You switch out your light bulbs, upgrade your cleaning supplies, even hassle your supe to fix—for good—that nasty habit your shower faucet has of always running. And yet, as an apartment dweller, you can never go green enough—something about the landlord not quite digging your bold idea for rooftop solar panels. So we stick with it, making small changes and purchasing better products, like Sauces ‘n Love’s new line of Scarpetta pasta sauces. Not only is every sauce delicious, and vegetarian (and most are vegan; available sauces include marinara, Tuscan vodka, puttanesca, arrabbiata, and pesto) but the fresh, organic ingredients are packaged in microwaveable, freezable and re-usable jars. Sure, you could always buy Tupperware, but why spend more green when you can accrue it? Bonus: the take-out/delivery box-sized containers are easily stackable, leaving room for more goodies from the farmer’s market.

AVAILABLE AT NAPLES GOURMET GROCER 5650 E Second St | Long Beach 90803 | 562.439.6518

Decorating obsession of the moment: maps! Not the roll-down, grade school type, but flat-sheet, muted, brown and green maps that only a budding cartography nerd could love. Blue Windows has a number of city and country maps available, but my favorite (both as a vacation destination and a map) is London. Frame and mount it on your wall, or cut it up and use it to line some drawers. And should you feel the need, go ahead and draw that giant cyclops stomping down Oxford Street. You know you want to.

AVAILABLE AT BLUE WINDOWS 5276 E Second St | Long Beach 90803 | 562.434.7195

Tags: decorating, maps, pasta, scarpetta