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Top 10 Tips for Flying Eco-Friendlier Skies

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Don't know when you'll be back again? Even if you do, we want to clue you in on our best eco air travel tips before you take off. Your green taxi's waiting and blowing his horn.

1. It's in the bag.

Project (Rent the) Runway

Every time another wedding, birthday party, cocktail fete, etc. rolls around, I always think how much I'd love to buy a new dress for it. But, of course, these days I'm pretty much just shopping in my own closet. But brand-new website Rent the Runway may have found a cost- and fashion-conscious solution to such conundrums.

Chasing Amy's

I have my own personal chef. Her name is Amy. She always has a variety of tasty, organic, vegetarian meals - free of additives, preservatives, and GMOs - for me to choose from. OK, fine. I'm talking about Amy's Kitchen.

Gray's Anatomy

I just got back from a trip to the Southeast, during which Seattle's gray season moved in with full force. So instead of dwelling on how bummed I am about not seeing the sun for several months, I'm trying to focus on what I love about fall in the PNW:

Top 8 Plastics Recycling Tips

(Plas)tic-Tac-Toe

Free Dressing, Salad Not Included

I got on this kick last week of deciding I needed to eat more veggies (oddly, a diet of cereal and cheese does not equal a well-balanced diet) and thought salads might be just the ticket. So armed with a shopping basket of organic greens, red peppers, carrots, and tomatoes, I headed to the salad dressing aisle for the pièce de résistance.

Free Stuff, Freals

Got your attention? Sweet...or perhaps I should say Tart. We're talking pomegranates, peeps. We all know they're good for your insides (can help combat the risk of heart disease), but they're great for your outsides too: The high level of antioxidants may help protect your skin from cell-aging free radicals.

Lip Service

In high school, I always avoided carrying a purse by just stuffing my cash, keys, license, etc. into my pockets - I still do the same thing now (which makes my handbag obsession especially vexing).

Is It Four, Fore, or For?

I am not sporty. I have poor depth perception and a general lack of coordination.

Kanye Also Responsible for Global Warming

"Did you watch the MTV Video Music Awards?" No, this wasn't office water cooler chat from Monday morning (being that I work from home, it's just me and the dogs - who are never much for good gossip), it was from a phone call with my dad on Monday. And I wasn't the one doing the asking.