#Bards & Beans Coffee Co.

[themerriweathermage]

I posted 1,830 times in 2022

31 posts created (2%)

1,799 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@lionfloss

@j-k-i-ng

@witchervvolf

@thedruidsforest

@rainie-is-seasonchange

I tagged 1,138 of my posts in 2022

Only 38% of my posts had no tags

#into the badlands - 206 posts

#all credit to the artist - 134 posts

#baron quinn - 75 posts

#into the badlands vibes - 52 posts

#elrond - 52 posts

#writing prompts - 35 posts

#sunny - 35 posts

#lydia - 33 posts

#gaius chau - 32 posts

#rings of power - 27 posts

Longest Tag: 131 characters

#the gender of a slightly eldritch peredhel that's been raised by feanorians and has lost so much and yet still is as kind as summer

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers (◠‿◠✿) (if you feel like it!!)

Oooooh! Thanks for the ask!

LOTR/THE HOBBIT

Bards & Beans Coffee Co.

Elrond X Fem! Reader

The Captain of the Kingsguard

Feren X Plus-Size Siren Fem! Reader

Summer Rain

Lindir X GN! Reader

INTO THE BADLANDS

Whiskey and Cinnamon

Baron Quinn X Bren (OMC)

Warbringer

Baron Quinn X Leoric (OMC)

6 notes - Posted March 21, 2022

#4

The fact that you wrote a Celeborn fic makes you my favorite person ever! Nobody ever feeds this addiction for me!!!

I LOOOOOOOVE CELEBORN!!! Personally I think he's an underrated character but I never see any content for him because everyone ships him with Galadriel (I mean, fair tho; they are a legit power couple). But I mean...

Ugh, he's perfect. Feisty, feral, Doriathian Prince goodness.

7 notes - Posted March 17, 2022

#3

10 crushes from 10 fandoms

I'm having a cackle cause I saw @errruvande and @mor-wen doing this and just had to join in. Am I even in ten fandoms?! Probably not. Too bad we're not ranking them from most to least problematic (aka Bren has a history of liking the bad guys)

Baron Quinn (Into the Badlands)

2. Jayne (Firefly)

See the full post

17 notes - Posted August 31, 2022

#2

How am I expected to be normal about him?

Just...

See the full post

28 notes - Posted October 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

In this house we stan Celeborn, Feral Prince of Doriath.

Lord of Lothlorien

Lord of the Galadhrim

See the full post

30 notes - Posted October 7, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #bro i am cackling #in this house we stan marton csokas as celeborn apparently

[elderbwrry]

first lines meme

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favorite authors!

Tagged by: @desynchimminent! Thanks! Seriously, you find the best writing tag things.

Tagging: @kyberkills, @cleversturmhond, @thembohux, @ashenpages, @need-more-meta, and anyone else bc no thoughts head empty

1) Long Hair || The Witcher (Netflix), Geraskier, 5.4k, - Geralt realises just how long it's been since he's seen his favourite bard

Geralt came trudging into town by the main road, pocket heavy with the reward of a job well done.

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2) Millicent || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux, 19.5k - Hux and Kylo bond over Hux's cat and end up catching feelings

Hux was about to get into his sleep clothes just as a chime of beeps sounded to inform him someone was at his door.

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3) Rocks Break Gifts || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux, 16.7k - The five times Kylo proposes, and the one time Hux says yes.

“This is your fault,” Hux accuses him, and, as if he is underwater, his voice is so far away, so muffled.

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4) Sacrifice || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux, 3k, Huxloween 2020 - College AU

“Who will do it?” Phasma asks gravely, looking around at their little group.

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5) The Boy and His Wolf || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux, 3k, Huxloween 2020 - Werewolf Kylo, Medieval AU

The boy stands cold and alone, outside the thin wooden door of the house.

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6) Hare Before, Trouble Behind || Star Wars (Sequels), Techienician, 6.5k, Huxloween 2020 - Were-animals farm AU, based on a poem

When Matt had first laid eyes upon the young man at the farmer's fair, he'd had to remove his glasses and rub them clean on the inside of his shirt.

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7) Unholy Is The Lust In Your Eyes || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux, 5.2k, Huxloween 2020 - Band AU, Vampire AU

There were a number of things Kylo Ren loved.

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8) The Mean Bean || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux, 43.2k - University AU, Coffee Shop AU

It was almost one thirty in the morning and Hux, as usual, was buried inside a book.

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9) We'll Go To The Woods No More || Detroit: Become Human, Reed900, 19.6k - Vampire AU, Revolution France AU

“Brethren, please be seated,” the Évêque Fowler announced, and a general scraping of chairs followed from all over the dingy château dining room, the hunters still somewhat prickly around each other even as they sat cramped at the long tables that had been broken out for their visit.

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10) The White Hound || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux, 1.9k - When Hux becomes Supreme Leader, one of his first orders is to put Kylo in white.

Hux narrowed his eyes.

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11) Even if he doesn't say so || Star Wars (Sequels), DarkGingerPilot, 10.5k - Witcher AU, Witcher Kylo, Mage Hux, Bard Poe

Whenever someone asked Kylo, he always said he preferred to keep to himself and the company of Silence, his horse and his best companion for the very fact of her name; she didn't talk, she didn't disturb the meditative quiet of his lonely rides, and, most importantly, he wasn't unsure how to curry her favour.

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12) Girls' Night || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux (kind of?), 3.6k - The Knights Of Ren spa evening

Hux marched down the corridor in the Finalizer's quarters deck, the section dedicated to command personnel.

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13) Too Wise To Woo Peaceably || Star Wars (Sequels), Kylux, 6k - Teacher AU, School Play Co-Directors - written with @KyberKills, but the beginning line happens to be one I wrote with his revisions :)

Narrowly avoiding running over some scurrying second years at the school gates, professor Armitage Hux pulls into the school parking lot, turns off his car and sighs.

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That's all I have up on ao3! They're more varied than I expected them to be, but I appear to like a strong, character focussed intro, sometimes with a nice bit of dialogue. Consistent beginning sentence length, on the other hand? I don't know her. I really like focussing on Hux first though, wow, it's almost like I think he's a really striking focal point who should be utilised to his fullest extent or something. Fun!

#my writing #tag games #fanfiction

[rabdoidal]

any thoughts on where coffee would fit in? i think either vegetania because coffee is beans, or maybe the dairy islands bc jugs of iced coffee at stores are in the dairy aisle? ive been thinkin about an iced coffee bottle bard who inspires people by getting them all pumped up because caffeine but i dont know where that would Be

i think the cafe squad would be a combination of vegetania and the dairy isles, or maybe theres a caffeine community between fructera and vegetania! i think because its the drink not the bean itself, dairy islands would make a lot of sense 

co-opting the tealeaf wizard and chai latte paladin from earlier, i think a coffee character, a hot chocolate character and maybe a matcha/bubble tea character would be really fun (and they have a little biscotti dog as a team mascot) and they would all be children of vegetanians and dairy ppl!

#personal #acococs #feycreature

[skippyv20]

Thank you😊❤️❤️

Ancient Mayans used chocolate as money

The idea of being paid in chocolate is a daydream enjoyed by workers around the world. But according to a new study, the deal might not be so far-fetched. Joanne Baron of the Bard Early College Network has been having a sweet time analyzing ancient Mesoamerican art, and she thinks she’s identified the specific use of cacao beans as currency in the Mayan culture.

Cacao beans are the source of cocoa butter and cocoa solids, without which humans would never have discovered death by chocolate. Baron has presented an array of paintings, murals, and carvings, arguing that during the years 250-900 AD the status of these beans evolved from drinking to spending.

Up to that point the bean was used as the key ingredient in a delicious beverage, which was initially alcoholic in nature before becoming the hot and tasty treat people know today. In an article from last month, Science magazine talks about the role of trade in Mayan society: “The ancient Maya never used coins as money. Instead, like many early civilisations, they were thought to mostly barter, trading items such as tobacco, maize, and clothing.”

A Maya lord forbids an individual from touching a container of chocolate.

As well as the business of exchanging goods in the markets there were also royal tributes to consider. Mayan Kings required their willingly-given taxes, and it turned out cacao beans were a great way of settling the debt. Around 11 million beans per year were accepted, giving the cream of the crop — an endless supply of the dark and delicious material. This is shown in the art Baron has been poring over, leading her to think that chocolate went beyond its long-established religious and cultural significance to something more financial.

Raw cocoa beans, cacao powder and chocolate.

Chocolate being prepared the Mayan way

In her study, the details of which were published in Economic Anthropology, she argues: “(that) these products, originally valued for their use in status display, took on monetary functions within a context of expanding marketplaces among rival Maya kingdoms.”

The substance had been important to Mayans since its introduction, thought to be around 2000 BC. When the tomb of an ancient Maya King was found late last year, The National Geographic reported on the artefacts recovered with the bones, which it’s speculated are those of King Te’ Chan Ahk. Among the artefacts were earthen pots, believed to contain “offerings such as tamales, chocolate, or other food items that were intended to accompany the dead into the afterlife.” Chocolate was so essential it accompanied those going to meet their Maker. And if that doesn’t sound profound enough, then how about a deity devoted to the stuff? Ixcacao is the fertility goddess associated with chocolate.

Baron goes on to say that ancient Maya could have fallen on the basis of cacao availability. With the relatively precious nature of the chocolate seed, it makes sense it would have value above that of other materials used by the Maya, like maize. The beans could only grow in certain areas and needed moist soil under a humidity level of 90%.

Frontispiece illustration for ‘A treatise on the new and curious of coffee tea and chocolate’, (approximate translation), Philippe Sylvestre Dufour, 1685.

The anthropologist and Maya expert David Friedel, who co-directed the research on the aforementioned tomb, has his doubts about Baron’s fascinating conclusion. 

Science

 reports and quotes him as follows: “Freidel says the rise in artistic depictions of cacao may not necessarily indicate increased importance as a currency. As the Classic Maya period unfolded, he says, more and more people wrote things down and painted murals or pottery scenes. ‘Is it actually getting more important or are we just learning more about it?’”

A Lady Pouring Chocolate by Jean-Étienne Liotard (1744).

However, with the Aztecs recording the use of cacao as a means of exchange, Baron seems confident in her theory. In her research, she concludes, “that money’s value in social relationships is not shaped by its materiality alone but by practices and discourses that frame specific material properties as valuable.”

A depiction of an exchange of cacao beans during a marriage ceremony.

Chocolate was used by the Maya to seal marriage negotiations and ceremonies. 

