I found a blog post from the Editor of El Paso Times today. Apparently, Chris thinks that El Paso Downtown needs is a Cheese Cake Factory. A quick internet search on Chris and I was able to find out that he’s lived in El Paso for only 9 months (it is incredible what you can find on the internet, isn’t it?). We will give him the benefit of the doubt, but my guess is that he has not fallen for El Paso yet (hopefully he will).
The Time(s) of the Cheesy restaurants…
Filed under: Go Local Challenge — Tags: chain restaurants, cheesecake factory, local restaurants — Ares @ June 24, 2009 12:43 am
Going local experiences
Filed under: Go Local Challenge — Tags: benefits of going local, consumer behavior change, going local challenge — Ares @ June 21, 2009 1:31 am
Yesterday, I finished my pre-”Go Local” Challenge. I did the challenge before the proposed date during Independent’s week, but I did it to learn if it is feasible, and to gain enough experience in case someone needs help during the actual challenge. As far as I can tell, I succeeded to buy everything local. Here are some thoughts about it.
Local Store = Savings
Filed under: Go Local Challenge — Ares @ June 18, 2009 10:08 pm
I am the other guy Don mentioned in his post the other day. We took a “trip field” to JR Produce to get ready for the challenge. I don’t know about you but we consume A LOT of milk at home, and during our trip field I had a clear objective, buy and compare the price of milk.
Just a question
Filed under: Go Local Challenge — donaldo @ June 17, 2009 5:06 pm
I do a lot of work around the airport. After visiting clients for a few hours sometimes nature calls. Today I used my standard operating procedure: I used a restroom at one of the major chain hotels. Mind you, I didn’t BUY anything, I just peed and got back in the car. That’s not breaking my oath is it? I think it may even be a practice that should be encouraged!
A three day summary
Filed under: Go Local Challenge — donaldo @ June 16, 2009 11:01 am
Since we’re not in the full-blown challenge yet I’ll give a quick report from the weekend and Monday. Well, there’s not much to report. On Sunday I fell off the wagon once – being the degenerate that I am I wanted to go see the movie “The Hangover”. Obviously the movie theaters in town aren’t local – during the real challenge I know I can go to Fellini Film Cafe on Cincinnati Street.
We did go listen to a local band at our neighborhood park on Sunday night. What a great way to build community: free local music and a visit with friends.
On Monday we went looking for local groceries. JR Produce at 4818 Montana. It’s a small store but the produce was good and so were the prices. One guy with us stocked up on gallons of milk at WAY less than the price at the big guys.
