Showing posts with label local tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local tips. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Recycle Utah Tip of the Day
06/11/2008 7:00 Mountain
Locals Have More Fun green tip of the day:
Recycle Utah, located on Woodbine Way now accepts bike tubes and tires!
Relating this green tip to the Locals Have More Fun sustainable clothing line: we now have
male and female mountain bikers!! Just in time for another June snowstorm, go out there and get on your bike (but let the trails dry out first!)
Locals Have More Fun green tip of the day:
Recycle Utah, located on Woodbine Way now accepts bike tubes and tires!
Relating this green tip to the Locals Have More Fun sustainable clothing line: we now have
male and female mountain bikers!! Just in time for another June snowstorm, go out there and get on your bike (but let the trails dry out first!)
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Green Headquarters
06/04/2008 14:15 Mountain
Hello Friends,
A neat little article from the magazine Stocks, Futures, and Options regarding the new headquarters at PFG in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Here is the part I love:
"Further, it will encourage employee loyalty and recruitment of top individuals. Part of the reason for constructing an environmentally positive buidling is to recognize the importance of the people who work for us. If we are willing to go the extra mile to create a green buidling for our employees, it sends a message to them that we not only are concerned about the environment but are concerned about them as well- that we want to provide a healthy work environment for them."
What a cool concept. Google employs this mentality as does Patagonia, Fat Tire, and other green companies that care about their eomployees and employees families.
This philosophy is the backbone of Locals Have More Fun. Required reading for our employees is Yvon Chouinard's book, Let My People Go Surfing. As the founder of Patagonia, he became a businessman his way, on his ideals.
Locals strives to be the same type of company. Valuing our sourcers, distributors, and you, the end user.
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Locals tip of the week in Park City: yard sales, yard sales, yard sales. The weather is warming up (although cold and rainy today and tomorrow), but by the weekend, the deals will be in the front yards!!!
Locals tip of the week II: FatKid Pizza in the Sidecar Bar and Restaurant. The best red sauce in Utah!
Have a great day!
Hello Friends,
A neat little article from the magazine Stocks, Futures, and Options regarding the new headquarters at PFG in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Here is the part I love:
"Further, it will encourage employee loyalty and recruitment of top individuals. Part of the reason for constructing an environmentally positive buidling is to recognize the importance of the people who work for us. If we are willing to go the extra mile to create a green buidling for our employees, it sends a message to them that we not only are concerned about the environment but are concerned about them as well- that we want to provide a healthy work environment for them."
What a cool concept. Google employs this mentality as does Patagonia, Fat Tire, and other green companies that care about their eomployees and employees families.
This philosophy is the backbone of Locals Have More Fun. Required reading for our employees is Yvon Chouinard's book, Let My People Go Surfing. As the founder of Patagonia, he became a businessman his way, on his ideals.
Locals strives to be the same type of company. Valuing our sourcers, distributors, and you, the end user.
**********************
Locals tip of the week in Park City: yard sales, yard sales, yard sales. The weather is warming up (although cold and rainy today and tomorrow), but by the weekend, the deals will be in the front yards!!!
Locals tip of the week II: FatKid Pizza in the Sidecar Bar and Restaurant. The best red sauce in Utah!
Have a great day!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Truly A Local Weekend
06/02/2008 13:50 Mountain
Hello Friends,
It was a beautiful weekend in Park City. Mid 70's, light winds, an occasional drop of rain.
We seem to have cleared the hurdle of May with colder temps and a rain/snow mix. It is the first weekend of June and as my friend Gary said, "this is why we live here"
He said it as we were at a friend's house, standing on the deck looking northwest from the top of Pinebrook. The sun had just gone over Parley's and the sky was clear, not a hint of wind, and all types of colors started to fill the sky. Gary commented (over a few vodka/crans) that he wouldn't think of leaving Park City during this time of year. No tourists, 2 for 1's at the restaurants, perfect weather, and friends.
He is right. A day of exercising, hanging with the family, and then getting together in the evening with a few friends and sharing the sunset. Not bad!
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Here is a recap of the weekend regarding things to do.
***The mountains aren't open for summer activities, so the official summer season doesn't kick off for a few more weeks. (Still a lot of snow up there, so the resorts may be pushing back that date - not unlike pushing back the start to this banner ski season when there was very little snow).
***The south facing trails above Jeremy Ranch/Glenwild are in terrific shape. A few are:
24/7, Flying Dog, The Preserve Connector
Have a great day,
Brian
Hello Friends,
It was a beautiful weekend in Park City. Mid 70's, light winds, an occasional drop of rain.
