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Important news flash:

I hope this isn’t too late… but tomorrow (or today… or yesterday depending on how often u read this blog… maybe u should read it more often… to make sure you don’t miss out on anything awesome…) is FREE CONE DAY!!!

That’s right folks. Ben and Jerry’s will be giving out free ice cream! WOOOO!

To say I’m excited would be an understatement.

from the facebook invitation:

Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day is an annual event, held in late April or early May, in which Ben and Jerry’s scoop shops give out free ice cream cones all day. Over one million free cones are given away each year. Charitable organizations are often present at the stores each year and enjoy a significant amount of fundraising success.
The first Free Cone Day was held on May 5, 1979. It was done by Ben and Jerry as a customer and staff appreciation event for the one year anniversary of their ice cream store’s opening, and has continued ever since.
30th annual Free Cone day is Tuesday, April 29th

This is where you can find me. Sometime around 4PM or so, methinks. I hope it won’t be too late.

Find your local scoop shop.

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Since I mentioned it in a previous post, I went to Central Park today to check out the Earth Day Events. I took a lot of pictures, and you can see the gallery after the jump.

But first, some highlights.

A good amount of people were in attendance. In fact, Starbucks had set up a tent, giving out free coffee, and the line for the free coffee was always quite long. Another exhibit, sponsored by burt’s bees, also had a long wait. Who knew conservation could be so appealing?

I was on the lookout for littering. Cuz irony is my thing.

But overall, it was quite a successful event. Nothing seemed too preachy, there was a nice laid back feel, the weather was good, and there was actually a lot of good fun activities and plenty of giveaways. I got lots of free seeds! In fact, the seeds were “embedded” into the paper of the companies that sponsored the event! So I can plant a postcard. And in two weeks time, smell the lilies. Or whatever grows. I also got a FREE 16 dollar book about pine trees! HUZZAH! I think I might document the growth of one of the seed packs, so be sure to check back for that. It will be exciting, since the seeds are for a giant redwood tree. For realzies.

And the highlight of the event for me (besides free Starbucks, of course) was getting to paint a piece of a giant conservation inspired mural. Completely made out of eco-safe materials. Of course, I decided to make a statement about just how cool saving the earth can be:

Check out these links:
www.milliontreesnyc.org
www.Chase.com/GreenAppleNYC
glintonline.com
www.milkpaint.com
www.greenapplefestival.com

And follow the jump to see the gallery.

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from the “official website for central park:”

“Earth Day Celebration in Central Park
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Rumsey Playfield

The Central Park Conservancy and the Green Apple Festival will host an Earth Day Celebration for families at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Sunday, April 20th from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.  Pack a picnic and bring a blanket as we celebrate with music, crafts, and activities for all.

It sounds like it a lot of fun is planned. Free concerts (the Bacon Brothers!!!), yummy snacks (eco-friendly!!!), tips on making a vegetable garden (free seeds!!!), and tree tours and park ranger lectures!!! Okay, so maybe the lectures don’t sound that exciting, but you have to imagine all the hippie types walking around central park eating their organic cookies. That’s worth the price of admission! (price of admission is FREE, btw.)

There will also be a very exciting art project, called Peace x Piece Live 2008. It’s a large mural, brainchild of Paul and Mark Kostabi, and you can be a part of it by helping to contribute your own 6″ canvas. All material will be provided. It’s exciting when people gather together to create something.

All events are free and open to the public. Rain or shine.  Enter the Park at 72nd Street and 5th Avenue. Link.

Also, if you haven’t gotten around to it, Sunday is the final day of NY Comic Con. I didn’t get to go this year, though I didn’t have much interest, since there wasn’t a LOST panel. (That woulda sealed the deal fellas. You want CTA at your event, put a LOST panel. I’ll be there!) We do have a few correspondents who attended, and I’ll see about getting them to provide some thoughts and pictures in the coming days. But if you’ve got a yearning for some old fashioned geekfest, tomorrow is the last day. Sunday is hailed as Kid’s Day. 10-5, tickets for Sunday only available at the door for $40. Link.

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