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Interesting

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.Robert from Shiny Object sent me over a link this morning for a movie that looks really neat. From the sound of things in the description the battles they have to fight are very close to home for us here at LJ Urban. [...]

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Tags: author: levi · film

Hot Flat And Crowded

September 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I just read the first chapter of Thomas Friedman’s new book Hot Flat and Crowded and it’s incredible. I knew this guy could write from his other works, but this time it’s off the charts. He is hitting straight to the most important issue we will face in our generation. America needs to get off [...]

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Tags: author: levi · books · green living

Chapter 1

September 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Ok. This happened really fast. It’s amazing when you have something waiting to come out of you how easy it is. I am putting this up here in its raw form. I only skimmed through it to look for typos and it will be edited many times before making it into the book but I [...]

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Tags: author: levi · books · community · creativity · writing

Movie Night

September 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I keep thinking…what good is all this talk about community without a good movie night now and again?!? So we are getting together with the good folks over at USGBC and hosting a movie night here are the Green Living Center (20th and H in Midtown Sacramento).

After the film, the film’s producer, Maria Terezinha Vaz [...]

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Tags: author: levi · events · film · midtown

Who Makes Your List?

August 27th, 2008 · 18 Comments

I just heard today that the Sacramento Magazine released its list of the top 100 Powerful people and that you can go onto their site and vote for your top 10.  I was happy to see some very good people made it on the list. My top 10 looked like this.
(Update:   I am adding Sena [...]

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Tags: author: levi · magazines · sacramento · website

The Bench

August 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I am here at good waiting for an appointment to show up and thought I would try out my new blog tool on my iPhone. Check out how good the new benches look!

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Tags: author: levi · blogging · gadgets

Thoughts On Mediocre

August 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

You see a lot of semis on I-5, but one caught my eye last week as I headed out of town on vacation.  On the back and side it said “OK Produce.” That’s it. Why would anyone name their company OK Produce? Do you want to take a bite of someone’s peach if they say [...]

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Tags: author: steve · books · design · food · housing · sacramento

Olympics

August 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I just read that the olympics opening ceremony was viewed by 4 billion people. Could that be true? Aren’t there only 6 billion in the whole world? 2 out of 3 in the entire world? Wow.
I must admit that the massive display of power made me a bit intimidated by [...]

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Tags: author: levi · community · events · random musings · tv

Gardener For Hire?

July 24th, 2008 · 7 Comments

A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss
Trevor Paque at work in San Francisco in a garden his company planted in a client’s backyard.
Eating locally raised food is a growing trend. But who has time to get to the farmer’s market, let alone plant a garden?
That is where Trevor Paque comes in. For a [...]

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Tags: author: micah · community · food · green living · nyc · pop culture

Dont Forget.. Friday Night Is Movie Night!

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Doors open at 6 and the movie starts at 7
1931 H St.  The Green Living Center
Donation at the door for ECOS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pin8fbdGV9Y

See you there!
Levi

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Tags: author: levi · events · film · midtown · video