Recycling is cool

Recycling used tissue boxes

The year: 2011 The moment: Having finished another glass of apple juice and used the last piece of tissue in the box, my son walked into the kitchen and requested our helper, “Aunty, can you please clean up this tissue box so I can recycle and save the Earth?”. I almost fell off my chair but had to pretend that it’s totally normal for a 2 1/2-year-old to want to recycle, lest I put him …[Read more]

Beer Belly to Beer Belle

display your beer coasters

So you love beer, and all you have to show for it is a belly? It doesn’t have to be that way. With some yoga, spare five minutes and a bar of Blu Tack, you can proclaim your obsession much more elegantly. Just pick your canvas – table tops, shelf backs, doors, walls – and stick on. Even the most craft-challenged [and/or inebriated!] can execute this with pizazz. Just keep off the ladder if you …[Read more]