Fred Water

A few weeks ago, I made a decision (sort of ) to no longer order San Pellegrino whenever we go out to eat. This is because the water is flown in from Italy, and it makes no sense to drink water that comes from a spring more than 4,000 miles away. Since I love the taste of San Pellegrino, and this is my pretend Champagne whenever we go out to dinner, I am a little sad about my self-imposed rule in order to be more environmentally friendly. So either I move to Italy, or I drink New York City tap water. Since I am not able to move to Italy right now, I bought some Fred water, today. Water from the Catskills in New York state, Fred water is bottled on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. I think this means that some person in Red Hook opens their tap, and bottles the water straight from the faucet. And yes, to be more sustainable and support this idea of slocal living, I bought 600ml of water for $2. When I could have opened the tap in my own apartment in Prospect Heights (less than three miles from Fred's tap), and filled up my thermos, for free. And funny enough, Fred might be the only water with a MySpace page.