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“Panoramic view of Milwaukee, Wis.” from U.S. Library of Congress

wonderful friends
A Minor Thread · Eef Barzelay · Central Standard Records · Meghan Deans · Dear Astronaut · Heather Graves · Meg Hunt · Jambox · Roman Kuebler · Jessica Ann Mills · Laura Musselman · Sean Nelson · Brenda Paro · Partisan · Michael Raftery · Christine Tadler · Juliet Ulman · John Vanderslice

current events, politics & science
Alternet · Astronomy Picture of the Day · BBC World News · Juan Cole · Democratic Party · Fundrace · Media Matters · P.Z. Myers · National Geographic Science & Space News · Ted Rall · Reuters · Roll Call · Sadly, No! · Seed Magazine · Talking Points Memo · Think Progress · Tom Tomorrow · United States House of Representatives · United States Senate · Wikipedia Current Events

other reading
Adbusters · Steve Almond · The Believer · Nicole Blackman · Botanical Interests Herbivore · Dan Kennedy Last Plane To Jakarta · Magnet · McSweeney’s Internet Tendency · Open City · Chuck Palahniuk · David Rees · Skyscraper · Soft Skull Press · Superstarcastic · Tiger Beatdown · You Grow Girl · Wikipedia Random Article · Yoga Journal

get out there & do something
826 National · American Civil Liberties Union · Amnesty International · Democracy for America · Drinking Liberally · Farm Sanctuary · Habitat for Humanity · Happy Cow Compassionate Eating Guide · In2Books Online Mentoring · Kiva Microlending · Milwaukee Urban Gardens · Population Connection · Public Allies · United Nations Online Volunteering · VegDining · Vegan Action · Vegetarian Resource Group · Volunteer Center of Greater Milwaukee

favorite record labels
Arena Rock Recording Company · Barsuk · Bi-fi · Bu Hanan · Devil in the Woods · Doomtree · Epitonic · Frenchkiss · Hush · Jagjaguwar · Knw-Yr-Own · Misra · Post-Parlo · Rhymesayers Entertainment · Saddle Creek · Secretly Canadian · Self-Starter Foundation · Western Vinyl

favorite bands
Actionslacks · Apples in Stereo · Arab Strap · Brendan Benson · Beulah · Andrew Bird · The Black Heart Procession · Haley Bonar · Cage · Casiotone for the Painfully Alone · Clem Snide · Crooked Fingers · Death Cab for Cutie · The Dismemberment Plan · Engine 88 · Christine Fellows · Firewater · Fountains of Wayne · The Frames · Nik Freitas · Great Lake Swimmers · Harvey Danger · The Hawaii Show Insane Clown Posse · Jandek · Ted Leo · The Long Winters · Low Cameron McGill · Minus Story · The Mountain Goats · Nada Surf · The National · Nine Inch Nails · Okkervil River · Old 97′s · The Oranges Band · Pedro the Lion · Grant-Lee Phillips · Pop Will Eat Itself · The Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers · Q And Not U · Robbers On High Street · sElf · Shearwater · The Shins · Skating Club · Elliott Smith · Songs: Ohia · Swearing At Motorists · TV On The Radio · The Twilight Singers · Twiztid · The Weakerthans · Wired All Wrong · The Wrens

favorite restaurants, coffee shops, &c.
Alterra Coffee (Milwaukee, WI) · Ananda Fuara (San Francisco, CA) · Asylum Bar & Lounge (Washington, DC) · Bamboo Garden (Seattle, WA) · Beans & Barley (Milwaukee, WI) · Bombay Sweets (Milwaukee, WI) · Bye & Bye (Portland, OR) · Charles Plaza (Philadelphia, PA) · Chicago Diner (Chicago, IL) · Chopstix (Milwaukee, WI) · City Feed and Supply (Jamaica Plain, MA) · Classic Slice (Milwaukee, WI) · Comet Cafe (Milwaukee, WI) · Food for Thought (Washington, DC) · Foodswings (Brooklyn, NY) · Fresh (Toronto, ON) · Fressen (Toronto, ON) · Fuel Cafe (Milwaukee, WI) · Golden Era Vegetarian (San Francisco, CA) · Grasshopper (Allston, MA) · Hard Times Cafe (Minneapolis, MN) · Hifi Cafe (Milwaukee, WI) · Kingdom of Vegetarians (Philadelphia, PA) · Lotus-Heart (Christchurch, NZ) · Lula’s Sweet Apothecary (New York, NY) · M. Henry (Chicago, IL) · Manzanita (Emeryville, CA) · Marchese’s Olive Pit (Milwaukee, WI) · Miengin House (Christchurch, NZ) · Mighty-O Donuts (Seattle, WA) · The National (Milwaukee, WI) · Outpost Co-op (Milwaukee, WI) · Palomino Bar & Restaurant (Milwaukee, WI) · Pizza Luce (Duluth/Minneapolis, MN) · Pizza Pi (Seattle, WA) · Quiet Storm (Pittsburgh, PA) · Rasoi Vegetarian (Auckland, NZ) · Red Avocado (Iowa City, IA) · Red Bamboo (New York, NY) · Riverwest Co-op & Cafe (Milwaukee, WI) · De Rokerij (Amsterdam, NL) · Shaharazad (Milwaukee, WI) · Stonefly Brewery (Milwaukee, WI) · Teapot Vegetarian House (Seattle, WA) · Triple Rock Social Club (Minneapolis, MN) · Tryst (Washington, DC) · Vegetable Garden (Rockville, MD) · Vegetarian’s Paradise 2 (New York, NY) · Victrola Coffee Co. (Seattle, WA) · Warehouse Cafe (Birmingham, UK) · Wedge Community Co-op (Minneapolis, MN) · Wheatsville Co-op (Austin, TX) · Yaffa Cafe (New York, NY)

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