Rocha-chatter

Guster is one of my favorite bands, so whenever they come to Rochester, I have to go see them.

Tonight they were at Water Street Music Hall where they played a great concert and I got to meet them afterwards.

The extra cool thing is that Guster is on their second Campus Conciousness Tour where they are trying to lessen their impact on the environment and spread the word about renewable energy and alternative fuels.

To make the tour green they fuel their bus with biodiesel, offer eco-friendly merchandise, use post consumer recycled paper products and more.

I am starting to read more and more about reducing one's footprint... sites like No Impact Man and Sew Green. I am attempting to be better myself by doing things like using Wegman's reusable grocery bags and replacing my incandescent lightbulbs with compact flourescent ones.

It's great to see a band like Guster paving the way in this area.

(I was disapointed, however, to learn that their biodiesel bus does not smell like french fries.)

Labels: band, green, guster, music

When I travel to another city I often judge it on the quality of two of my favorite things... cupcakes and dogs.

I just spent a couple weeks in San Francisco for work, and it ranked very high in both these categories.

If you happen to find yourself in SF, check out these cupcakeries.

Miette Bakery
Citizen Cupcake
Love at First Bite
Teacake Bake Shop

And the dogs... well, they are everywhere... in shops, tied to parking meters... etc.

Labels: cupcakes, dogs, travel