The longevity of this tradition is apparent in many Mayan wedding traditions even today. For example, the Awakateko are a Mayan ethnic group from the that reside in the Aguacatan municipality located in the northwestern highlands of modern-day Guatemala. Mayan marriage traditions practised today by this people still feature cacao quite prominently. For example,  after marriage negotiation between families, a marriage ceremony is performed which is  known as a quicyuj. The quicyuj means “cacao beans” and referential to the Mayan custom of using cacao beans to pay bride-prices/dowries to cement the contract to marry between the groom and bride. (Brintnall, 1979) 

[celtfather]

Tidying Up Social, Celtic Punk, A Mother's Confession #181

We're gonna tidy up your social media friend's list. I'll teach you a little bit about Celtic Punk. I'll leave you laughing and bawling through a mother's confession. Plus, I'll share some travel insights.

You'll also enjoy music from Marc Gunn & Jamie Haeuser, The Gatehouse Well, Tullamore, 3 Pints Gone, Amanda Palmer, We Banjo 3, Cady Finlayson, Dervish, The Templars of Doom, Gerry O'Beirne, Kilted Kings, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Brobdingnagian Bards, Kyle Carey, Heather Dale, Runa, The Fighting Jamesons, Colleen Raney.

Welcome to the Pub Songs Podcast, the Virtual Public House for Celtic culture through music. My name is Marc Gunn. I am a Celtic Geek musician and your guide to honoring our past and adapting for our future.

If you have comments or want to chat in the pub, email me. Use #PubSongs when talking about this show.

Cead mile failte! PubSong.net

WHO'S PLAYING IN THE PUB TODAY

0:10 "Black Velvet Band" by Marc Gunn & Jamie Haeuser from How America Saved Irish Music

3:39 WELCOME

Now a resident of Atlanta

Newsletter gone monthly?

6:00 “Winter Is Coming” by The Gatehouse Well from Single

9:35 "Arthur McBride / Andy Renwick's Ferret / Fisherman's Song For Attracting Seals" by Tullamore from Six Strings and Coffee Beans

15:23 "A Man's A Man for a' That" by Marc Gunn from Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion

18:03 "Yew Tree" by 3 Pints Gone from The Beaches of St Valery

21:23 Branded shirt idea

24:45 AMANDA PALMER'S NEW ALBUM

27:14 "A Mother's Confession" by Amanda Palmer from There Will Be No Intermission

37:49 PUB CHAT I want your feedback. What are you doing today while listening to the Pub Songs Podcast? How has this show inspired you? Send a written comment along with any pictures to [email protected]. Use the hashtag #pubsongs in the subject of your email.

Troy emailed: "Hi Marc, I finished the epic Pub Songs podcast from Sherwood. That was a lot of fun! Thank you. I feel like I don't say that enough. It's a blast to follow your musical world.

Along the same lines, the Heroes CD is incredible. It's been getting regular play on the commute from work. Thank you for that too. I got a grin when you mentioned it on the podcast and said "you probably don't have this album."

I follow your blog via RSS feed, as I have for years. Sometimes the old ways still work. Anyway, I just read the one about social media not sparking joy for you. *raises hand* Right there with you on that one. I hear more and more that employers won't hire someone without a social media presence. Does it truly matter? I've never thought so. Sounds like you're coming to the same conclusion after years of being in the trenches on that. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the idea of immediacy, but everything seems to be immediate online. As they say, when everything is an emergency, nothing is an emergency. Unless you're one of these YouTube stars making bank on ad revenue for having millions of followers. Maybe then I'd get the need, but I don't follow any of those types.

It's a weird balance. People tell me I'm old for not being on Facebook. Many in the younger generation don't bother with it either. Not sure where that leaves me. But I know what I like. I seek out podcasts and music. That's how I found you years ago. I've never had a reason to second guess. It takes all types in the world. It's like that in any business too. It just seems to me that musicians make music. As Spock told Kirk, it's your first, best destiny. Anything else is a waste of material. ;)

I admire that you're willing to try new things, and I can't imagine how much of it comes down to marketing. In the end, you've built a solid product with a solid brand, and you continue to do so. It speaks for itself.

I did have one old school idea... have you thought about broadcasting your podcast feed on XM radio? Or even on local FM bands (in conjunction with local Ren Faires and cons)? Then the radio stations feel the need to advertise for you. Radio is where music lives, right? You probably have considered it, but it never hurts to toss an idea out there. I've wondered why, as popular as Ren Faires are now, why there is no Ren Faire Radio. But then... this is what you do in podcast form, isn't it? Is radio not the great granddaddy of all social media? Orson Welles knew it. Freddie Mercury knew it. 80 years on, has it really changed so much?

Apologies for rambling. In any case, this is a long-winded way of saying that this old school music fan appreciates you efforts. I have for years, and I will for years to come. I hope your move to Atlanta goes smoothly. All the best to you and yours."

44:39 "Hold Onto Your Soul" by We Banjo 3 from Haven

48:39 "Barrowburn" by Cady Finlayson from Celtic Purple

50:40 "Down By The Sally Gardens" by Dervish from The Great Irish Songbook

55:10 CELTIC PUNK

59:40 "Beggar in the Road" by Templars of Doom from Hovels of the Holy

01:02:39 CELTIC INVASION VACATIONS Every year, I take a small group of Celtic music fans on the relaxing adventure of a lifetime. We don't see everything. Instead, we stay in one area. We get to know the region through it's culture, history, and legends. You can join us with an auditory and visual adventure through podcasts and videos.

2019 is the Celtic Invasion of Dingle. 2020 is the Origins of Celtic Invasions. You can find out more about these two exciting trips. Join the invasion at http://celticinvasion.com/

I want your Ireland or Celtic Travel Questions. Email me!

Travel insights

01:05:49 "The Holy Ground" by Gerry O'Beirne from Half Moon Bay

01:10:00 "Cloghden More" by Kilted Kings from Name On My Soul

01:13:35 "Two Red Roses" by Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer from Twelve Months & A Day

01:18:54 NEWS

Brobdingnagian Bards are launching a Kickstarter in July. Subscribe to our mailing list and podcast.

Confirmed for Gen Con. Shows announced.

Firefly Drinking Songs Live from Dragon Con 2014 is the latest Celtfather Bootleg

New genetic counseling song

More podcasts on patreon

Overcast sharing on Instagram

01:23:03 "A Prudent Thief" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Marked By Great Size

01:26:06 "For Your Journey" by Kyle Carey from The Art of Forgetting

01:28:00 "Three Axes" by Heather Dale from Sphere

01:32:52 Marie Kondo's Guide to Internet Facebook Friends Coffee with The Celtfather on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Twitter

01:41:13 "Again for Greenland" by Runa from ...And We'll All Go Together

01:45:31 "Mid the Green Fields of Virginia" by The Fighting Jamesons from Every Day Above Ground

01:48:21 "Standing in Doorways" by Colleen Raney from Standing in Doorways

01:53:18 "Old Dun Cow" by Brobdingnagian Bards from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales

01:57:11 UPCOMING SHOWS

Celtic Invasion of Dingle, Ireland

July 6: Pepper Place Farmer's Market in Birmingham, AL

Aug 1-4: Gen Con in Indianapolis, IN

Aug 23: Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co in Alabaster, AL

Aug 24: Pepper Place Farmer's Market in Birmingham, AL

Sep 27-28: Browncoat Ball, Las Vegas, NV

The Pub Songs Podcast is listener-supported. If you enjoy visiting the pub, please join the Gunn Runners Club to get more podcasts, videos, bootleg concerts, and exclusive MP3s. Special thanks to my newest patron: MaryAnne

Thank you for so kindly supporting my music. Go to marcgunn.net to join the Gunn Runners on Patreon today. Let's make a friendlier world.

If you enjoy the music in this show, support the artists. Buy their music and merch. Follow them on Spotify. Let them know how much you love what they are doing. And tell a friend.

02:00:44 "Browncoat Baby" by Marc Gunn from As Long As I'm Flyin'

Pub Songs Podcast was produced by Marc Gunn. To subscribe, go to Apple Podcasts, Spotify or to my website where you can join the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon and support my music and this podcast. I’ll also email regular updates of new videos, podcasts, stories behind the songs, plus 21 songs for free. Welcome to the pub!  www.pubsong.net.

Check out this episode!

#pub songs podcast

[michaelfallcon]

The 2019 Good Food Awards Finalized Have Been Announced

The Good Food Awards are back for a ninth year and they have just announced their finalists. The yearly celebration of American-made consumables with a focus on sustainability has narrowed down the 401 products making it to the last leg from a field of over 2,000. Among the 27 finalists in the coffee category, there a handful of familiar names as well as a few new ones. And it’s not all Ethiopian coffees this year; it’s only mostly Ethiopian coffees.

The 2019 Good Food Awards coffee finalists are:

Bard Coffee, Organic Costa Rica La Mirella, Maine Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Geisha XO & KIUNYU Coffee Factory – Peaberry, California Broadsheet Coffee Roasters, Special Prep Ethiopia Natural Bombe, Bensa Sidama, Massachusetts Caffe Ladro, Ethiopia Limu Organic, Washington Catalyst Coffee Consulting, Ethiopia Keramo, Oregon Commonwealth Coffee Roasters,Carmen Estate Washed Geisha, Colorado Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea, Kossa Kebena, Ohio Drink Coffee Do Stuff, Ethiopia Guji Hambela Wamena, California Elixr Coffee, El Injerto Pacamara, Pennsylvania Equator Coffees & Teas, Ethiopia Gedeb 1 Organic Gotiti Lot 143, California Folly Coffee Roasters, House Bean – Ethiopia Guji, Minnesota Intelligentsia, Organic Ethiopia Kurimi, Illinois Linea, Ethiopia Suke Quto, California Noble Coffee Roasting, Ethiopian ‘Buku Sayisa’, Oregon Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters, Guji Highlands, Ethiopia – Natural Process, Organic, Texas Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters, Girma Eshetu, Texas Onyx Coffee Lab, Colombia Granja La Esperanza, Arkansas PERC Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Kayon Mountain, Georgia Red Rooster Coffee Roaster, Kayon Mountain, Virginia Royal Mile Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Kayon Mountain Taaroo & Kenya Ichamama Peaberry Washed, New Jersey Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co, Duromina/Ethiopia, Minnesota Still Vibrato, Ethiopia Shantawene, Oregon Thanksgiving Coffee Company, Upsetter Espresso, California Vashon Coffee Company, Organic Ethiopia Sidamo Guji Hambela Buku, Washington Vibrant Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Idido Washed, Pennsylvania

But coffee isn’t just in the coffee category anymore; it’s being utilized as an ingredient in multiple categories, including:

Beer: Rolling Meadows Brewery, Coffee Break, Illinois

Chocolate: Dark Forest Chocolate, Gimme Coffee & Dark Chocolate, New York

Confections:  COCOPOD, Coffee Cocoa Chocolate Hazelnut, North Carolina Garcia Nevett Chocolatier de Miami, Cafe de Hacienda, Florida Vermont Amber Organic Toffee, Percolator Toffee, Vermont

Elixirs: Sightglass Coffee and Shrub & Co.,Coffee Cascara Shrub, California

Snacks: Hot Mama Salsa, Smoky Coffee Chili Oil, Oregon

Sprits: Elixir, Caffe’ Corretto Liqueur, Oregon Griffo Distillery, Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur, California

Winners of the 2019 Good Food Awards will crowned on Friday, January 11th at the GFA Gala in San Francisco. For more information about the Good Food Awards or for tickets to attend the awards show, visit their official website.

