..Drink Beer from Oversees?

Had dinner yesterday and ordered a Stella. I knew this is an imported beer but never really paid attention to it. It says "Imported" and "Leuven", which is a city in Belgium. When taking a closer inspection, it indeed says: Brewed in Belgium.
I thought that Stella had breweries in the USA and that "my" Stella was brewed "locally"...

So for me to have "my" Stella, it if first brewed in Belgium, bottle in Belgium (probably), then shipped to the US and distributed and chilled until I order it. There is really no difference between buying a bottle of Evian (see my other post: http://changeitupalittle.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html) and buying an imported beer; they're both shipped half way across the world.

Fortunately there's good alternatives, I think I'm trying Wolaver's...

http://www.thegreenguide.com/buying-guide/beer

Drink responsibly!

Restrooms

Luckily I'm not the only one who has problems with many of the restroom setups:

This blogger words my frustration very well:

"There are three things that bug me tremendously in the United States bathroom world. First of all, the spaces everywhere! Seriously... what is up with the holes between the door and the wall; between the walls and the floor; and between the walls and the ceiling???"

http://claudiaschiepers.typepad.com/claudias_blog/2008/10/3-american-toilet-things-to-hate.html

Why do we design these restrooms this way? Why don't we build them the way they do in Europe, with a proper door and some privacy! Anybody?