Comments on: Earth Day on Wilshire Blvd. http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:13:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: faboomama http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/#comment-47759 faboomama Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:34:21 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/#comment-47759 Browne, I agree to a point..me and my husband talked about it yesterday and it was all marketing. Now, I get that the Wilshire Center did it as a sort of boosterism for their locale, but the vendors...some of them, I just didn't get their purpose for being there, like the How to Raise a Step-Child booth. I couldn't believe how many blank looks I received when I asked for an email list I could sign, instead of me filling out a piece of paper and getting 3 other pieces of paper shoved in my face. And the more I think about it, the more annoyed I am that the psychics/tarot readers/crystal gazers were overrepresented at this event. We tend to avoid a lot of earth day things because of those people and this event really reinforced the notion. Browne, I agree to a point..me and my husband talked about it yesterday and it was all marketing. Now, I get that the Wilshire Center did it as a sort of boosterism for their locale, but the vendors…some of them, I just didn’t get their purpose for being there, like the How to Raise a Step-Child booth. I couldn’t believe how many blank looks I received when I asked for an email list I could sign, instead of me filling out a piece of paper and getting 3 other pieces of paper shoved in my face. And the more I think about it, the more annoyed I am that the psychics/tarot readers/crystal gazers were overrepresented at this event. We tend to avoid a lot of earth day things because of those people and this event really reinforced the notion.

]]> By: waltarrrrr http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/#comment-47746 waltarrrrr Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:44:59 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/#comment-47746 I Metroed down there with my daughter, we danced in the street, it was awesome. As far as the food factor, that may have something to do with not wanting to run afoul with the local restaurants on Wilshire who's regular business gets impacted by such a large event. I Metroed down there with my daughter, we danced in the street, it was awesome.

As far as the food factor, that may have something to do with not wanting to run afoul with the local restaurants on Wilshire who’s regular business gets impacted by such a large event.

]]> By: browne http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/#comment-47735 browne Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:35:33 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/#comment-47735 I went to that, I'm not sure how they called that a green event. That was a laughable marketing piece of crapola. Buy this, buy that, buy this, buy that, invest green and what was the deal with the driver ed training school booths all over the place... It was sad, it piseed me off that this is what has become of the green movement. I knew the environmental movement had been co-optd when Rupert Murduch got intervied on Grist I was so like WTF, that was the last time I went to that site. Browne I went to that, I’m not sure how they called that a green event. That was a laughable marketing piece of crapola.

Buy this, buy that, buy this, buy that, invest green and what was the deal with the driver ed training school booths all over the place…

It was sad, it piseed me off that this is what has become of the green movement. I knew the environmental movement had been co-optd when Rupert Murduch got intervied on Grist I was so like WTF, that was the last time I went to that site.

Browne

]]> By: frazgo http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/#comment-47704 frazgo Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:25:21 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/23/earth-day-on-wilshire-blvd/#comment-47704 The irony of the hubby instisting you drive didn't escape me... The irony of the hubby instisting you drive didn’t escape me…

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