Zac Cadwalader is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

Top image via the Good Food Awards

The post The 2019 Good Food Awards Finalized Have Been Announced appeared first on Sprudge.

The 2019 Good Food Awards Finalized Have Been Announced published first on https://medium.com/@LinLinCoffee

[epchapman89]

The 2019 Good Food Awards Finalized Have Been Announced

The Good Food Awards are back for a ninth year and they have just announced their finalists. The yearly celebration of American-made consumables with a focus on sustainability has narrowed down the 401 products making it to the last leg from a field of over 2,000. Among the 27 finalists in the coffee category, there a handful of familiar names as well as a few new ones. And it’s not all Ethiopian coffees this year; it’s only mostly Ethiopian coffees.

The 2019 Good Food Awards coffee finalists are:

Bard Coffee, Organic Costa Rica La Mirella, Maine Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Geisha XO & KIUNYU Coffee Factory – Peaberry, California Broadsheet Coffee Roasters, Special Prep Ethiopia Natural Bombe, Bensa Sidama, Massachusetts Caffe Ladro, Ethiopia Limu Organic, Washington Catalyst Coffee Consulting, Ethiopia Keramo, Oregon Commonwealth Coffee Roasters,Carmen Estate Washed Geisha, Colorado Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea, Kossa Kebena, Ohio Drink Coffee Do Stuff, Ethiopia Guji Hambela Wamena, California Elixr Coffee, El Injerto Pacamara, Pennsylvania Equator Coffees & Teas, Ethiopia Gedeb 1 Organic Gotiti Lot 143, California Folly Coffee Roasters, House Bean – Ethiopia Guji, Minnesota Intelligentsia, Organic Ethiopia Kurimi, Illinois Linea, Ethiopia Suke Quto, California Noble Coffee Roasting, Ethiopian ‘Buku Sayisa’, Oregon Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters, Guji Highlands, Ethiopia – Natural Process, Organic, Texas Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters, Girma Eshetu, Texas Onyx Coffee Lab, Colombia Granja La Esperanza, Arkansas PERC Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Kayon Mountain, Georgia Red Rooster Coffee Roaster, Kayon Mountain, Virginia Royal Mile Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Kayon Mountain Taaroo & Kenya Ichamama Peaberry Washed, New Jersey Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co, Duromina/Ethiopia, Minnesota Still Vibrato, Ethiopia Shantawene, Oregon Thanksgiving Coffee Company, Upsetter Espresso, California Vashon Coffee Company, Organic Ethiopia Sidamo Guji Hambela Buku, Washington Vibrant Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Idido Washed, Pennsylvania

But coffee isn’t just in the coffee category anymore; it’s being utilized as an ingredient in multiple categories, including:

Beer: Rolling Meadows Brewery, Coffee Break, Illinois

Chocolate: Dark Forest Chocolate, Gimme Coffee & Dark Chocolate, New York

Confections:  COCOPOD, Coffee Cocoa Chocolate Hazelnut, North Carolina Garcia Nevett Chocolatier de Miami, Cafe de Hacienda, Florida Vermont Amber Organic Toffee, Percolator Toffee, Vermont

Elixirs: Sightglass Coffee and Shrub & Co.,Coffee Cascara Shrub, California

Snacks: Hot Mama Salsa, Smoky Coffee Chili Oil, Oregon

Sprits: Elixir, Caffe’ Corretto Liqueur, Oregon Griffo Distillery, Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur, California

Winners of the 2019 Good Food Awards will crowned on Friday, January 11th at the GFA Gala in San Francisco. For more information about the Good Food Awards or for tickets to attend the awards show, visit their official website.

Zac Cadwalader is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

Top image via the Good Food Awards

The post The 2019 Good Food Awards Finalized Have Been Announced appeared first on Sprudge.

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[mrwilliamcharley]

The 2019 Good Food Awards Finalized Have Been Announced

The Good Food Awards are back for a ninth year and they have just announced their finalists. The yearly celebration of American-made consumables with a focus on sustainability has narrowed down the 401 products making it to the last leg from a field of over 2,000. Among the 27 finalists in the coffee category, there a handful of familiar names as well as a few new ones. And it’s not all Ethiopian coffees this year; it’s only mostly Ethiopian coffees.

The 2019 Good Food Awards coffee finalists are:

Bard Coffee, Organic Costa Rica La Mirella, Maine Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Geisha XO & KIUNYU Coffee Factory – Peaberry, California Broadsheet Coffee Roasters, Special Prep Ethiopia Natural Bombe, Bensa Sidama, Massachusetts Caffe Ladro, Ethiopia Limu Organic, Washington Catalyst Coffee Consulting, Ethiopia Keramo, Oregon Commonwealth Coffee Roasters,Carmen Estate Washed Geisha, Colorado Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea, Kossa Kebena, Ohio Drink Coffee Do Stuff, Ethiopia Guji Hambela Wamena, California Elixr Coffee, El Injerto Pacamara, Pennsylvania Equator Coffees & Teas, Ethiopia Gedeb 1 Organic Gotiti Lot 143, California Folly Coffee Roasters, House Bean – Ethiopia Guji, Minnesota Intelligentsia, Organic Ethiopia Kurimi, Illinois Linea, Ethiopia Suke Quto, California Noble Coffee Roasting, Ethiopian ‘Buku Sayisa’, Oregon Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters, Guji Highlands, Ethiopia – Natural Process, Organic, Texas Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters, Girma Eshetu, Texas Onyx Coffee Lab, Colombia Granja La Esperanza, Arkansas PERC Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Kayon Mountain, Georgia Red Rooster Coffee Roaster, Kayon Mountain, Virginia Royal Mile Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Kayon Mountain Taaroo & Kenya Ichamama Peaberry Washed, New Jersey Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co, Duromina/Ethiopia, Minnesota Still Vibrato, Ethiopia Shantawene, Oregon Thanksgiving Coffee Company, Upsetter Espresso, California Vashon Coffee Company, Organic Ethiopia Sidamo Guji Hambela Buku, Washington Vibrant Coffee Roasters, Ethiopia Idido Washed, Pennsylvania

But coffee isn’t just in the coffee category anymore; it’s being utilized as an ingredient in multiple categories, including:

Beer: Rolling Meadows Brewery, Coffee Break, Illinois

Chocolate: Dark Forest Chocolate, Gimme Coffee & Dark Chocolate, New York

Confections:  COCOPOD, Coffee Cocoa Chocolate Hazelnut, North Carolina Garcia Nevett Chocolatier de Miami, Cafe de Hacienda, Florida Vermont Amber Organic Toffee, Percolator Toffee, Vermont

Elixirs: Sightglass Coffee and Shrub & Co.,Coffee Cascara Shrub, California

Snacks: Hot Mama Salsa, Smoky Coffee Chili Oil, Oregon

Sprits: Elixir, Caffe’ Corretto Liqueur, Oregon Griffo Distillery, Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur, California

Winners of the 2019 Good Food Awards will crowned on Friday, January 11th at the GFA Gala in San Francisco. For more information about the Good Food Awards or for tickets to attend the awards show, visit their official website.

Zac Cadwalader is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas. Read more Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.

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TO PARIS FROM SAN FRANCISCO BEST THINGS TO DO

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About San Francisco

San Francisco, in northern California, is a hilly city on the tip of a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It’s known for its year-round fog, iconic Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars and colorful Victorian houses. The Financial District’s Transamerica Pyramid is its most distinctive skyscraper. In the bay sits Alcatraz Island, site of the notorious former prison.

Ultimate Things to Do in  SAN FRANCISCO,CA

There are countless things to do in this city, but in homage to its compact size of 49 square miles, we’ve narrowed it down to just shy of 50, curating a list of the very best things to do in San Francisco. From Alcatraz to vintage streetcars, iconic San Francisco attractions lure nearly 17 million visitors every year—but that doesn’t mean they’re just for tourists. Even the most jaded locals never tire of admiring iconic landmarks like the sweeping span of the Golden Gate Bridge. Crammed with top-notch restaurants, artisanal coffee shops, sidewalk cafés, unusual and excellent museums, pocket gardens, hidden stairways, and eclectic shops, the city invites exploration. San Francisco events such as the zany Bay to Breakers race, sing-along musicals, and the colorful, cacophonous Chinese New Year parade tap into the unique local character. Whether you’re new to the city or just looking for new ideas, this list should provide plenty of inspiration.

Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge

Walking or biking across the bridge is a bucket-list must-do for locals and visitors alike. From the east side walkway, you can take in the soaring 746-foot towers, the city skyline, the Marin Headlands and the Pacific Ocean stretching to the horizon. The most photographed bridge in the world, the Golden Gate never fails to thrill—even when it’s shrouded in a blanket of fog.

Forage for fresh produce at the Ferry Building

On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays until 2pm, hordes of food-obsessed locals can be found combing the crowded aisles and produce stands of the Ferry Building Marketplace, where 75 regional farmers and artisan food purveyors offer a dizzying array of organic fruit and vegetables, and gourmet goodies from olive oils, meat, cheese and bread to chocolate, jams and flowers. In addition to the tri-weekly farmer's market, homegrown brands such as Acme Bread, Cowgirl Creamery, Hog Island Oyster Co. and Blue Bottle Coffee sell from permanent stalls.

