Category Archives: greenism

No Lasting Peace Through Retail Therapy

Consumerism is economically manifested in the chronic purchasing of new goods and services, with little attention to their true need, durability, product origin or the environmental consequences of manufacture and disposal. Consumerism is driven by huge sums spent on advertising designed to create both a desire to follow trends, and the resultant personal self-reward system […]

Phat Bites: Conspiring Over Coffee

Early on Thursday morning (2-7-08) Kelly Stewart suggested coffee at Phat Bites. I’d never heard of it, so I followed him there. Phat Bites Deli and Coffee Shop is located on Allen Road, just off Donelson Pike, across from Ellendale’s, one block north of Elm Hill Pike and directly behind Mapco Express […]