Five for Friday: Bacon, Booze, Porn…and Running

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This is NOT an SEO bait, I promise you. I never bait!  Well, maybe when I get y’all over here to see my Slave Leia photo. But that’s more of a nerd bait, really. *ahem* And now we talk about bacon. The Sticky Pig Ice Cream Cart Kickstarter I just learned that my friend Tara–the great Paleo dessert queen, Bacon Vixen, and the owner of The Sticky Pig Bacon Confections–is looking to branch out into ice cream treats with a Kickstarter campaign. Y’all, she’s looking to get an ice cream cart.  More ways to get Tara’s super creative bacon treats...
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Me Against the Plastics

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A few years back, I announced my commitment to using my own tote bags for grocery shopping.  Last year, I also turned to shopping at local farmers market more after having watched Food Inc., which for me means the one at Alamitos Bay in Long Beach on Sundays. This market, because of the proximity to the water, does not allowed the use of plastic bags.  Paper only over here except for the pre-bagged salads and other veggies, the salad vendors, the fish mongers, and the bison guy. One lady who sells mushrooms eventually stops supplying us with paper bags altogether....
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