Great Basin Community Food Co-op

Great Basin Community Food Co-op
Great Basin Community Food Co-op

While strolling around town on a lovely early autumn afternoon in late September, my super brilliant wife made the suggestion of stopping by the Great Basin Community Food Co-op for some shopping closer to home, rather than driving out to Whole Foods on the other side of town.

First of all, I can never say enough good things about my wife, and second of all I can’t believe that I haven’t been doing more shopping at this fantastic and relatively new green/local/organic/allergy-friendly establishment here in Reno, NV.

The shelves inside were well-stocked with fresh and local produce, familiar and trusted allergy-free brands and a whole cooler full of local organic free range meats.  There was also a surprisingly wide selection of craft beer along the wall behind and off to the side of the cash register, which held my attention for a good 3-4 solid minutes of casual browsing.

Overall, I’d say that we only shopped “lightly” that sunny Saturday afternoon, but I know that we’ll be back for more local goodies on many a future occasion!

The HDR shot above I took while standing next to our car in the building’s parking lot using my iPhone 4S.  The shots were later combined using iCameraHDR and edited using Camera+, Snapseed, Photo FX and LensLight.

Enough about me.  How about you?  Have you been to the Great Basin Community Food Co-op?  Do you shop there regularly?  What do you enjoy about the store?  Is there anything they could improve upon?  Please share your thoughts in the form of a comment below!

Netflix Halloween Envelope Mailers

Netflix Halloween Envelope Mailer
Did you receive one (or more) of these in the mail today?

My daily trip to the mailbox was WAY cooler than most others today when I found a super-spooky, Halloween-themed DVD/Blu-ray disc envelope mailer from Netflix!  The traditional Netflix red color was there, but on top was a black print of a crow (raven) and scraggily trees without any leaves on the branches.

Reflecting back on my Netflix subscription throughout the years, I can’t seem to remember them doing this kind of promotion around different holidays.  I can’t help but question: Did I miss earlier mailings this unique?  Will these super-cool mailing envelopes be present in/around other future holidays as well?  Do you happen to remember seeing anything like this before in your area?

If you can answer any of the above questions, I’d LOVE to hear your thoughts!

Oh, and what do you think of the edit posted above?  This was shot on a Nikon D7000 using a Nikon 50mm f/1.8D lens, then transfered to an iPhone 4S and edited using Camera+, Photo FX and LensLight.  A cropped version will probably make it onto Instagram a little later this month…