Sarah's Key

Today's recommendation is a film that brought me to tears tonight. Sarah's Key is a beautiful French film about an American journalist whose research into the deportation of thousands of Jewish residents of Paris in 1942 leads to a very personal story. It's a bittersweet film and one that I would highly recommend. Kristin Scott Thomas is brilliant as journalist and the ever wonderful Aidan Quinn makes an appearance at the end.

Response from North Face

Here is the response I received from North Face:
"Thank you for contacting The North Face! I am sorry, but our manufacturing takes place all over the world, with many of our products being assembled in multiple countries. Some parts of our manufacturing do take place in the USA, such as some of our screen printing and embroidery, etc... However, we do not have any products at this time that are 100% "Made in the USA"."

So they are off my list of potential suppliers for my winter needs. I hate vague answers like this.

Looking for winter coat

Just curious if any major outdoor clothing manufacturer makes anything in the US anymore. In the past I have purchased Patagonia and North Face mostly but was annoyed to find everything imported. From where I don't know but I always assume "Imported" means China. But that is not necessarily true. While I prefer to buy American products I am not opposed to purchasing from other countries as there are items that are not produced here anymore. In fact I would be that there are some items are only produced in China.

So I have sent an e-mail to North Face and Patagonia asking if any of their items are made outside of China. I plan to check with the other manufacturers too before I head to Masada to make my winter purchases.

Shopping online and Ebates

Rediscovering the convenience of shopping on line. Also rediscovering Ebates. I had been a member years ago and actually received a couple of checks from them. Last week I went back on and found that I still had money in the account from something I did years ago. So I'm checking them out again. It just makes sense to get a small precentage back for purchases that I would be doing already online.

If you do decided to join up I'd appreciate a referral:
http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=bARr5wQ2DQA%3D