That their logo involves a mermaid with a leaf tail whose wine glass looks unstable makes me like Green Drinks even more.

First the blah blah blah:

Green drinks is a regular meet-up of anyone interested in environmental issues, including people who work in green industries and own green businesses. It’s tonight from 5 to 9 at The Boot. Click the link for directions.

Fans of the Green Bay Packers, leprechauns, and landlovers who just came from bumpy boat rides are also encouraged to attend.

Virginia beers are $2 off, including my personal favorite, Legend Brown.

But my point here is, the people that go to this thing tend to be a solid lot. Passionate yet engaged, they are the kind of folks you want to listen to talk, but who also will listen to what you have to say. And, as we all know, those kinds of people are increasingly rare these days.

You should probably go to this. Especially if right now you’re hating everyone in your life.

While perving around the Green Drinks website, I came across all the stories other newspapers have written about the event, which is held all over the country. Maybe it’s just because I’m in the newspaper business, but I got a kick out of some of these. To be fair, it’s kind of a non-story story, and headlines for those can be a trick. Anyway:

With “Grassroots ‘Green’ Gatherings Held,” The Southhampton Press just decided to go with a bunch of G’s, got lazy, and slipped into an H.

Georgia’s The Brunswick News decided to make Green Drinks a person with, “Green Drinks discusses environmental issues.”

The New York Times got all cutey-pie with, “Hi. Buy You a Drink? Save the Planet?” Why is it always about getting laid over at the Times?

And finally, it seems as though a headline writer over at The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star might have a stuttering problem with this one: “GROUP GABS–OVER DRINKS–ABOUT GREEN IDEAS.”

Shame.

See you there.