<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Lauren Elyse Matison</title>
	<link>http://laurenmatison.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:25:44 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	<!-- generator="WordPress/3.0.2" -->

	<item>
		<title>Full Page Feature in Cosmopolitan Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our newly branded company, offMetro.com, gets a big boost of exposure in the latest February issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine! (Check the inside flap.)]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2012/01/full-page-feature-in-cosmopolitan-magazine/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>offManhattan.com — Things to Do in Copenhagen, A City on a Carbon-Neutral Mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“This is not normal,” my friend Katharina said with a flick of her bike bell. “Stopping!” We were in Copenhagen, halfway across the Dronning Louises Bridge, where 35,000 people pedal to and fro every day. Off to the side, we stood straddling our stadsfiets, hearts pounding, as hundreds of helmet-less cyclists in protected lanes whirred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2011/12/offmanhattan-com-%e2%80%94-things-to-do-in-copenhagen-a-city-on-a-carbon-neutral-mission/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Huffington Post &#8211; NYC Wine &amp; Food Festival&#8217;s Sustainable Tips to Live By</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knowledge Is Power: Experts Share Easy Tips to Help You Eat Better, Save Our Planet [SLIDESHOW] Before attending the NYC Wine &#38; Food Festival&#8217;s &#8220;Dining Sustainably&#8221; panel last Saturday, I was sure I had the eco-chick shtick down pat. Before hearing what four smart, successful, and environmentally enlightened women had to say, I would have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2011/10/huffington-post-nyc-wine-food-festivals-sustainable-tips-for-life/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Cosmopolitan Magazine Names offManhattan Most Influential Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exciting news for offManhattan.com! Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Publishing team named oM as one of their 10 favorite and most influential blogs! “We clicked far and wide for the hottest up-and-coming bloggers who are experts on everything from fashion and beauty to food, fitness, motherhood, travel and going green. offManhattan.com proves that even your weekend getaways, dining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2011/08/cosmopolitan-magazine-names-offmanhattan-a-fave-blog/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Grist.org &#8212; Six Surprising U.S. Cities for a Car-Free Vacation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a wonderful thing that the Pope&#8217;s new ride will be a plug-in hybrid, but vroom vroom doesn&#8217;t sound as sexy as it used to. Not when gas is $4 a gallon and the average car causes 600 pounds of air pollution every year. Obama&#8217;s pledge to up fuel-efficiency standards to an average 56.2 miles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2011/07/grist-org-six-surprising-u-s-cities-for-a-car-free-vacation/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Huffington Post &#8212; Vive le Vélo! America Needs A Bike Ambassador, and a French Lesson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I could move to France tomorrow. Leaving New York City behind does not seem such an impossible idea anymore. Especially after my recent visit, when my so-so grasp of the French language somehow came naturally, almost fluently after just a day. The joie de vivre seeped into my bones, the vibrant colors, the impressionist landscapes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2010/06/vive-le-velo-america-needs-a-bike-ambassador-and-a-french-lesson/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Dans la Voie Verte: Exploring France By Train</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rail Europe, the France Guide, and Air France are hosting journalists May 16-21 on a cultural trip through five cities in France. I am so looking forward to being back!]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2010/05/dans-la-voie-verte-exploring-france-by-way-of-train/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>This Week on HuffPo: Seeing the World Through Green-Colored Glasses: My Interview with Ed Begley Jr.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This image of the blond bespectacled actor on his bike is something of a childhood memory for me. I grew up within a mile of Ed Begley Jr. in Los Angeles, and I still get warm fuzzies thinking about how he and I once shared a Studio City zip code. (The fact that Jack Nickelson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2010/05/this-week-on-huffpo-seeing-the-world-through-green-colored-glasses-my-interview-with-ed-begley-jr/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>On HuffPo This Week: 7 Easy Ways to Green Your Wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This day is supposed to be the most beautiful day of your life. It also happens to be one of the most egregiously un-green traditions we have. I didn&#8217;t even realize this&#8211;and I run a green travel website&#8211;until my boyfriend proposed to me in the middle of a rain forest five months ago and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2010/04/on-huffpo-this-week-7-easy-ways-to-green-your-wedding/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>On Huffington Post- 6 Green Ways to Celebrate DC&#8217;s Cherry Blossom Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My second story on the Huffington Post! Since the spring of 1912, people have stopped in Washington D.C. to smell the cherry blossoms. Last year, over one million tourists came to the nation&#8217;s capital to enjoy the gift from the Japanese government 97 seasons after the first trees were planted in West Potomac Park. At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://laurenmatison.com/2010/03/on-huffington-post-6-green-ways-to-celebrate-dcs-cherry-blossom-festival/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>

