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Green Drinks Boulder at Outlook Hotel
Boulder’s first zero-waste hotel-slash-blues venue hosted April’s Green Drinks Boulder event, and it turned out to be a great spot for hanging out with enviro-folks.
Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites has that distinct swimming-pool smell when you first enter, but two things help you get past that: one, the pool is heated by the sun, which is awesome, and two, you’re headed into the Blues and Greens bar anyway, where the smell won’t follow you. Instead, you can grab an Avery IPA and some conversation, which is precisely what I did.
John, left, and Rick.
Happily, I quickly met up with a familiar face in Rick, who wasted no time in introducing me to John DeFilippi, owner of ecoLogical Lawn Care. We chatted about the recent dandelion protests. John says that there’s no quick solution to dandelions, rather that it takes time to build up a good, thick grass — unless you want to go the chemical route.
As for Rick, we discovered we’re neighbors. Maybe he’ll check out my new neighborhood blog. (Wow. I must be breaking nerd records here, somewhere.)
Soon it was time for our fearless leaders to pick winners for fine prizes, like $50 to Organic Dish, which is another reason you ought to come hang out (as if you needed more than the chance of meeting swell people, as I did this month, and at Green Drinks Boulder’s January and February meet-ups).
Our hosts dole out prizes.
In addition to chatting with Ben Holland, whose guest post will appear on this blog shortly, I met Josh Doolittle, founder of Chi’Bagoda. He’s looking for new ways to build with bamboo, and he told me they’re growing a bunch of it in Kansas — and trying to do the same somewhere on the outskirts of town here. I’m going to have to check that out.
Here's Josh, looking all film noir.
From looking at the photos here, you might think it was getting steadily dimmer at the Outlook. Due to all their very cool and efficient daylighting, I suppose it was, but obviously I also just stopped using the flash.
In any case, that wraps up the night for me — I’m off to read about the old west. Meantime, make sure you’re invited to the fun next time by joining the Green Drinks Boulder Facebook group. Because I know you’re already a fan of BGB on Facebook.
Catch you next time!
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