Combining tennis and yoga = zennis
The Wholistic Tennis Academy in Westhampton Beach brings together yoga and tennis. Yoga contributes playing from a place of centeredness without fear. Tennis instruction and practice means continually improving skills. I signed up for an awesome lesson at www.zennistennis.com
These Xtreme cooling towels from Realgear.com are a clever idea. You just dunk them in water - preferably cold. Environmentally safe chemical beads then instantly drop the temperature for hours of cooling. Great for beach or gym.
This possibility is a reality at Japan's new completely robot-run Henn-na Hotel (which roughly translates to 'Strange Hotel') in Nagasaki. Upon entering the hotel, guests are greeted by three "friendly" robots at the front desk. Guests are encouraged to "enjoy conversations with robots with a humanly kind of warmth, while they work efficiently".After checking in, one of two "porter robots" will help transport guests' bags to their room.
It was a clever idea of the famous Australian chef Neil Perry to relocate one of his top restaurants, Rockpool Bar and Grill, to this beautiful American style 1936 art deco building. Here you see Catalina, one of their very well groomed waitresses who offer wonderful service (as do the waiters!).
For years major grocery chains have been tossing ugly fruit and vegetables that don't meet "beauty"' standards. However now some grocers are realising, encouraged by www.change.org, that it's a clever idea to promote ugly items to health conscious consumers at a discount rather than bin them.