Dine on dumplings at Yank Sing

The aromas coming from the steamed and fried dumplings at Yank Sing are so tantalizing, you'll likely gobble them down before finding out what's in them. Exceptionally fresh and flavorful dim sum is undoubtedly what keeps this longtime restaurant thriving in an unlikely corner of a massive office complex. Ordering is half the fun: Just point at what looks good as the waiters roll their carts past your table. Favorites include shanghai dumplings with pork, scallion, ginger and a shot of hot broth, stuffed crab claws, and goldfishdumplings filled with crunchy shrimp and bamboo shoot tips.

Ride on a rolling landmark

A few dollars can buy you a slow rollercoaster ride on an officially designated historic landmark. San Francisco's cable cars are a relic of the pre-automotive age, built to scale the precipitous slopes that were too steep for horses. Three cable car lines leave from Union Square and the end of California Street, traveling at top speeds of 9 mph through Chinatown, Nob Hill and Russian Hill to Fisherman’s Wharf. For extra thrills, hang off on the running boards and ride Doris Day–style. You may even get a bell-ringing serenade from the conductor.

Belly up for a Mission burrito

As any San Franciscan knows, the Mission District is the epicenter of the eponymous Mexican wrap. The steamed tortilla—packed with some combination of meat, cheese, beans, rice, guacamole and salsa fresca—was first introduced in the city circa 1969 at La Cumbre Taqueria (515 Valencia St at 16th St, 415-863-8205). Now dozens of taquerias have their devotees for “the best” Mission Burrito. Most people agree you can’t go wrong with Taqueria Cancun (2288 Mission St near 19th St, 415-252-9560), Pancho Villa (3071 16th St at Valencia St, 415-864-8840), El Farolito (2777 Mission St at 24th St, 415-826-4870), or—our favorite—La Taqueria, where the behemoth foil-wrapped bombs are filled with beans, cheese, salsa and meats ranging from carne and pollo asada to carnitas (but no rice).

Feel the Beats at City Lights

A bookshop and temple to the anti-authority Beat Generation, City Lights was cofounded in 1953 by bard/publisher/artist Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who still keeps the candle dripping over the chianti bottle well into his nineties. It was here that Allen Ginsberg’s Howl & Other Poems was first published and Ferlinghetti was arrested on obscenity charges, putting the Beats on the map. The nation’s first all-paperback bookstore is still a hub for progressive politics, fiction, music, philosophy, and all manner of poetry and indie literary voices. Appropriately, it’s located along Kerouac Alley and next to Vesuvio Café, the bar where Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and friends once held court.

Picnic in the Presidio

On Sundays from April through October, the food truck gathering known as Off the Grid offers Picnic at the Presidio, with dozens of food vendors, free lawn games, live music and a “bubble bar” on the expansive lawn of the Presidio’s Main Post, overlooking the Golden Gate. On Thursday nights from April through October, Twilight at the Presidio is a food truck “campout” with lantern-lit dining cabanas, cocktail service, Adirondack chairs, music and s’more fire pits. Additional Off the Grid gatherings all over the city feature food and entertainment year-round.

Roller skate in a church

Find your "rolligion" here: Founder David Miles, Jr., otherwise known as the Godfather of Skate, converted a former Catholic church into this modern-day roller disco. Strap on some skates and totter around the rink's perimeter while the Holy Rollers, a groovy, costume-wearing group of regulars, twirl beneath the mirror ball. The spot hosts open skates four nights a week: the gay-frequented Rainbow Night on Tuesdays, old-school funk on Wednesdays, date night on Thursdays, and Black Rock (Burner night) on Saturdays.

Take a night tour of Alcatraz Island

The formidable fortress in the middle of San Francisco Bay known as “The Rock” was once a maximum-security prison that housed notorious inmates such as Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and Robert “the Birdman” Stroud. Haunting at any time of day, the very popular night tour adds an extra layer of chill—especially on creepy, foggy evenings. For the full effect, get the audio cellhouse tour narrated by former inmates and guards, which recounts harrowing tales of prison life, including the numerous tragic attempts at escape.

Sip a handcrafted cocktail

Lychee, lemongrass, fenugreek and chrysanthemum blossoms in your cocktail? Absolut-ly. The craft cocktail movement—arguably launched, and certainly lovingly cultivated—in San Francisco, has brought fresh-squeezed citrus, market-fresh herbs and an encyclopedia of hand-muddled and artfully infused ingredients to bar menus around town. Comstock in North Beach brings fresh twists to classic cocktails such as the Sazerac, Manhattan, Blood and Sand and San Francisco’s own Pisco Punch. Bar Agricole’s extensive cocktail list draws from small-batch curated spirits, bitters, vermouths and syrups—with ice cubes tailored specifically to each drink. Trick Dog’s elaborately crafted libations, named after iconic San Francisco sights and attractions, include such offerings as the Sutro Baths: El Dorado 3, Pampero and Don Q anejo rums, Sightglass coffee, grapefruit, fenugreek and lime. Check out our full list of top spots here.

About Paris

Paris, France’s capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

Ultimate Things to Do in Paris

Champs-Elysees

Shop (or Window Shop) the world's most expensive street

For a leisurely Parisian stroll where all the action happens, make your way to the Champs Elysees. This grandiose tree-lined avenue is one of the most famous and expensive streets in the world. In terms of tourist attractions, the Champs Elysees is where you will find popular landmarks such as the Arch de Triomphe in the west, the Palace de la Concorde in the east and the Grand Palace which lines the street.

The Champs Elysees is also the site of much celebration in Paris. On Bastille Day, Europe's largest military parade marches down the avenue and the finish line for the famous Tour de France bike race is held on the Champs Elysees. Christmas on the avenue is also a fantastic time to visit as stores and the street are illuminated with festive lights.

With such notable landmarks lining the street, real estate along the Champs Elysees is amongst some of the most expensive in the world. As such high rent prices are limited to high end stores such as Louise Vuitton, Hugo Boss and Guerlain. Some of the world's biggest chain stores also have their premier and flagship stores located along the Champs Elysees including Europe's biggest GAP store as well as the world's largest Nike store.

Dining on the Champs Elysees is also a quality affair with numerous five star restaurants boasting prime positions. For a taste of Champs Elysees on a budget, opt for just a drink at the famed Fouquet's brasserie or order a box of delectable macaroons from the celebrated Laduree.

Metro station: Charles de Gaulle Etoile

Champs Elysees, Paris, Europe

Disneyland Paris

The happiest place in Paree!

Disneyland Paris is, without question, a well-known icon and the fifth most-visited theme park in the world, topped only by other Disneyland franchises across the globe. The theme park is the perfect place to visit for a day or stay onsite for an extended weekend. Disneyland Paris is located in the Parisian suburb of Marne-la-vallée and around 40 minutes’ drive from the city centre. You can also get here via several public transport methods, the best being by train. Disneyland Paris has its own train station, Marne-la-Vallee Chessy, which travellers should look out for when booking tickets.

With over 16 million annual visitors, this attraction sees more people than the Eiffel Tower, so picking the best time to go is key. To experience the most rides with the least queue times, it’s best to visit on a weekday and avoid school and bank holidays. During June, park visitor numbers are historically at their lowest and offers to extend stays at the resort are well worth checking out.

Special events also occur throughout the year and often include a magical display of fireworks featuring the fairytale 'Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant' – or the iconic Disney towers to you and me.

 The following events that feature on the resort’s calendar are the most popular: the St Patrick's Day annual celebration on March 17, Halloween celebrated between October 5 to 31, Mickey’s fireworks and bonfire at the beginning of November, Christmas festivities starting mid-November through to the start of January and, finally, New Year’s Eve on December 31. Be sure to book well in advance for these popular annual events!

77777 Marne La Vallée, Paris, France, Europe

The iconic tower of Paris

If ever there was a must-do in Paris it's the Eiffel Tower. A must see, even just to say you saw it. For some, just a photo of it will do, while others will want to walk around it, climb it, eat on it and visit again and again.

The world's most recognisable landmark was built in 1889 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. At its tallest the iron lattice measures 320 metres' making it the tallest structure in Paris and at the time that it was built, the tallest in the world.

Due to such iconic status, the tower is not only the most visited monument in Paris, but the most visited paid monument in the world. Each day the tower is visited by thousands and is also one of the most photographed monuments in the world.

A visit to the tower can be done so in a range of ways. Most choose to climb to the very top to admire the view of the city, while others relax on the grass below or take part in a bike tour around the tower. If you choose to climb the tower there are three levels available for visitors. The 1st level can be accessed via a flight of 300 stairs or a lift and is home to 1 of 2 restaurants on the tower. The second restaurant is located on the 2nd level, which can be accessed via 300 stars or a lift. Access to the third level is only available via a lift.

While visiting the tower during the day is a must, it is also worth visiting it again at night for the light show and to admire the City of Lights from above.

Address: Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France

Metro station: Champ de Mars/Tour Eiffel

Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, Paris, France, Europe

The hipster haven of Paris -Le Marais

Le Marais is a central district of Paris with a history more cobbled than the narrow streets that link the intricate urban landscape. Marais is sandwiched between St-Paul and République and has been one of the hippest parts of the capital city for the past 20 years, packing in modern hotels and vintage one-of-a-kind stores.

The area has a distinctive medieval touch with more intact pre-revolutionary buildings than any other Parisian district. The former residents of this area (who left soon after the French Revolution) were clearly wealthy; however they allowed the district to fall into a state of disrepair for many years.

Today, Le Marais is an unspoilt haven of awe-inspiring architecture, inviting cafés and quaint restaurants. The ‘classically French’ quarter features fashion and interior design boutiques along Rue Des Francs-Bourgeois and the creative culture sweeps through the maze of streets in the immediate vicinity. Sleek art galleries and cutting-edge fashion shops can be found on Rue Charlot, known to be one of Paris’ hottest retail areas, and people in the know take sharp notice of young, talented designers soon to hit the international fashion podium.

Visitors to this destination also love the quirky animated streets. Pristine mansions in Le Marais open their doors to showcase exhibitions of art, the story of its Jewish community and science among many other creative and historic categories. The bar scene and general nightlife in Le Marais is very gay friendly drawing in crowds from across the city to embrace the scene.

3rd & 4th Arrondissements, Paris, France, Europe

High art in Montmartre

Hilly Montmartre lies in the northern half of Paris’ central circle and was once the quiet location of sprawling vineyards and windmills, known locally as ‘moulins’. The Butte is Paris’s highest and most northerly point and has subsequently enticed building development over the years making the area densely populated, although it still provides some stunning views.

Montmartre is well known to be one of Paris’ most romantic stops with winding stairways that open out to fascinating views of historic leafy architecture and the cityscape. Take time out of your day to watch the world go by in one of the many atmospheric cafés, especially down Rue des Abbesses, which is notable for its typical French characteristics.

