The beauty of being a blogger is that I have a platform to share whatever noteworthy topic that pops into my head. Sometimes, the crazy stories I come across on the inter-web or the random thoughts that pop into my mind aren’t really noteworthy at all {on their own}. They usually make me pause, laugh, or just plain roll my eyes and I go on about my day.
So, without further ado, here’s this weeks edition of Random Goodness from Around the Web
Move Over Cashiers, Soon We’ll Be Scanning Our Own Food!
Buckle up and brace yourself. This is the most Jetson thing I’ve heard in ages and I’m so excited about it.
“Imagine a scanner the size of a grain of rice, built into your phone. You go to the grocery store and point it at something you want to buy. If it’s an apple, the scanner will tell you what variety it is, how much vitamin C it has and how long it has been in cold storage. If it’s a fish, you’ll learn whether it’s really orange roughy or just tilapia being passed off as something more expensive. If it’s a muffin, the device will tell you whether there’s gluten in it. ”
Now tell me that isn’t the raddest thing. I can’t wait for it to be real. I’d scan every single thing I encountered until it became obnoxious and the HH begged me to stop.
Birthday Suits: One Way to Keep Your Clothes Clean While Dining
Well alrighty then. This is the grossest thing to me. And maybe because I’m fairly modest or maybe because I just can’t think of someone’s nekid bum sitting inches away from mine as I down a salad and sandwich. Buuuut, that is exactly what a restaurant in London has planned. A NAKED restaurant. As in you dine in your birthday suit. Ick.
“The cutlery will be edible, and patrons will be given access to a changing room with a locker before they arrive at their table. To avoid contaminating seats with their nude bodies, diners will be asked to sit on their robes {like that’ll make everything better}. The kitchen staff with be clothed, but waiters will have minimal covering for hygienic purposes {the cooks are clearly afraid of hot oil popping naked skin!}.”
There is absolutely no photography allowed, so at least there’s that. Now I have to know. Would you eat there? Do you think it’s as weird as I do?
Tears. It’s What’s For Dinner.
Oh man. All the feels with this one. There are so many companies these days giving Hallmark commercials a run for their money. Their advertising teams are genius. I watched this ad the entire way through and then watched it again {and then looked it up on YouTube to share it with you guys!}.
I Scream, You Scream, We ALL Scream for this Ice Cream Holder
Since summer is right around the corner and that means my homemade ice cream season will be in full swing, I’ll be needing my Tovolo Glide-A-Scoop Ice Cream Tub. It not only makes storing my homemade ice cream simple, it also makes scooping ice cream a breeze. It has a grippy bottom so it stays in place while you scoop, and it’s insulated so if you forget and leave it out on the counter {not that I know from experience or anything} it stays frozen!
And that concludes this installment of Random Goodness from Around the Web. Please make sure to leave your random responses in the comment section.
~Mavis
Lisa Millar says
So the nude restaurant already has 16,000 people on their waiting list!
That is one insanely successful business idea.
However, I suspect I don’t need to try dining out nude in public. Its not nice to put people off their meal!! 😀
Love the ad.. very sweet!
Tamara says
1. The scanner will put many many people out of work but I suppose it is inevitable.
2. If I wanted to dine in the nude I would do so at home. Just as in blaring MY music out infringing on your ear space is rude, so is public nudity.
3. The ad is priceless and really drives home an important point. It also shows children more easily get to the nitty gritty of matters without making things complicated.
Heather says
Went STRAIGHT to Amazon and bought those ice cream containers. Never knew they existed, but have an ice cream maker that will be getting some use soon.
It’s a beautiful day in this fly over state and I am going to plant my tomatoes!
vicki rossiter says
I like the ice cream container and am going to order one of those. As for dining in the nude, I think that’s something I will skip on. That’s just not something I want to do. Mavis did you know tomorrow is Naked gardening day! I am skipping that too!!
Mavis Butterfield says
Me too! 🙂
TJD says
I LOVE the video about dinner with family. I’m 59 and some of my fondest memories are of family dinners. 5 kids, mom and dad. Sometimes aunt and uncle and their 4 kids. The best times ever. My grand daughter now loves to have/help with dinner every night. It does not have to be fancy or complicated. Just the centering around the table with the ones you love the most. A dog circling around does not hurt either!
Jennifer Meyer says
That video! All the feels indeed! Had to share it on fb. Leave it to kids! :’)
Mary says
Is there a difference between broccoli and broccoli rabe?
My research still has me wondering!
We are enjoying a gorgeous spring garden thanks to you!
Your garden advice has proven to be perfectly accurate!
Thank you so much!
Mavis Butterfield says
Here is a description of broccoli raab from Botanical Interests: Broccoli raab is grown for its asparagus-like spring shoots. There is a reason the Europeans love it; the tender stems, buds, and flowers have a wonderfully delicate and slightly bitter, spicy, and peppery broccoli flavor, which can be enjoyed in salads, stir-fried, or steamed. Budding shoots should be harvested just before the flowers open for best flavor. Known in Italy as “broccolo asparago” or asparagus broccoli.