It is so freakin’ cold outside! I hate the cold, but I have to admit, when I saw this post about ice hotels and palaces on Treehugger.com, I was intrigued. Pictured above is Alta Igloo hotel in Norway. The beds are dressed in reindeer fur and the bathrooms are in a wooden building next to the hotel, and they are heated! And the best part? There’s a sauna and hot tubs. It looks like a really nice place to get away from everyone, and I’d much rather be cold there than here…
Ah, happy Saturday…finally. I apologize for the scant blog posts this week. I WILL do better this week. Anyhow, I saw this idea the other day on Treehugger.com. For a while now, I’ve been wanting speakers for my iPod, but just can’t seem to make myself buy them. I am not opposed to trying this, just for the hell of it anyway. It’s pretty self-explanatory. You need four paper cups, two for the stand part and two for the speaker part. You punch holes in the bottom of the “speaker” cups and thread your ear buds through there. Voila! It seems to be the same principle as the ever-popular “cup” phone. We’ll see how it works out.
In other news: I bought one of the Kings of Leon’s older albums, Aha Shake Heartbreak and it is making me very happy right now. Enjoy the weekend everyone!
photo from Treehugger.com
Keith and I try to be as eco-conscious as we possibly can. And since the magazine I work for has a “green” section, I feel like it’s part of my job to keep up with what’s going on in the environment and the world of “green” products and initiatives. Therefore, I subscribe to TreeHugger.com‘s daily newsletter. There’s almost always some radical product or project, (house made of recycled coffee cups, anyone?) but few catch my attention quite like the dumpster-turned-hot tub that artist Michel de Broin created. Like many, I love a good soak in the hot tub and would one day love to have my very own. But I just don’t think I could relax in the dumpster. Kudos to his clever idea, but I’m a wee bit grossed out.