 Historically, Montmartre has attracted artists and as influences have shifted through the years, a modern twist has emerged where photographers and musicians now descend on the ateliers of the quarter instead of the painters and sculptors of yesteryear. It’s also the setting of many popular French films.

As you’d expect of such a bohemian district, there’s some great nightlife venues in the area including La Cigale theatre, built in 1887, along the Boulevard de Rochechouart. Once a cinema, the venue took a drastic turn changing into a café then a live music venue specialising in indie and rock acts. Another venue going by the name of La Boule Noire or ‘Black Ball’ combines intimate gigs alongside massive bands such as Metallica and The Libertines, to name just a few that have performed on its iconic stage. 

18th Arrondissement, Paris, France, Europe

Art on the Left Bank

The first piece of art you should observe when visiting the Musée D’Orsay is actually the building itself. Housed in a former train station built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Musée D’Orsay has called the site home since 1986. The museum’s exterior and interior is breathtakingly intricate and could be passed off as a palace worthy to sit in the centre of France’s capital city.

Musée D’Orsay houses a huge collection of artwork spanning 66 years from 1848 to 1914 and featuring pieces from the likes of Van Gogh, Pissarro and Monet. Venture upstairs to find an impressive assortment of Impressionistic works including galleries dedicated to the post-1880s work of Renoir and Monet.

The museum is well worth a visit even for those with a limited knowledge of historic European art. Some of the world’s most famous paintings can be seen side by side and are instantly recognisable, even to the untrained eye. Sculptures are common throughout the building and a particularly notable one is ‘Small Dancer Aged 14’ by Edgar Degas. The sculpture sits within a glass cage, on Degas’ specification, asserting the Dancer's status as a work of art.

Musée D’Orsay provides a number of different guided tours and the most popular (and permanent) is the 90-minute introduction tour that gives visitors a well-rounded overview of the museum with the opportunity to ask the knowledgeable guide any burning questions you may have.  Also, there’s free entry on the first Sunday of every month and for under-18s at all times!

62 Rue de Lille, Paris, France, Europe

Palace of Versailles

Fans of Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette and general lovers of pretty things must put the Palace Versailles on their to-do list. Once home to the infamous Queen of France, the palace is a stunning monument to French opulence and excess that was enjoyed by the royal family from 1682 to 1789.

Located 20 kilometres southwest of the city, the quickest way to reach the palace is by train, or better yet on a tour which includes entry admission and tour of the grounds themselves. Tours and audio guides (available for hire) of the palace are particularly recommended in order to grasp the history of the palace, with many guides giving you the history of the palace that King Louis XIV built, King Louis XV enjoyed and King Louis XVI paid for - with his head during the French Revolution.

While the history of the palace is fascinating, visually the building and its grounds are stunning. Inside the palace, the Hall of Mirrors is a highlight and amongst one of the most famous rooms in the world. Another room not to miss is the Queen's Bedchamber where, amongst the decadent gold and floral decor, you can see a small door where Marie Antoinette escaped when a mob stormed the palace.

Outside of the palace, the palace gardens are expansive and magnificently maintained. Wander down to the canal and hire a row boat or pick up a coffee at the local cafe and soak up the serenity. The gardens also feature a large number of elaborate fountains which are turned on at various times from April to October and are set to classical music, making for a spectacular view and experience.

Hours: Sun, Tue-Sat 9am-5:30pm, Mon Closed

Address: Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France

Train station: Versailles-Rive Gauche

Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, France

The sacred heart of Paris

The Roman Catholic Church known as Sacré-Cœur sits atop Butte Montmartre, the highest point in Paris, offering glorious panoramic views stretching up to 30 kilometres away on a clear day. The literal English name for this popular landmark is ‘The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Paris’ and the religious site also serves as a monument to those who died during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

Sacré-Cœur is an incredibly well- known monument in Paris and one of the most-visited churches in Paris after Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral. Construction began in 1875 and was completed in 1914 with the consecration short time after World War I in 1919. The people of France helped fund the project by offering modest gifts throughout the years, and the names of each private donor can still be seen etched into the walls of the church.

Leading up to the main dome are some 234 spiralling steps each providing a clearer view of the expansive city. If stairs aren’t your thing, a regular funicular or cliff train frequents the summit throughout the day. The bell in the church’s tower, named La Savoyarde, weighs in at a whopping 19 tonnes and is the largest in France.

The basilica is a well-known place of pilgrimage and sees huge numbers of worshippers congregate here, particularly over key Christian calendar dates.  The interior is awash with dated and intricate mosaics, including one of the largest in the world, making for a great photo op. The church and dome is open daily.

35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 18th Arrondissement, Paris, Europe

One of the most iconic book stores in the world

Shakespeare and Company

Chances are if you've seen a movie set in Paris you've seen a glimpse of this iconic book store. Quaint, romantic and quintessentially Parisian, Shakespeare and Company is a writers dream. Housing great literary works from throughout time, the famous store is a bookstore, library and meeting place where talks, readings and meet ups are held regularly. The store even has sleeping facilities for writers, which have been used since the sixties by some of the world's greats.

Over time the iconic book store has had two lives. The first was from 1919 to 1940 when it was owned by American expat Sylvia Beach and located, for the most part, on rue de l'Odéon. During this period the Shakespeare and Company book store was a hub for Anglo-American literature and was frequented by legendary writers such as Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and the painter Man Ray. Sadly due to the German occupation of France in World War II, Beach was forced to close her shop in 1940.

In 1951 however, an American expat called George Whitman opened an English book store on the Left Bank under the name Le Mistral. Much like the previous Shakespeare and Company, Le Mistral became a Mecca for artists, writers and the city's bohemian culture. Customers who frequented the store included Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller and Anais Nin. Following the death of Sylvia Beach in 1964, Whitman changed the store's name to Shakespeare and Co as a tribute. Today the store is run by Whitman's daughter, Sylvia Beach Whitman.

Hours: Wednesday hours 10am-11pm

Address: 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris, France

Metro station: Notre Dame

37 Rue de la B'cherie, 75005 Paris, France

The most visited museum in the world

If you were to visit just one museum in Paris - nay - the world, many would argue it should be the Louvre. The historic museum located on the right bank of the Seine is after all, the most visited museum in the world. Home to the famous Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and 35,000 other pieces of iconic works from prehistory to the 19th century, all set across 4 floors and a space of over 60,000 square metres.

With so much to see and so many people to compete with, the Louvre at times can seem overwhelming. The trick to beating the museum blues however is to go with a purpose. Do your research before you go and have a plan of attack to see what you want to see without getting lost and going crazy. Alternatively, art rookies may wish to join a tour, leaving their Louvre visit in the hands of an expert.

The actual building the Louvre is housed in what was once a palace built in the 12th century. During the French Revolution however it was converted into a museum to display the nation,s masterpieces. Underneath the Louvre is a modern shopping centre and food court, with escalators from the centre offering direct access into the museum. All together the Louvre has 3 entrances with the lesser known entrances being via the shopping centre entrance or the Porte des Lions. Avoid the main entrance at all costs, particularly in summer in peak tourist season. It's also very important to buy your tickets in advance otherwise you will be forced to line up twice.

Once inside, head to the level and area that houses the collection that you want to see the most, whether it be the works of Leonardo Da Vinci (including the unexpectedly small Mona Lisa), Michel Angelo's sculptures, Ancient Egyptian art or Napoleon's grandiose apartments.

Hours: Sun-Mon, Thu, Sat 9am-6pm, Tue Closed, Wed, Fri 9am-9:45pm

Address- Musée du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France

Metro station- Royal Musée du Louvre

Musée du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France, Europe

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Apple, Amazon, Google, and hundreds of businesses vowed to meet Paris climate goals on their own ‘in the absence of leadership from Washington’

Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google want the world to know that "We Are Still In" when it comes to the Paris climate agreement.

And they're not alone. On Monday, hundreds of companies, including others like Microsoft, eBay, and Uber, — alongside a group of mayors and colleges — joined together as part of the "We Are Still In" campaign to reiterate their commitment to the principles of the climate agreement. 

"In the absence of leadership from Washington, states, cities, colleges and universities and businesses representing a sizeable percentage of the U.S. economy will pursue ambitious climate goals, working together to take forceful action and to ensure that the U.S. remains a global leader in reducing emissions," the campaign said in its press release.

The move comes days after President Donald Trump announced on June 1 that the United States is pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, which was signed by 195 nations in December 2015.

 The Paris agreement was intended to slow climate change by setting limits on carbon emissions and has been widely embraced by the business community. 

The tech industry in particular has supported the Paris Agreement, and many of the big tech companies are currently transitioning their giant, energy-guzzling data centers to using completely renewable energy.

The "We Are Still In" campaign launched with an open letter to to the world, acknowledging that the businesses and communities that signed will continue to work towards climate change. 

"It is imperative that the world know that in the U.S., the actors that will provide the leadership necessary to meet our Paris commitment are found in city halls, state capitals, colleges and universities, investors and businesses," the campaign wrote. "Together, we will remain actively engaged with the international community as part of the global effort to hold warming to well below 2°C and to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy that will benefit our security, prosperity, and health."

Here's a full list of all the companies that signed: 

2 Point Perspective: Architecture

2050 Partners, Inc.

22 Designs

23andMe

3rd Rock Data, Inc.

475 High Performance Building Supply

7th Generation Labs

Adidas

Admix, Inc.

Adobe

Adrian Dominican Sisters, Portfolio Advisory Board

Adventive

AdventureCORPS, Inc.

Aegis Renewable Energy

Aggie Writing Services

Alameda Natural Grocery

Aleva Stores

Allianz SE

Alnical LLC

AlphaGlider LLC

Alpine Enterprises Inc.

Alter Eco

Alter Eco Foods

Amalgamated Bank

Amavida Coffee and Trading Company

Amazon

Ambata Capital, LLC

Ambatalia

Ameresco, Inc.

American Outdoor Products, Inc.

American Reading Company

Amicus Green Building Center, LLC

Amper Music

Amy's Kitchen

Angstrom Science Inc.

Annie's, Inc.

AnthemWild

Anthesis Group

Anthropocene Institute

Antonelli's Cheese LLC

Aphra Communications

Appalachian Ski Mtn. Inc.

