve heard of this place called “Whistler” hehe. I can’t wait to a) teach John to board b) get the F*kc outta Vancouver and head to Mt Washington to be a snow bunny with ya.
Me too, Becks - it’s gonna be fantastic
[...] We’ve seen the emergence of reusable shopping bags around town, and there’s plenty of talk in the blogosphere as well about the important of reducing your plastic bag usage. (Metroblogging: Ban Plastic Bags Now and Plastic Bag Ban. Keira-Anne: Slopes and Totes). [...]