We seem to have cleared the hurdle of May with colder temps and a rain/snow mix. It is the first weekend of June and as my friend Gary said, "this is why we live here"
He said it as we were at a friend's house, standing on the deck looking northwest from the top of Pinebrook. The sun had just gone over Parley's and the sky was clear, not a hint of wind, and all types of colors started to fill the sky. Gary commented (over a few vodka/crans) that he wouldn't think of leaving Park City during this time of year. No tourists, 2 for 1's at the restaurants, perfect weather, and friends.
He is right. A day of exercising, hanging with the family, and then getting together in the evening with a few friends and sharing the sunset. Not bad!
******
Here is a recap of the weekend regarding things to do.
***The mountains aren't open for summer activities, so the official summer season doesn't kick off for a few more weeks. (Still a lot of snow up there, so the resorts may be pushing back that date - not unlike pushing back the start to this banner ski season when there was very little snow).
***The south facing trails above Jeremy Ranch/Glenwild are in terrific shape. A few are:
24/7, Flying Dog, The Preserve Connector
Have a great day,
Brian
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Head Local Learning to Blog, Philanthropy, Etc
05/29/2008 16:50 Mountian
Hello Friends,
Head Local of Locals Have More Fun - An Environmentally Cool Clothing Company is slaving away in his cubicle, working hard in order to get a major clothing company off the ground. It is late Thursday afternoon and in 40 minutes I will be free for the weekend.
Lots of Locals work to do on Friday, but looking forward to a great weekend of getting outside as well.
As a newbie blogger/social media artist, I have tapped into the local community to help. Kendall Card of Basecamp Communications is a rockstar blogger and has even made a job out of it. Who would of thought? He linked the local ProBar to hottie Marisa Miller (she is hot) and her diet and voila, a star is born!
Anyways, it has been a productive day. Contacting Zappo's, cousin Har in Santa Fe, and tackling the financial markets (see SBUX popping off a rounded bottom). That leads me to the Philanthropy part of today's post. Working at a non-environmentally friendly, ignorant company to pay the bills at Locals only fuels the fire more to educate the masses about the world's playgrounds and how they must be protected.
I am proud to say that I have been a member of Sierra Club since the late 90's (I was still in college) and that Locals Have More Fun is a part of and a huge proponent of 1% For the Planet (see Patagonia).
Off to talk to the last client of the day.
Brian
Hello Friends,
Head Local of Locals Have More Fun - An Environmentally Cool Clothing Company is slaving away in his cubicle, working hard in order to get a major clothing company off the ground. It is late Thursday afternoon and in 40 minutes I will be free for the weekend.
Lots of Locals work to do on Friday, but looking forward to a great weekend of getting outside as well.
As a newbie blogger/social media artist, I have tapped into the local community to help. Kendall Card of Basecamp Communications is a rockstar blogger and has even made a job out of it. Who would of thought? He linked the local ProBar to hottie Marisa Miller (she is hot) and her diet and voila, a star is born!
Anyways, it has been a productive day. Contacting Zappo's, cousin Har in Santa Fe, and tackling the financial markets (see SBUX popping off a rounded bottom). That leads me to the Philanthropy part of today's post. Working at a non-environmentally friendly, ignorant company to pay the bills at Locals only fuels the fire more to educate the masses about the world's playgrounds and how they must be protected.
I am proud to say that I have been a member of Sierra Club since the late 90's (I was still in college) and that Locals Have More Fun is a part of and a huge proponent of 1% For the Planet (see Patagonia).
Off to talk to the last client of the day.
Brian
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Local Back in Action
05/28/08 15:00 Mountain
Hello Friends,
I came across a very funny blog today commenting on life in a a cubicle. It's title is Death Box Hell - Life in a Cubicle.
Locals Have More Fun is depicting life outside that box. I don't mind if you work in the box, but there MUST be time for you to get out and clear your mind. Wether you work in New York Boston, Los Angeles, Pheonix, there must be an outdoor recreation nearby.
Chicago for example has urban adventure races - The Wild Onion. New York has Central Park, Los Angeles has Santa Monica. Phoenix has Camelback.
The list goes on and on and on. 45 minutes of heart pounding exercise. There is nothing wrong with a spin class at the gym.
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The title of today's post is Local Back in Action, meaning back in workout mode in Park City and the surrounding area. After a weekend of eating the best pizza in the world at Aiello's, I have to get the cholesterol OUT! The weekend should be beautiful and the lower elevation mountain bike trails are calling. Maybe the 24/7 loop in Jeremy Ranch.
Whatever your favorite exercise option is, go do it!! A few hours for yourself and you will be ready to tackle that cubicle and the week ahead!!
