January Newsletter

Happy 2008 zodiacal intoxicants! May your year ahead be filled with an excessive amount of specialty cocktails and absolutely no hangovers at all.

Well, we're off to an exiting and nerve-racking start here at IZ, as the web store went live about a week ago! And thanks to A TAD TOO MUCH FOR TAUPE, we've just had our first bit of press... YAH!

As you may know, this newsletter is a true Virgin Mary... any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for signing up, I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers, Gwen

A Birthday Toast To... Capricorn!

The coffee bean is quite controversial when it comes to astrological rulership. Some say it's Venus. Others claim it's Mars. Then there are those who believe it's Saturn. We'll go with the latter one here... the coffee bean does indeed belongs to the cold, dry and beautifully ringed planet. Happy birthday Capricorn! May you enjoy many well-made Irish Coffees on your way up that mountain to inevitable success.

IRISH COFFEE

14 oz hot coffee
1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz Kahlua
Whipped cream (optional)
Creme de Menthe

Pour hot coffee over Irish Whiskey and Kahlua and stir. Top with whipped cream and drizzle Creme de Menthe over it. Or enjoy sans cream, like moi.

Eco Tip For Do-Good Drunks

My new year's resolution is to cut back on junk mail. I get about an inch of catalogs a day, and my mailman must surely hate me. Some might say I'm a shopaholic–and I love getting some of those damn catalogs, but I don't often buy anything from them and they end up in the recycling bin at a dear cost.

Orangutans are on the verge of extinction. Being the most closely related species to the Homo Sapien, they are almost people. They live in one small corner of the world: Borneo. When that tiny area has been completely clear cut, they will be extinct. These ancient forests are felled to satisfy the West's insatiable desire for furniture, lumber, paper and palm oil.

Recycling one ton of newsprint or mixed paper will save 12 trees. Stop the madness! Pay $15 to end the junk mail at greendimes.com, or do it yourself with the many tips on the internet. DMA CHOICE and COOP AMERICA offer some helpful leads.