blogging

Raleigh

In the hotel lobby; there is a Macaw named Raleigh. She is a beautiful bird and can speak. I've only heard her say Hello, but she is fun to watch and talk to.

around the globe

Environmentally Friendly

I'm in Raleigh, NC on a business trip and I brought my mom with me. Well, someone in my class suggested we go to Angus Barn. He said it was "pricey" but very good. We decided to give it a try...... You can check out the menu to see the definition of pricey.

The food was very very good and probably worth the money; we split a steak dinner and it was plenty for the two of us.

After dinner, I went into the Ladies Room and when I opened the stall door, I saw the below sign.

WATER SAVING DUAL FUNCTION HANDLE

Even the green handle helps to fight germs....

I've noticed several environmentally friendly things here in Raleigh in my 2 days that I've been here. Their bottled water of choice is Deer Park and it's design is Eco Friendly. The design is supposed to have 30% less plastic.

The Hotel even have signs stating, "To save water and energy, if you want to reuse your towel, hang it on the rack; if not, leave it on the floor". I don't reuse towels so I can't help them save water and energy on that note. They also try to save on laundry by not changing your sheets but every 3 days, unless you request it changed every day. I can help them with that, that's fine with me. I think I can handle the same bed sheet for 3 nights.

Anyway, I wanted to share the bathroom stall sign as I thought it was funny.

movie reviews

Cloverfield

Last night, Shane and I watched Cloverfield. I really didn't care anything about seeing it for various reasons.

1. I heard it wasn't all that great
2. I heard/read it was a lot like The Blair Witch Project

The 2nd reason was enough for me...I can't stand that moving around constantly that you get from the person in the movie video taping what's going on. When I saw Blair Witch Project, I was dizzy by the time I left the movie.

Well, thanks to Coke Rewards, we always get a free movie at Blockbusters.

Anyway, the movie is about these 5 friends that threw another friend a Going Way Party and some alien, monster, etc. takes over New York City and they are trying to escape.

DO NOT pay money to rent this movie; it isn't good and my review of it gets a D. Not interesting at all, very lame to me.

Today, we are going to see Iron Man and I have a feeling I'm going to like it a lot better than Cloverfield. I'll let you know, there is supposed to be a spoiler in the credits.