SUSTAINABLE LIVING STORE OPENS IN DOWNTOWN RENO

SUSTAINABLE LIVING STORE OPENS IN DOWNTOWN RENO

A local couple has opened a store to supply environmentally friendly products to consumers and help make small changes to lessen man’s impact on the planet.

The “green” movement of environmental consciousness continues to spread and grow nationally and now, locally. EcoReno, LLC is pleased to announce the opening of its new retail store. Based in Reno, EcoReno co-owners Marc and Morgan Tiar decided that they needed to help effect change in the world by supplying people with goods to help reduce waste, buy recycled, and live in more sustainable ways.

EcoReno carries a variety of goods including household products, pet supplies, and composting aids, as well as an extensive selection of natural personal care products. The emphasis is on practical items that will reduce waste, encourage conservation, educate, and avoid pollution in the environment. Some examples to be found? Tumbling compost bins, kid’s toys made from recycled plastic, solar backpacks, and books on green living, just to name a few. In coming months, EcoReno plans to host regular lectures and educational programs featuring experts on a variety of ecologic issues. Even the store itself was set up with the environment in mind – it’s centrally located to minimize driving for shoppers, and most of the furnishings and fixtures are repurposed from a previous use elsewhere.

Marc and Morgan are longtime Reno residents and parents, both reasons behind their decision to open this new business in a questionable economic climate. “We love Reno as a place to live and raise our family. On both a local and global level, we wanted to take our own small steps to reduce our impact and preserve the planet for future generations, while encouraging and assisting others to do the same. That’s why we’re doing this.” said Marc.

EcoReno is located in the little green house at 18 Stewart Street, Suite B (around the back) in Reno. For store hours or further information, they can be contacted at 775-GO-ECO or on the web at www.goecoreno.com

Lamppost Pizza in South Reno Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary Saturday Nov. 22

Jay and Laura Watson love pizza. The pair, who own and operate the 5,000 square foot Lamppost Pizzeria (located in the Damonte Ranch Town Center near RC Willey), have a vision for their beloved establishment and are thrilled to be celebrating their 1 Year Anniversary this Saturday, November 22 from 11am -11pm. The event will feature buy one/get one free drink specials, live music from the group Flashback, their always extensive menu of proprietary delights, and the family friendly atmosphere that makes Lamppost Pizza one of the most unique restaurants in town.

Lamppost Pizza has arguably the best pizza in Northern Nevada. The secret sauce recipe is standout and the crust is light, crisp and full of flavor. My group recently sampled one of their thin-slice Chicken Pesto pizzas (something the cook whipped up for us to try) with garlic ranch sauce baked in and it was heavenly. The Reno Passport team visited the pizzeria and enjoyed favorites like their Pepperoni pizza, Taco pizza, the four meat Linebacker pizza and their delicious Hawaiian Pizza.

What sets Lamppost apart is the daring experimental nature of their offerings and the freshness of their ingredients. Owner Jay Watson started throwing pie dough at age 14 at one of the Orange County, California Lamppost Pizza locations. You can taste the difference that experience makes. In a December ‘07 interview with the Reno Gazette Journal, just after the grand opening of their South Reno restaurant, Watson stated, “I ran three of them (franchises) through high school and college, and I always knew I’d have one someday.” The Watson’s pizza savvy has led them to create some unlikely hits, like their breakfast pizza and dessert pies. I was initially doubtful that a dessert pizza would work–until I tried the Cinnamon dessert pizza with crispy crust topped with icing: it was amazing! Watson and his wife also make a killer Apple Strudel pizza with apple topping, sliced almonds and vanilla glaze. Cap off a fun family outing with one of these unique dessert pizzas.

Patrons can get their gaming on playing one of Lamppost’s ten Game King video poker/slot machines. Parents can enjoy premium beers and top shelf cocktails, while their kids play arcade games like Crazy Taxi, Pirates Chest, Wacky Gator, Target Terror Gold, or Spider Man pinball in Lamppost’s lively game room. Of special note to sports fans, Lamppost features ten 42-inch television screens throughout the restaurant and bar. Sunday morning football die-hards can sit at the full bar and enjoy a “Hard Arnold Palmer” made with Ketel Citreon, iced tea and a splash of lemonade for just $3.25. Mimosa’s are also $3.25 and Bloody Mary’s are $3.25 well; Bloody Mary w/Absolute Peppar is $3.75. Lamppost’s Sunday NFL game beer specials are a must: 2 for 1 on pints and pitchers of Bud & Coors Light. The fully stocked bar also has tall cans of Buckbean Brewery’s Black Noddy and the local brewery’s famous Orange Blossom Ale is on tap.