Appalachian Tails

Apple

Applied Sustainability Group

AppNexus

Apricus Solar Hot Water

Arapahoe Basin

Arctic Solar Ventures Corporation

Arjuna Capital

Arkadium

Arkin Tilt Architects

Armstrong Design Office

Artemis Water Strategy

As You Sow

Aspen Brewing Company

Aspen Skiing Company

Assistant Solar LLC

At the Epicenter

Athens Impact Socially Responsible Investments

Aunt Bertha

Autodesk

Avalon Enterprises Inc

Aveda

Avery Dennison

AVG

AW Bernard, Inc.

Azzad Asset Management

B Lab

B.E.S.T.

Badger

Bamboo Living

BamCore LLC

Bard Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers LLC.

Bario Neal Jewelry

Barrett International Technology Incorporated

Beautycounter

Beechleaf Design

BELKIS Consulting, LLC

Bella Luna Toys

Ben & Jerry's

Bent Paddle Brewing Co.

Bergsund DeLaney Architecture

Beyond Broth

Big Kid Science

Big Path Capital

Big Sky Resort

Biohabitats, Inc

Biomimicry 3.8

Biositu, LLC

Bisbee Food Co-op

Bloomberg LP

Blue Apron

Blue Brook Architecture, Inc.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Blue Gothic Design Studios, LLC

Blue Moon Wellness

Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.

Blue Star Integrative Studio

BlueKitty, Inc.

Bluestone Life Insurance Company

Blumenthal Consulting

Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area

Bonnaire Enterprises LLC

Bora Architects

Boreal Mountain Resort

Boston Common Asset Management, LLC

Boston Trust/Walden Asset Management

Boulder Associates

Box Latch Products made by Eco Latch Systems, LLC

Boyne Resorts

Brannan Management Company

Breaking Ground Contracting

Brew Media Relations

Brewery Vivant

Bridges Produce

Brighton Resort

Brink Communications

Briotech, Inc

BROAD Group

Brooks Sports

Bruss Project Management

Buglet Solar Electric Installation

Bullitt Foundation

Bunk House at ZION

Burton Snowboards

Business Consulting of NH, LLC

Business Culture Consultants

Business Wisdom

C+C

CA Technologies

Cahail Construction

Califia Farms

California Ski Industry Association

California State Controller

CalPERS

CalSTRS

Calvert Research and Management

Cambridge Energy Advisors

Cambridge Naturals

Campbell Soup Company

Campman

Cantabrigian Mechanics

Capricorn Investment Group

Carbon Credit Capital

Carol Cone ON PURPOSE

Carolina Biodiesel, LLC

Catbird

Catholic Health Initiatives

Cause Strategy Partners, LLC

CDI Meters, Inc.

Ceconi Consulting

Center for Purposeful Leadership

CenterPoint Financial, Inc.

CF Services Group, Inc.

CFO on Speed Dial

ChangeWorks of the Heartland

Chosen Futures

Christopher Intellectual Property Law, PLLC

Christopher Reynolds Foundations

Chuckanut Builders

Ciao Thyme

Circle Furniture

City Compost

Clarifai

Classique Floors + Tile

Clean Edge, Inc.

Clean Yield Asset Management

CleanCapital

CleanChoice Energy, Inc.

ClearBridge Investments

Clif Bar & Co.

Clif Family Winery

Climate Coach International

Climate Social, LLC

Cloudability

Codecademy

Coerver Analytics, LLC

Coherence Collaborative

Collective Resource, Inc.

Columbia Green Technologies

Columbia Sportswear Company

Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A.

Common

Confections With Convictions, LLC

Confluence Sustainability

Congregation of St. Joseph

Connective Impact

Conscious Business Institute

CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS LLC

Convex Technologies, Inc.

Cool Energy, Inc.

Copper Mountain Ski Resort

Coppertoppe Inn & Retreat Center

Coradine Aviation Systems

Cornerstone Capital Group

Cornucopia Group

Corporate Sustainability Advisors LLC

Cotopaxi

COULSON

Council Fire

CRAFT

Craft, Main & Co.

Creative Action Network

Creative Creek, LLC

Cricket Design Works

Crosby Hop Farm, LLC

CrowdBureau, LLC

Crystal Mountain Resort

CTA Architects Engineers

Culinary Culture Connections, LLC

Curren Media Group

Current-C Energy Systems, Inc.

Dana Lund Landscaping

Dang Foods

Danone

DanoneWave

Dansko Inc

Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise

Debra's Natural Gourmet

Decheng Capital

Decoding Sustainability

Deer Valley Resort

Dehn Bloom Design

Desmos Inc

Detour, The Adventure Travel Marketplace

Dignity Health

Digs

Distance Learning Consulting

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders

Domini Impact Investments LLC

Dominican Sisters of Hope

Dominican Sisters of Sparkill

DoneGood

Dopper

Dr. Brite

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps

e-DonorCare Technologies, Inc

Eagle Creek

Earth Equals, Inc.

Earth Equity Advisors

Earth Friendly Products

EarthKind Energy

Earthly Ideas LLC

Earthy, LLC

Eastern Bank

eBay

Echo Credits

Eclipse Services, A Division of Quadrivium, Inc.

Eco-Products

Ecobutterfly Organics

EcoConsulting

Ecodeo

EcoPlum

Ecosystems Group, Inc.

EDF Group

Edison International

Eighty2degrees Design Studio

EILEEN FISHER

Elk Packaging

Emerger Strategies

Emmy's Organics, Inc.

Encourage Capital

Endosys

Endurance Capital Partners, LLC

Energineers

Energy Studio, Inc.

EnergyWorks

enso collaborative

Enviro-Stewards Inc.

Environment & Enterprise Strategies

Envizi

Epic Capital Wealth Management

Equilibrium Services Group, Inc.

Espresso Parts

Ethical Bean Coffee

Ethos Capital Realty Partners

Etsy, Inc.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Evelina Eco Events

Everence and the Praxis Mutual Funds

Evergreen Consulting & Training

Evergreen Sustainability, LLC

Evian

Evolution Marketing

Ewers Architecture

Facebook

Fattail Financial Advisory Group Inc

Felican Sisters of North America

Fetzer Vineyards

Fiberactive Oranics, LLC

Fieldlens

Filtrine Manufacturing Company

Fireclay Tile

Firefly Chocolate

First Affirmative Financial Network

Fission Strategy

Flink Energy Consulting

Florida Eco Products

Footprint Power LLC

Formata

Foursquare

Framework LLC

Franciscan Sisters of Allegany NY

Fred Thomas Resort Inc.

Friends Fiduciary Corporation

Full Picture

FullCycle Energy LP

Fully

FUTUREMADE

Gale River Motel, LLC

Gap Inc.

Gara Landscapes, LLC

Gaumenkitzel Restaurant

GCI General Contractors

General Assembly

Generate Capital, Inc.

Gladstone Group

Global Organics

Globelé Energy

GOOD COMPANY

Good Start Packaging

GoodLight Natural Candles

Goodmeetsworld

Google Inc.

goTenna

Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

GPM Global

Gracefully Global Group LLC

Great Green Content

Green America's Green Business Network

Green Century Capital Management

Green Dinosaur, Inc.

Green Girl Land Development Solutions LLC

Green Hammer

Green Heron Tools, LLC

Green Ideals Group

Green Retirement, Inc.

Greenbank Associates

greenblendz, inc

Greentown Labs

Greenvest

Griesinger Films

Group Nine Media

GruenerVentures

Halperin Creative, LLC

Hammerschlag & Co. LLC

Hand in Hand Soap

Handy

Hangar

Hannon Armstrong

Happy Family Brands

Hazelrigs Architecture & Design, pllc

HeartPath Acupuncture, LLC

Helicon Works

Heritage Solutions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HJKessler Associates

Holiday Valley Resort

Home Efficiency Resources

Homefree, LLC

Horse & Dragon Brewing Company

House Kombucha

HSL Development

Humanity, Inc/SoulBrandingSM? Institute

Hungryroot

HydroCycle Engineering

HydroQuest

ICCR (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility)

IceStone LLC

ICO Consulting

Ideal Energy Inc

Ideal Energy Inc.

IKEA NA Services LLC

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Impact Infrastructure, Inc.

Impax Asset Management

Incandescent

Independence Solar

Independent Power Systems

Indigo Natural Marketing & Sales

Indow

Infer Energy

Infinera

Infinitum Humanitarian Systems

Information Technology Industry Council

Ingersoll Rand

inNative

?Innovative Power Systems, Inc.

Inntopia

Inquiry Institute International

Insight Network LLC

InStep Consulting LLC

Integral Group

Integrated Power Contracting LLC

Intel Corporation

Interface

Intersection

Intex Solutions, Inc.

Invenergy

Investment Insights, Inc

IRN-The Reuse Network

Iroquois Valley Farms

ISOS Group

iSpring

J. Glynn & Company

J&B Importers, Inc.

Jahmu PBC

Janarus - The Good Janitors

JanSport

JLens Investor Network

JLL

Joe's Tree Service, LLC

Johnson Controls

Jonathan Rose Companies

Joule Energy

JSA Financial Group

JTN Energy

Just Business

JUST Water

Kahl Consultants

Kargo

Keap Candles

KEEN, Inc

Keene Advisors

Kennard Wealth Management Group

KERBspace

Kickstarter, PBC

Kikim Media

Killington Pico Ski Resort

Kimberton Whole Foods

Kinetic North Consulting LLC

Kirksey Architecture

KL Felicitas Foundation

Kleynimals

Knotel

Koppett.

Kuity, Corp.

Lamey-Wellehan

Last Bottle Clothing

Law Office of Nancy D. Israel

Law++

Leadership Momentum

LEEDerGroup.com

Levi Strauss & Co.

Lex Machina

Lex Ultima Consulting, LLC

Liftopia

LighTec, Inc.

Livingston Energy Innovations

LivSolar Eco Energy

Liz Muller & Partners

LMK Brands

Longhorn Solar

Loom Decor

Loon Mountain

Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

Lotus Foods, Inc.

Lyft

M&E Engineers, Inc.

Mack Weldon

Macroclimate LLC

Macson Investments

Manaaki

Management Resources

Mangrove Web Development

Manhattan Holistic Chamber of Commerce

ManpowerGroup

Marqeta, Inc.

Mars, Incorporated

Marshall Street Management

Maryknoll Sisters

Massanutten Resort

Matter Unlimited

McKnight Foundation

McPherson Strategies, LLC

Meetup

Merck Family Fund

Mercury Press International

Mercy Health

Mercy Investment Services

Metro Paws LLC

Metropolitan Group

Metrus Energy, Inc.

