oronavirus-Related Closings on the Upper West Side, A Running List Posted on March 12, 2020 at 12:39 pm by Carol Tannenhauser The Grand Bazaar. From flea markets to schools to music classes, central gathering spots are closing throughout the neighborhood to contain the spread of the coronavirus. We’re creating an ongoing list of closures in … Continue reading Closures and suspensions so far on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
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Google Maps can be customized to show your favorite types of restaurants
This hidden Google Maps trick just changed my life By Chris Smith@chris_writes March 3rd, 2020 at 2:11 PM [Boy Genius Report] Google Maps is an excellent tool for navigation and directions on the go, but this must-have mobile app can do a lot more than merely provide instructions on how to reach your destination the … Continue reading Google Maps can be customized to show your favorite types of restaurants
What to stock as protection against a possible quarantine for the coronavirus
This is a highly helpful article on what to keep on hand to be able to eat healthy and nutritious food even if you're restricted to your home for 14 days. https://www.businessinsider.com/expert-how-to-stockpile-healthy-food-14-day-coronavirus-quarantine-2020-2 How to stockpile healthy and nutritious food for a 14-day quarantine as coronavirus spreads across the US Gabby Landsverk Mar 1, 2020, 8:00 … Continue reading What to stock as protection against a possible quarantine for the coronavirus
Food facts that sound made up
How did the beloved local grocery Fairway fail?
Fairway has been a NYC institution for decades, known for its huge range of stock and decent (for Manhattan) prices. Selling groceries is, however, a tough job and it had a run-in with bankruptcy a few years back. Its rescue and restructuring was supposed to ensure its future, but somehow Fairway has now failed for … Continue reading How did the beloved local grocery Fairway fail?
Global seed bank that preserve diversity and crops just received. .q millionth variety
The underlying optimism in this article may not be warranted. First, when it was built as recently as 2008, humans assumed permafrost would continue to exist. This belief is no longer warranted. Second, seed varieties are increasingly hybridized and protected by their corporate owners with great vigor. Altho earlier varieties might be better for certain … Continue reading Global seed bank that preserve diversity and crops just received. .q millionth variety
Smoothie delivery services
I recently tried one of these services and am amazed to find out there are at least seven of them. Who knew? rootandrevel.com/healthy-smoothie-delivery-services/
Caffeine and aspirin — the two major drugs that we consume carelessly
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/02/13/caffeine-explained-michael-pollan-audible-audiobook/4746432002/ 5 things we learned about caffeine from Michael Pollan’s new Audible audiobook Chances are you’re a drug addict. It’s OK – most of us are. In fact, about 90% of people in the U.S. ingest your likely drug of choice. That drug, of course, is caffeine, the world’s most popular, most socially accepted psychoactive … Continue reading Caffeine and aspirin — the two major drugs that we consume carelessly
Easy tricks for keeping avocados fresh
Several easy tips for keeping avocados on hand all the time without worrying about their becoming too ripe. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/mums-awesome-trick-keep-your-21441423 Mum's 'awesome' trick will keep your avocados fresh and stop them going brown A mum who was fed up of her avocados going off found a genius solution to keep them ripe for up to a … Continue reading Easy tricks for keeping avocados fresh
How to easily produce substitutes for dairy or almond milk
Don’t have a cow: the simple, sustainable guide to making your own oat milk Non-dairy milks have never been more popular. Here’s how to make them from oats, nuts and seeds – saving money as well as the planet Tom Hunt Fri 31 Jan 2020 07.41 EST Last modified on Fri 31 Jan 2020 08.05 EST Photograph: … Continue reading How to easily produce substitutes for dairy or almond milk
If dairy milk and almond milk are bad options, what are good substitutes?
If almond milk is deadly for its water consumption and effect on honeybees and dairy milk has well-known drawbacks, what alternatives are good choices? There are lots of articles telling us what's bad. This is the first I've seen that highlights good alternatives. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/28/what-plant-milk-should-i-drink-almond-killing-bees-aoe? Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should … Continue reading If dairy milk and almond milk are bad options, what are good substitutes?
More Refillable Bottles, Less Ocean Plastic
The sentence that leaped out to me here is that substitution of only 10% of the virgin plastic bottles with refillable glass would reduce the plastic waste by over 20%. This is something we should be pushing for now More Refillable Bottles, Less Ocean Plastic - Our Daily Planet — Read on http://www.ourdailyplanet.com/story/more-refillable-bottles-less-ocean-plastic/
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