Lamppost Pizza offers fast free delivery to nearby residents in South Reno’s Double Diamond community and free delivery within a 5-mile radius of their Steamboat Parkway location. Check out Reno’s best pizza at Lamppost Pizzeria and catch their live music programming starting in January 2009. If you haven’t been to Lamppost, stop by for a visit this Saturday as the restaurant celebrates their 1 Year Anniversary, with music, drink specials and a great family atmosphere.

Lamppost Pizza – 1141 Steamboat Pkwy #930 – Damonte Ranch exit off the I-395 near RC Willey in the Damonte Ranch Town Center – 775.853.7887 – www.lamppostpizza.com
Tell’em Reno Passport sent you.

BULLY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL SERVES FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER

BULLY’S SPORTS BAR & GRILL SERVES FREE THANKSGIVING DINNER, NOV. 27, 12 – 5 p.m.

All community members welcome to enjoy traditional Thanksgiving dinner

Get out of the kitchen and head down to the neighborhood Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill for its 4^th annual free Thanksgiving dinner from noon to 5 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27.  Serving up all the traditional fare including turkey, stuffing and all the fixings, Bully’s invites all members of the community to join family and friends for a delicious and hassle-free dinner at all Bully’s locations aside from the Meadowood Mall restaurant and including the newest member of the Bully’s crew – Bully’s Spanish Springs.

“Bully’s free Thanksgiving dinner is our way of saying thank you to all of our loyal customers in all of the communities that have supported us throughout the year,” said Paul Sonner, owner of Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill.  “We also know that there are some people out there who may have been hit particularly hard during these difficult economic times as well as those who just don’t feel like cooking or maybe even college students who weren’t able to make it home for Thanksgiving and still want a home-cooked meal.  Anyone and everyone is welcome at Bully’s Thanksgiving and we hope to see plenty of people come out to celebrate with us.”

And don’t forget the pre-Thanksgiving party at Bully’s #3 in Sparks on the corner of Pyramid Way and McCarran Boulevard and Bully’s #4 in Carson City on Highway 50 as Turkey Bowling returns for its 8^th annual slide down the makeshift lanes. Patrons are invited to work up a healthy Thanksgiving Day appetite during this free annual event that includes trophies, a free turkey, a case of beer and a bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila for all winning teams.

For more information on any of the Bully’s Sports Bar & Grill locations throughout northern Nevada, call 775-825-4333 or log on to www.BullysSportsBar.com.

Happy Holidays From Wild West Tattoo

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New Belgium’s Tour de Fat Reaches the Million Dollar Milestone in Money Raised for Non-Profit Organizations

New Belgium’s Tour de Fat Reaches the Million Dollar Milestone
in Money Raised for Non-Profit Organizations

Tour de Fat 2008 Helped 24 Non-Profit Organizations; Hosted More than 15,000 Bike Parade Riders; and Swapped 11 Cars for Bicycles Through the Car-for-Bike Swap

Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing’s traveling celebration of all things bicycle, has passed the $1 million mark in money raised for non-profit organizations.  The eleven 2008 Tour de Fat (www.tour-de-fat.com) stops raised more than $250,000, making the grand total $1,015,196 for the nine years of the cycling circus.  Tour de Fat spreads the good word about the myriad benefits of cycling, while promoting sustainability and folly.

“The cycling celebration we’ve created has turned into a movement to get people to pedal more, drive less and help out our non-profit friends,” said Chris Winn, Tour de Fat’s coordinator and event evangelist.  “This year we had more bike parade participants than ever before and more than 1.5 million miles pledged through Team Wonderbike.  We are witnessing a nationwide paradigm shift, with people now looking at the bike as a transportation alternative in addition to everyone’s favorite form of recreation.”

Tour de Fat includes costumed bike parades, non-stop crowd-pleasing entertainment, contests of bicycle skill and precision (e.g. the “Slow-Down or Throw-Down” competition) and rideable art bikes.  Tour de Fat also includes car-for-bike swappers, who commit to live car free for a year.  In exchange for their vehicle, the Car-for-Bike Trade participants receive a hand-built commuter bike.  By pledging to bike instead of driving, the volunteers commit to pedaling to work, pedaling out to dinner and even pedaling to get groceries.  To see the Car-for-Bike Trade ceremonies from Tour de Fat stops and read and watch the swapper applications, go to www.tour-de-fat.com.

