Considering we only arrived in California less than 2.5 days ago, it feels like a lot has happened on our holiday so far. Yesterday the only walking we did was from Hollywood/Western to central 'Hollywood & High'. We walked out there along a slightly less busy road to the north of Hollywood Boulevard - at least as far as 'Vine'. Whislt the friend I'm with caught the bus back I walked along the main strip - following the avenue of stars until they finished about halfway between 'Vine' & 'Western'. The evening was rather tense - and after a couple of uncomfortable hours in which we clashed over something that, at the time, didn't make sense to me - I understand now that I was attempting...

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STORY: Hydration stations sweep colleges to promote tap water Saint Benedict is following a growing trend of colleges and universities banning the sale of plain bottled water as part of a move toward sustainability. Stations like this one — drinking fountains with an extra spigot to make filling a reusable bottle quicker and easier — have been part of life here since the central Minnesota college banned the sale of plain bottled water in August. According to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), 14 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada have campus-wide bans, while another dozen or so have bans that cover a portion of campus. •Washington University in St. Louis claims to be the first university to eliminate bottled water from vending machines and campus eateries in February 2009. • Seattle University banned the sale of bottled water on campus last fall in response to a student-led campaign.

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