Delaware Online: Kathleen Cochran, general manager of San Diego’s Loews Coronado Bay Resort & Spa, learned a simple truth from her family about traveling: “When teenagers aren’t happy, no one’s happy.” “It’s just really awful,” said Cochran, whose three children are 11, 14 and 16. “I call it ‘forced family fun.’ ” Armed with her own experiences — and with […]
Teen Concierge
Clinic Dining
The Cool Hunter: With so many dining and nightlife concepts appearing in the world’s most prestigious cities, it can be difficult separating the ‘flash in the pans’ from the genuinely unique establishments that are here to stay. Singapore’s, The Clinic, makes its distinction in a most stylized manner. Spanning over 15,000 sq ft of space, The Clinic resembles an organized […]
Social Networking for Kids
Bradenton Herald: Are you concerned that your wanna-be-cool-too preteen might be following their older siblings onto social-networking Web sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com? Thankfully, there are several sites that a 9-year-old can explore without alarming their parents, including Whyville.net, ClubPenguin.com and even National Geographic, which has a My Page for kids. Now the world’s biggest kid brand, Disney, is […]
Bone Wedding Ring
Iconoculture: “With this bone, I thee wed.” Five U.K. couples recently sealed their vows by exchanging rings made from their own bone tissue, grown in the lab from sample cells. Scientists harvested the cells from tiny slivers extracted from the couples’ jawbones, then grew new tissue in bioglass scaffolds that mimic human bone structure. Artists fused the pure white bone […]
Sexy Homes
Ecommerce-Guide.com: Sexy still sells. Just ask brothers and business partners Michael and Ronald Lipka, who launched SexyFurnishings.com in April 2001 – and kissed their decidedly un-sexy backgrounds in accounting and engineering goodbye. The secret, they found, was being able to sell sexy at an affordable price. It all started in 2000 when Michael Lipka happened upon a crowd gathered outside […]
Chicken on the Go
Bend Weekly: In December, Bumble Bee began selling packaged, cooked, skinless and boneless chicken breasts that are intended as entrees and can be heated in ovens or microwaves. The chicken is available in three seasoned varieties: garlic and herb, southwest seasonings and barbecue sauce. It marks the first time any products other than seafood have been marketed under the Bumble […]
Instant Dentistry
Iconoculture: Instant messaging. Video-on-demand. And now, instant crowns. D4D, a digital dental system that makes and fits new teeth in a single visit, is in clinical field trials awaiting final FDA approval. Dentists capture an image of the tooth site with a handheld scanner and feed it into a software program to model the design. A computerized milling machine makes […]
SMS Your Wine
Springwise: After encountering a great wine in a restaurant or at a friend’s house, instead of vowing to remember the name and vintage, Dutch consumers can now dash off an sms to BuyYourWine.com. The online wine seller will then get back to them with a price and delivery details. In the US, WineZap offers a similar service. If someone emails […]
Cupid Scent
Scentuellepatch: Is feeling sexy just a memory? You’re not alone. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, millions of women long to re-ignite the passion they enjoyed during those first heady days of their relationship. But for a growing number of women, their desires are overwhelmed by their increasingly busy lives. They get lost to deadlines and schedules, crying babies […]
Linkable USB
Shiny Shiny: I was gutted to find out that these bendy USB drives are still in the concept stage. I mean, look at them! Not only do they link together, allowing you to instantly increase your storage capacity, they also look like tons o’ fun, helping many a bored office worker get through the day. You could even use them […]