“This was our second year for the car-for-bike swap and it’s always a kick to see the enthusiasm our swappers have about turning over the keys and starting a new journey on a bike,” continued Winn.  “They all have incredible stories and serve as an inspiration.”

To help spread the bicycling culture, Tour de Fat’s Team Wonderlounge offers a place to sign up for Team Wonderbike (www.teamwonderbike.com), New Belgium’s bicycling commuter advocacy program, where people pledge to commute by bike as often as possible.  At the 2008 Tour de Fat stops, bikers pledged not to drive 1.49 million miles in the next twelve months.

Tour de Fat is free to participants, but beer and merchandise proceeds go to local cycling non-profits. This philanthropic cycling circus has helped dozens of non-profit organizations since 2000 and has now raised more than $1 million.   In addition to raising money, Tour de Fat seeks to leave as small an environmental imprint as possible and composts and recycles waste from each tour stop.  Tour de Fat 2008 had a waste diversion rate of 91 percent, up from last year’s rate of 83 percent.  Tour de Fat also tours with a solar-powered stage for musical acts, uses biofuel that is sourced from recycled waste oils for trucks and transport, and has all vendors operate off the grid.

“It was another record-breaking year and magnificent to see so many people come out to support the best invention on earth, and learn about more ways we all can all make a difference,” said Winn.  “We look forward to next year, but until then, enjoy the winter and don’t stop pedaling!”

To see videos from the Tour de Fat stops and to read blog postings from the journey this year, check out www.tour-de-fat.com.  For more information on New Belgium Brewing visit http://www.newbelgium.com/.

2008 Tour de Fat Breakdown City-by-City

June 21, 2008 – Chicago, IL

• $11,878 - Total Funds Raised
• 82% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 126,820 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 400 Parade Riders
• 1,500 Attended

July 19, 2008 – San Francisco, CA

• $19,158 - Total Funds Raised
• 92% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 175,896 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 300 Parade Riders
• 4,000 Attended

July 26, 2008 – Truckee, CA

• $11,966 - Total Funds Raised
• 95% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 123,428 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 400 Parade Riders
• 1,800 Attended

August 2, 2008 – Seattle, WA

• $6,153 - Total Funds Raised
• 97% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 71,573 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 300 Parade Riders
• 1,100 Attended

August 16, 2008 – Portland, OR

• $6,401 - Total Funds Raised
• 93% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 65,728 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 800 Parade Riders
• 2,000 Attended

August 23, 2008 – Boise, ID

• $36,685 - Total Funds Raised
• 91% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 78,964 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 2,000 Parade Riders
• 5,000 Attended

September 6, 2008 – Ft. Collins, CO

• $62,586 - Total Funds Raised
• 92% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 297,864 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 7,000 Parade Riders
• 11,000 Attended

September 13, 2008 – Denver, CO

• $19,191 - Total Funds Raised
• 93% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 144,579 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 1,000 Parade Riders
• 3,000 Attended

September 20, 2008 – Durango, CO

• $17,298 - Total Funds Raised
• 88% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 76,498 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 500 Parade Riders
• 2,500 Attended

October 11, 2008 – Tempe, AZ

• $53,785 - Total Funds Raised
• 95% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 215,893 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 1,800 Parade Riders
• 7,000 Attended

October 18, 2008 – Austin, TX

• $11,909 - Total Funds Raised
• 85% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 112,874 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 600 Parade Riders
• 2,500 Attended

Grand Totals

• $257,010 - Total Funds Raised
• 91% of Waste Diverted from Landfill
• 1,490,117 Wonderbike Miles Pledged
• 15,100 Parade Riders
• 41,400 Attended

About New Belgium Brewing Company
New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, began operations in a tiny Fort Collins basement in 1991. Today, the third largest craft brewer in the U.S., New Belgium produces seven year-round beers; Fat Tire Amber Ale, Sunshine Wheat, Blue Paddle Pilsner, 1554 Black Ale, Abbey, Mothership Wit and Trippel, as well as a host of seasonal releases.  In addition to producing world-class beers, New Belgium takes pride in being a responsible corporate role model with progressive programs such as employee ownership, open book management and a commitment to environmental stewardship.  For more information, visit www.newbelgium.com.