I’m excited to see this new BIGY2GO grocery shopping program. It’s not at a store near me yet, but I hope the idea catches on and other stores start to do it.
The basic idea is this: For a flat rate of $10, Big Y will shop for groceries for you. Four hours later you can go pick up your groceries at the store.
This concept appeals to me on so many levels. First of all, I’m online all the time and happen to love online shopping. Think of it this way. If I research a recipe online, I can order ingredients right then and there. I don’t have to print out the recipe and take it to the store with me. That’s awesome.
Second of all, I have so little time these days to enjoy life outside of work. Chores like grocery shopping can sometimes fill up a whole night for me. $10 isn’t all that much to me these days if it means I can save time.
The downside is that Big Y is so much more expensive than Stop & Shop. I generally prefer going to Stop & Shop, too. And, of course, the program is not available – just yet – at a Big Y near me.
I applaud a relatively small family-owned chain like Big Y taking a chance with this forward-thinking idea, because it shows that they’re willing to try new things and that they are keeping their customers in mind. Now if they could just come down on their prices, we’d all be much happier.
I am going to co-present a class on podcasting at UMass Amherst on Wednesday night. If you were a student (or if you are a student), what would you want to know about podcasting?
I posted my photos from the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day parade. Here they are. I haven’t had a chance to process the photos from the Bob McGrath show, but look for those soon. If you know me on facebook, you can also check the parade photos there.
This weekend we have a couple of fun things going on. First up is a show at Smith College with Bob McGrath and one of my favorite kids in the whole world – Maddy. Despite the fact that her mother is pumped about the idea of her daughter getting to perform in a show with Bob from Sesame Street, Maddy was not quite so psyched as of a couple of weeks ago. Her mom thinks it’s because she has to dress up in a not-so-flattering duck suit (if I am remembering this correctly). And Maddy confided in me that she hopes none of her schoolmates will be in the audience. I’m sure the opportunity to be on such a big stage in front of a big audience will turn her around. She’s quite the showperson.
Sunday is the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Holyoke – arguably the city’s biggest day of the year. The weather is supposed to be real nice and it’ll be a great photo subject. Plus, we’ll have Pat’s dog with us. How nice to be a dog owner for a day!
In celebration of Brittnie’s birthday, Pat and I took her out to dinner at Green Street Cafe in Northampton. I have never had a bad meal there and last Saturday was no exception. This was the first time I had been there in years and so it was my first time seeing the Jeff Mack mural depicting the Smith Expansion plan.
I had been looking at the mural all night. It was obvious right away that it is a play on The Last Supper, but it didn’t sink in until close to the end of our evening that it was a representation of the future of that block of town, which is complete annihilation. Note blueprint on the table and the wrecking balls off in the distance. We asked the owner about the mural and he explained its history as well as what he sees for the future of Green Street Cafe. The restaurant will be open for the next five years, but beyond that is anyone’s guess, even his.
Check out Jeff Mack’s site for more information about the mural.
Uploaded using facebook photos plugin. Check out my facebook photo galleries here (imported using the fotobook plugin). I am into the facebook plugins, because I already use facebook to upload my photos and I like the idea of having an integrated social network where I can share photos, but also communicate with my friends in other ways. I think this is why I’ve resisted flickr and other photo sharing sites.
And to think we all used to use a phone to organize our social lives.
Nice to see blue skies lately.
Oh hell, another alpaca photo for good measure.
Alpacas and proms. This is what I’m all about.
It APPEARS as though these alpacas like me, but they don’t.
They hate me.
current affairs, daily life, food and drink, western mass | kristen April 10, 2008 | 
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