Check out Walkscore.com. You put in a street address and zipcode, and it tells you how "walkable" the address is, based on its proximity to grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, movie theaters, schools, parks, libraries, bookstores, fitness centers, drug stores, hardware stores and clothing/music stores.

Even more interestingly, it shows you a Google Map with the eight closest establishments in each category marked, and a clickable list that will find each for you on the map & tell you its walking distance. Who knew, for instance, that there were four Dunkin' Donuts and two Starbucks within 3 miles of my home, and also something called the "Illusions Go-Go Lounge" just 1.89 miles away?

My suburban, New Jersey home scored just a 6 out of 100 ("Driving Only"), whereas my Rockefeller Center office location scored a 98 ("Walker's Paradise"). What do you have to do to get a 100 on this thing?

Anyway, I know that at least one of my loyal readers will instantly consider this his favorite site on the web, so I thought I'd post it for his benefit, at least.

So, how about it? What's your walkscore? Leave a comment & let me know...