Have a great week,
Brian
Hello Friends,
I came across a very funny blog today commenting on life in a a cubicle. It's title is Death Box Hell - Life in a Cubicle.
Locals Have More Fun is depicting life outside that box. I don't mind if you work in the box, but there MUST be time for you to get out and clear your mind. Wether you work in New York Boston, Los Angeles, Pheonix, there must be an outdoor recreation nearby.
Chicago for example has urban adventure races - The Wild Onion. New York has Central Park, Los Angeles has Santa Monica. Phoenix has Camelback.
The list goes on and on and on. 45 minutes of heart pounding exercise. There is nothing wrong with a spin class at the gym.
****
The title of today's post is Local Back in Action, meaning back in workout mode in Park City and the surrounding area. After a weekend of eating the best pizza in the world at Aiello's, I have to get the cholesterol OUT! The weekend should be beautiful and the lower elevation mountain bike trails are calling. Maybe the 24/7 loop in Jeremy Ranch.
Whatever your favorite exercise option is, go do it!! A few hours for yourself and you will be ready to tackle that cubicle and the week ahead!!
Have a great week,
Brian
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Brian and Bob on Park City TV explaining how they met, the creation of their "guy", and their environmentally cool vision.
05/18/2008 09:00
Hello Friends,
A quick post of Brian and Bob with our friend Emily from Backcountry.com explaining our vision at Park City Mountain Resort.
Have a great day!
Brian
Hello Friends,
A quick post of Brian and Bob with our friend Emily from Backcountry.com explaining our vision at Park City Mountain Resort.
Have a great day!
Brian
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Snow, Sun, Snow
Hello Friends,
Another cylce of 72 degree days, followed by 30 degree nights with snow. Are we finished? I don't know, but the rivers are going to be raging. Lots of melting snow means a fun-filled and lengthy boating season. Not to mention a greater than normal percentage of water that is sitting in our lakes and resevoirs.
Speaking of water, I have been in touch with my freshman college roomate, Jeff. (Go Buffs!) He works for Wildcatch.com Wildcatch is an MSC certifited company, meaning that everything they do related to fishing meets the regulations of the MSC. Its a big deal in seafood, and expensive to get. They also work directly with 4 different fishing coop's in Alaska, on basically a fair trade deal, but since AK is a state we cant get these coops fair trade status. It works for all parties involved. The coop are all native fishers, so Wildcatch is the only company to give these guys a fair price on their fish. Plans are in place to be carbon neutral - a task that Jeff says is "a pain in the ass, but will be worth it in the end".
This makes me want to go out and get a hard core workout in and then order some MSC certified salmon in order to pack in the protein!
Speaking of working out, Locals Have More Fun had another eco fair this past weekend. Lugging t-shirts to and from my hybrid car to the staging point is quite the workout. Locals had a great showing and met some potentially important strategic alliances, namely, the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Salt Lake Chamber. Locals is looking to do some co-branding and provide these organizations with our organic cotton, recycled cotton, and bamboo t-shirts.
Should be a great weekend for getting outside. Maybe a hike in the SLC foothills or the southern facing hiking/biking trails near Jeremy Ranch.
Have a great week and GO PENS!
Brian
Head Local
Another cylce of 72 degree days, followed by 30 degree nights with snow. Are we finished? I don't know, but the rivers are going to be raging. Lots of melting snow means a fun-filled and lengthy boating season. Not to mention a greater than normal percentage of water that is sitting in our lakes and resevoirs.
Speaking of water, I have been in touch with my freshman college roomate, Jeff. (Go Buffs!) He works for Wildcatch.com Wildcatch is an MSC certifited company, meaning that everything they do related to fishing meets the regulations of the MSC. Its a big deal in seafood, and expensive to get. They also work directly with 4 different fishing coop's in Alaska, on basically a fair trade deal, but since AK is a state we cant get these coops fair trade status. It works for all parties involved. The coop are all native fishers, so Wildcatch is the only company to give these guys a fair price on their fish. Plans are in place to be carbon neutral - a task that Jeff says is "a pain in the ass, but will be worth it in the end".
This makes me want to go out and get a hard core workout in and then order some MSC certified salmon in order to pack in the protein!
Speaking of working out, Locals Have More Fun had another eco fair this past weekend. Lugging t-shirts to and from my hybrid car to the staging point is quite the workout. Locals had a great showing and met some potentially important strategic alliances, namely, the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Salt Lake Chamber. Locals is looking to do some co-branding and provide these organizations with our organic cotton, recycled cotton, and bamboo t-shirts.
Should be a great weekend for getting outside. Maybe a hike in the SLC foothills or the southern facing hiking/biking trails near Jeremy Ranch.
Have a great week and GO PENS!
Brian
Head Local
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