Comments on: Black Gold: Film review

By: Siel

Siel — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:44:51 +0000

Glad to hear, Michael :) Just an FYI -- If you want, you can volunteer --

By: Michael Graham Richard

Michael Graham Richard — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:04:06 +0000

I saw the movie and it was excellent! If I drank coffee, it would definitely make me buy fair trade.

Highly recommended film.

By: m

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:22:42 +0000

Yeah but when you walk outside Dulles you get a dose of fresh Virginia air, not a bunch of LA smog.

By: Siel

Siel — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:55:28 +0000

Just the other day? Was that last Sunday? Cuz Tadesse and I both flew to Dulles last Sunday — which is why we came together to the Logan airport — thus the pic above — but our flights were an hour apart and he’d already checked his luggage so he couldn’t change to my earlier flight. (He wanted to get to the airport early cuz he gets picked for searches a lot, but there were no probs this time.)

I actually ended up sticking around the Dulles airport for a couple hrs cuz the flight from there to LA got delayed, so if you’d been at the airport to meet Tadesse, the 3 of us coulda potentially gotten a cuppa coffee or something. Oh well –

BTW, don’t talk shit about my city :P Your airport doesn’t even have wifi! :P

By: Chris 'Beer Activist' O'Brien

Chris 'Beer Activist' O'Brien — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:49:01 +0000

Siel, you’re so funny cause it seems like so many of your posts reference people, places, things that are in my world, and sometimes its like reading my own mind on someone else’s blog!

Tadesse and I hung out just the other day. I used to live in Ethiopia and he was one of the first people I met there. I spent a couple days with him touring around coffee regions and he hooked up many of my visitors with similar tours when they were visiting Ethiopia (like folks from 10,000 Villages, Peace COffee, Higher Grounds, and even my Mom!).

One of these here days we’ll have to meet. Only thing is, I really can’t say I’m a fan of LA (I’ve visited many times but can’t see going back any time soon). Santa Monica is sort of an exception though. I actually work closely with some of the city’s procurement officers on sourcing green products.

On the other hand, if you ever make it to Washington, D.C., we must have some drinks and share stories. It seems like half the people you run with are friends of mine.

Cheerios,
Chris