MH Immigration Consulting

Michael W. Grainey Consulting, LLC

Microsoft

Midland Machinery Co., Inc

Midland Machinery Co., Inc.

Mightybytes

Millennium Microgrid

Miller/Howard Investments, Inc.

Millyard Communications

Mirova

Missy J's Snacks + Treats

MMercer Consulting

Modavanti

Monadnock Food Co-op

MongoDB

Moontrail

Moore Capital Management

MooreBetterFood

Motivate

Mountain Gear

Mountain High Resort

Mountain Rider's Alliance

MovingWorlds

Mt Bachelor LLC

Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort

mvWiFi, llc

My Trail Company

MyFlightbook

Namu Baru Inc.

NASW, SC Chapter

Nathan Cummings Foundation

National Car Charging LLC

National Co+op Grocers

National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association

Natixis Asset Management

Natural Habitats USA

Natural Investments

Nau International

NeedsList, PBC

Neighborhood Sun

NEMO Equipment

Nestlé U.S.

NetRaising

Nettleton Strategies

New Belgium Brewing

New York City Office of the Comptroller

NewsCred

Next 15

Nia Impact Advisors, LLC

NIKE

No Typical Moments

Normandeau Associates, Inc

North Berkeley Investment Partners

North Coast Organics

Northeast Solar

NorthStar Asset Management, Inc.

Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment

Noyes Law Corporation

Nth Power

Numa Marketing

Nurx

Nutiva

NYS Office of the State Comptroller

Oasis Montana Inc.

Oberon Fuels, Inc.

Objective Consulting, Inc.

Ocean View Enterprises

Octagon Builders

Office Nomads

OgreOgress productions

OhmConnect

Oliver Russell

Omnidian

One Architecture

One Village Coffee

OnwardClick, Inc.

Optoro

Oregon State Treasury

ORGANIC INDIA

organicARCHITECT

OSC2

Outdoor Industry Association

Outerknown

Outpost Natural Foods

Owens Business & Consulting, LLC

P.L.A.Y. Pet Lifestyle And You, Inc.

Paladino and Company

paleBLUEdot LLC

Paradigm General Contractors/ Construction Managers

Parasolka

Parnassus Investments

Patagonia

Pax World Funds

Peace Coffee

Pearson

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P.

Peninsula Clean Energy

PeopleDoc

PeopleSense Consulting

Perkins+Will

Permaculture Gardens

Pete and Gerry's Organics, LLC

Peter L. VIlla Fine Art

PG&E Corporation

Pinwheel

PIPs Rewards

Pisticci Restaurant

Placetailor Inc.

PlanGreen

PlayingFire

PLC Repair

Plum Organics

POWDR

Prairie Ventures, LLC

Prana Business LLC

PRB Connect

Preserve

Priority Veterinary Management Consultants

Progressive Asset Management

Progressive Investment Management

PromptWorks, LLC

ProofPilot

Prophecy Impact Investments, LLC

Prosperity Candle

Providence St. Joseph Health

PSCCU

Public - Supply

Puget Sound Solar

Pulp Pantry

Pure Strategies

Putnam-Pritchard Interiors/NUBU Design

Quad Analytix

Quality Choices, Inc.

Quantum Financial Planning LLC

Quarterdeck LLC

Queen & Associates

Queridomundo Creative

Quizlet, Inc.

Quri

Rancho Gallina Eco-Retreat

Ravenswood Natural Health

RC Flying Cameras, LLC

RDF LLC

Re-nourish, LTD.

REBBL

Red Key Solutions

Reddick Investment Properties

Region VI Coalition for Responsible Investment

ReGrained

REI Co-op

Resource Fiber LLC

Resources In Action

REV Sustainability

Reykjavik Geothermal

Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management

Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner

Ribose Inc.

Rio Grande Renewables, LLC

RiskSOURCE Clark Theders

Rivanna Natural Designs, Inc.

Rivermoor Energy

rksDesign

Rods and Cones

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd

Royal DSM

RRS

Rune's Furniture

s2 Sustainability Consultants

SABArchitects

Safari Energy

Salesforce

Sarah Severn Consulting

Saris

Savenia LLC

Schweitzer Mountain Resort

Scott Echols Group, LLC

Sealed Air Corporation

Seattle City Light

Seed CX

SEED Systems, Inc.

Seniorlink Inc

Seventh Generation

SexyGenius PBC

SFMG

SharePower Responsible Investing, Inc

Shartsis Friese LLP

Sheng AI International llc

Shift Advantage

Shifting Patterns Consulting

Shutterstock, Inc.

Sierra Leadership

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

SigFig

Silicon Ranch Corporation

Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Simple Energy

Sisters of Bon Secours, USA

Sisters of Charity, BVM

Sisters of Charity, Halifax

Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine

Sisters of Saint Joseph

Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, NY

Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia

Sisters of St. Joseph

Sisters of the Humility of Mary

Sisters of the Presentation of the BVM, Aberdeen SD

Skanska USA Inc.

Ski Butlers

Skyline Bear Valley Resorts

SMASHsolar

Snowshoe Mountain, Inc.

Social(k) Inc.

Socially Responsible Investment Coalition

Society of St Ursula

Soda Springs Ski Resort

Sojourn Partners

Sol Coast Consulting & Design, LLC

SolarReserve

Solberg MFG

SolEd Benefit Corp

Sonen Capital

Sons and Daughters Farm

Sourcepoint Technologies

South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce

South Salem Cycleworks

Spector and Associates

SPEEDILICIOUS

Splice

Spotify USA Inc.

Square Organics

Squarespace, Inc.

Squaw Valley Ski Holdings

Stakeholders Capital

Starbucks Coffee Company

Starting Line Physical Therapy

STAY VOCAL

Sterner Insurance

Steve Harvey Law LLC

Stevens Pass Mountain Resort

STOKE Certified

StoneWork Capital

Stonyfield

Strategic Rise Partners

Stratus Clean

Strugatz Ventures Inc.

Sugarbush Resort

SunCommon

Sunlight Electric, LLC

Sunsprout Farms of Central Ohio LLC

Surface LLC

SustainAbility

Sustainability and Impact Investing Group of Rockefeller & Co.

Sustainability Dashboard Tools

Sustainability Solutions LLC

Sustainable Action Consulting PBC

Sustainable Business Consulting

Sustainable Choices, LLC

Sustainable Design Consulting, LLC

Sustainable Food Lab

Sustainable Food News

Sustainable Furnishings Council

Sustainable Health Solutions Inc.

Sustainable Investment Group (SIG)

Sustainable Source Studios

Sustainabody

Sustrana

SVT Group

Sycamore Properties

Synapse International

T1C MOMANT

Taos Ski Valley, Inc.

Target

Teague Hopkins Group

Teak Media + Communication

Tech Networks of Boston

Tech:NYC

Telluride Ski & Golf

Ten Over Studio Inc

Terra Alpha Investments, LLC

Terrapin Bright Green

TerraVerde Capital Management LLC

Tesla

Teton Gravity Research

Tevlin Strategic Communication

Text100

Thanksgiving Coffee Company

The Added Edge

The Alchemist Brewery

The Ansar Law Firm

The Blueshirt Group

The Builders Fund

The Carry-On Collective

The Estée Lauder Companies

The Green Engineer, Inc.

The Hartford

The Hvizda Team LLC/ Keller Williams Realty Metro

The John Merck Fund

The Leland Group

The Lion Company, Inc.

The North Face

The Pension Boards - UCC, Inc.

The Philosopher's Stoneground Regenerative Nut Butters

The Plantsman

The Rose Family Foundation

The Ruskin Group

The Scott Petinga Group

The Shift Network

The Stella Group, Ltd.

The Sustainability Guys

The Traveler Site

The Wei

The YES Bar Company

Thinkshift Communications

thinkstep Inc.

Third Partners, LLC

This Is Folly Design

Thornton Tomasetti

Thought Leader Public Relations

Three Corners Capital

Thrive Impact Sourcing and Ingage Partners

Tierra Vista Tours & Consulting

Tiffany & Co.

Timberland

Time Crunch Health & Fitness

Time4Good

Ting

Toad&Co

TopHatch, Inc.

Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.

TPSS Co-op

Trade It, Inc.

Traditional Medicinals

Transformative Wealth Management, LLC

TransPower

TravGanic

Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment

Trillium Asset Management

Trinity Health

Triple Mountain

TripZero

Triskele Collaborative

Tuckerman & Co.

Tumblr, Inc.

Twilio

Uber Technologies, Inc.

UltraCell Insulation, LLC

UncommonGoods

Under Armour

UNFI United Natural Foods Inc.

Unilever

Unitarian Universalist Association

United Church Funds

Unity Digital Agency

Urban Moonshine

Urban Offsets

Vail Resorts

Velasquez Family Coffee

Verdical Group

Veris Wealth Partners

Veritas Technologies LLC

Vermont Ski Areas Association

Vermont Smoke & Cure

Vert Asset Management

Veteran Compost

VF Corporation

Via

VIANOVA

Vigilent

Vilicus Farms

Village Capital

Vincent P. Calvano, LLC

Vinyasun

Virgin Management

Visceral

VisionPoint Consulting, Inc.

Vivid Story

Volvo Group North America

Wagner Custom Skis

Warby Parker

WashPark Capital

Waste Farmers

Watershed West, LLC

WaterSmart Software PBC

WayUp

WeNeedaVacation.com

Whale's Tale

Wholesum Harvest

Wild Joe*s Coffee Spot

Win Before Trial

Windham Mountain Resort

Winkler Development Corporation

Wired Flare

WNWN International, Inc.

Wolf, DiMatteo + Associates

Woodward Tahoe

WorkSquare

World Centric

Worthen Industries

Wrangler

Wrigley Investments LLC

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Wynkoop Properties, LLC

Xanterra Parks & Resorts

Xylem Inc.

Yahoo! Inc

YellowDog Printing & Graphics

YIKES, Inc.

Yodsampa Consulting

Yogauonline

York Machine Works

Z I A [zero impact architecture]

Zaurie Zimmerman Associates, Inc.

Zimmer Environmental Improvement

Zmartar, LLC

Zocdoc

Zola

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[themerriweathermage]

Bards & Beans Coffee Co.

I finally did it. I finally finished my utterly sappy Holiday Coffee Shop AU which I’m debating posting on here as well, but also it will be available on Ao3 because I really can’t figure out how to post part 1, part 2 things on tumblr and I have 25 of those to do.

#bards & beans coffee co. is live on Ao3 #elrond x you #elrond x female you #because i'm shit at doing gender neutral fics i'm so sorry

[themerriweathermage]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers (◠‿◠✿) (if you feel like it!!)

Oooooh! Thanks for the ask!

LOTR/THE HOBBIT

Bards & Beans Coffee Co.

Elrond X Fem! Reader

The Captain of the Kingsguard

Feren X Plus-Size Siren Fem! Reader

Summer Rain

Lindir X GN! Reader

INTO THE BADLANDS

Whiskey and Cinnamon

Baron Quinn X Bren (OMC)

Warbringer

Baron Quinn X Leoric (OMC)

#the askbox #ft. runawaymun #fic rec #favorite fics

[themerriweathermage]

Elrond Masterlist

Elrond Series

A Hunter’s Circlet Series

Bards & Beans Coffee Co. Series

Elrond One-Shots/Requests

Meleth-nin/My Love - Elrond X GN! Reader

As Kind As Summer - Elrond & GN! Reader

Above High Waters - Elrond X/& GN! Reader

Secrets - Elrond X GN! Reader

Sweet Dreams - Elrond X Fem! Human Reader (NSFW/18+/MINORS DNI)

By All Means - Elrond X Plus-size Fem! Human Reader (NSFW/18+/MINORS DNI)

Serenity - Elrond X/& GN! Human Reader 

Solace - Elrond X GN! Reader

Confession - Elrond X GN! Human Reader

Silk, Satin, and Indigo Robes - Elrond X GN! Reader (NSFW/18+/MINORS DNI)

#Elrond #Elrond Peredhel #Elrond Masterlist

[themerriweathermage]

For the ask game!

🏅, ⏱, and ✏?

🏅 - What is the fic you're most proud of?

Hard tie between Bards and Beans Coffee Co. (Elrond X Fem! Reader) and No Elf Left Behind (Lindir X GN! Reader)

⏱ - What's the fic you've spent the most time on? Was it worth it?

Pfft 😭😭😭 Sadril-nin/My Loyal One. Was it worth it? I dunno because I'm rewriting it and changing it from a second person POV to a third person POV because I wanted so many details in it that would pretty much make it irrelevant to a reader. Also, it's on hiatus because I can't decide whether or not to include a major character death in the middle of it that would essentially reroute the entire ending of the first half.

✏ - What is your fave fic from another writer?

Mmm... so many though. Timeless Warrior for sure, by @my-fandom-musings. This Madness of the Heart by @sleepswithvillains. Um, literally almost the entirety of one-shots in the Elrond/Lindir tag on AO3.

#fanfic ask game #blueberryrock

[themerriweathermage]

Author Interview

I was tagged by @sleepswithvillains . I’ve never been tagged much before so this is kind of new for me, but I love it! Tag me all the time! Also you did it again, where I got the Tumblr notification like right as I went to bed, but my sleep schedule is so wack right now.

Tagging: @guardianofrivendell @moriamithril @sunflower1000 and really whoever wants to do it. Drop me a tag if you decide to do it because I definitely want to see what you have to say!

I have a lot of unfinished fics and not a lot of published works in comparison. 

1. Name: The Merriweather Mage (Tumblr)/ RinzlersGhost (AO3)

2. Fandoms: LOTR/The Hobbit, The Witcher (TV), SWTOR/Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, Twilight, Underworld (though I’m not active in most of them unless I’m hyper-fixating)

3. Where you post: AO3, Tumblr, and I have an inactive FF.NET account

4. Most popular oneshot: People seem to have a real affinity for Meleth-nin/My Love. I actually hated writing it, because I was in such a bad place after receiving news that my childhood dog had died, but I don’t hate the fic itself.

5. Most popular multichapter: Every Kitten Has Claws which is a Geralt X Druid Fem!Reader. 25 Kudos, 3 bookmarks, 517 hits. Followed by Turuhalme in the Greenwood which is Thranduil X Fem!Reader. 9 Kudos, 1 bookmark, 270 hits. Both contain 18+ Content.

6. Actual worst part of writing: I legitimately hate writing fight scenes. I’m horrible at them and most of my fics contain some sort of fight scene obnoxiously enough. Although the best advice I ever saw on here was to keep your fight scenes short because not very many people are interested in a long drawn out detailed fight scene. 

7. Favorite story you wrote: Bards & Beans Coffee Co. Elrond X Fem!Reader. Was the first time I’d ever written anything in the second person. I based it off of a dream I had about meeting Elrond in a coffee shop. I planned it, wrote it, and posted it in the span of four days. It’s basically as if Middle Earth exists on the other side of meridian locks, and it’s set during the War of the Ring but with some of the characters from the Hobbit so the timelines are pretty pushed together. Your side of the meridian locks has a Earth that is basically a continuous strip of land that varies from high-tech futuristic ports all the way down to medieval ports. Basically the farther North you go, the more high tech and futuristic the land becomes. Quite a shock for those who would have never been to the other side of the locks. 18+ Content.

8. Story you were nervous to post: Most likely all of them. Any of my Twilight work though, I always hesitate about publishing. Sometimes it’s because the stories are close to my heart, but I also know that the fandom can be rabid. Most of the interactions I’ve ever had with Twilight blogs are fine, but there’s a lot of discourse about Twilight right now, and while I appreciate that most people are in the right (the issue with the Quileute tribe, the Cullen’s as villains, Jasper and the Confederacy, the actual legitimacy of the Volturi as a ruling body, etc), this is actually one of the reasons I left the fandom from a writing/following POV. (There are many, many things that are wrong with Twilight and not from a literature point of view. For example, Meyers took a real life Native American tribe and treated them highly unfairly in the books, to the point of calling them dogs which isn’t very fair at all, and they have received no compensation for being used and they are risk in the place they live in now. If you have some time and money, I would recommend checking out the Quileute Move to Higher Ground project.)

9. How you choose your titles: For story titles, I like to choose the main theme or a main phrase that is used. For chapter titles, I either don’t title or I will chose something that is a main part of the chapter.

10. Complete works: Out of the 21 works I have on AO3, 18 of them are completed, although one is an open ended and may be reopened after I get some of the larger works out of my way. As for fics in general that I haven’t published or have published on other platforms, there is 2 of 5 complete works on FF.NET. Some of those stories I will be pulling and deleting. The two complete works will be migrating to AO3.

11. Incomplete works: Actively: Sadril-nin/My Loyal One, A Hunter’s Circlet, and Beauty in Brokenness (unpublished for now). I have a few other inactive LOTR/The Hobbit based fics that I might try to finish after the main two are finished. Inactive: Literally too many to count. I mean, when I wrote my goodbye to the Twilight fandom, I said that I had been writing for the fandom for nearly nine years. I have so many unfinished Twilight fics, well over 100.

12. Do you outline: Not usually. I’m at the point with Sadril-nin right now where I’m literally following a map of Middle Earth and cataloguing the journey across the map, so I guess that could be considered an outline. Mostly if I’m writing for LOTR/The Hobbit, I want to follow the timeline of progression for the story that’s already been written. I do have a little bit of leeway in that gap between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings though.

13. Coming soon ideas, maybe? I’ve been giving you a taste of Beauty in Brokenness. I do intend to publish it, but it’s a constant struggle to rework it. I have ideas that I want to cement in the story that don’t always come out the way I want them to, so I am consistently reworking parts of it all the time. I will also be rewriting (eventually) Crown of Thorns, which is Pirates of the Caribbean fanfic, Lord Beckett X Siren!OFC. I also appreciate the idea of Nestadion X Centaur Fem!Reader, but instead of being a centaur all the time, you’re actually a shifter who can turn into a centaur. Really confuses a warrior elf to see what amounts to a small human carrying this massive two handed sword around and calling him “princess” all the time.

14. Ask me anything: Is there anything you miss in fanfic? In comparison to the actual book/movie? Not really. I appreciate the original works, but I recognize that they can be flawed and so can their authors/writers. Which is why fanfic is so appealing-- everyone has a different spin on the original; everyone has a different take on the characters, everyone writes differently, and that’s the fascinating part to me. The only downside, of course with any fanfic, is the fandom and it can be hit or miss with people. It is what it is, and the liberty of fanfic is that not everyone is going to like or enjoy your works, and the same goes for your tastes. Are there right or wrong opinions? I don’t know; I’ve both read and written some morally ambiguous fics, and some I would like to forget that I very much haven’t.

15. Best writing traits: Same as the worst writing traits. I’m a sucker for detail. I love it. I want my readers to see it like I do. When I read books or play D&D or play video games, I see it like I’m in a movie. When I write, I want you to see it like you’re on set and the cameras are rolling and you are perfectly prepared. I want you to feel like you are in the story, which is why my oneshots turn into series, and my multi-chapter fics turn into novel length stories. I find it obnoxious at times, because I feel like I can’t ever turn it off, but by the feedback I get, some of y’all really enjoy it, so let’s get this show on the road.

16. Upcoming Story You Are Most Excited to Write: Uhhhh, let me go browse my WIP folder. I’ve put quite a bit of research into rewriting Crown of Thorns and making it slightly more historically accurate. I know that there will be a Part 2 to Sadril-nin, because I’m not going to time skip a seventy/eighty year gap between the timelines of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. And I really don’t want to submit y’all to this absolutely massive story all jam-packed into one fic. Other than that, I’m also sitting on Through Hellfire and High Waters, which is another Elrond X Reader fic that follows the premise of a modern/medieval world all smashed into one. The Queen of Eryn Galen also needs a proper ending and to be published, a Thranduil X OFC fic; this one will also have a Part 2.

17. Spicy Tangential Opinion: I don’t care if my writing makes the characters out of character. I try to tag that if I can, but let’s be real here. Either I’m writing a character that originally has a limited backstory and a very real chance at an open-ended future, or I didn’t like the canon character and I’m rejecting that reality and replacing it with my own. Does it mean that I don’t or am refusing to recognize character flaws? No, and that’s the beauty of fanfic. You can do whatever you want. You might get hate for it or you might not. For example, I am a fan of Severus Snape (RIP Alan Rickman). Does his character have flaws? Yes. Do I like the way he was canonically written? No. Are his actions justifiable? Hell no. Is that going to stop me from being a fan? Again, no. He is arguably one of the most disagreed upon character of that series. I don’t see a need to defend why I write him the way I do. I don’t see a need to defend him in discourse, and I’m certainly not going to be hateful about it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion about it. Yes, there was probably some underlying intent when the character was written. I’m not here (unless you’re specifically asking my opinion on it) I’m not here to read in between the lines with characters like Snape. I do not care enough to lose friends over opinions like that.

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