What Chicago is talking about this week:
The international home and housewares show is at the convention center!
Although several sections were marked "no photography" to protect the hottest items, I think I am allowed to report on what I discovered on the floor of the exhibits as my brain was not wiped out a la Men in Black upon departure:
1.) Someone is still making and marketing and selling Krazy Straws!
2.) When Paula Deen gets confused (she was a guest presenter at one of the sections) and is given the wrong recipe, and says over and over again "where's my celery", she sounds unexpectedly like Harry Caray.
3.) Innovative products I saw -- the two tiered cereal bowl that allows you to pour milk in the bottom section and keep the cereal in the top, so that you can drop it in the liquid one spoonful at a time to avoid the dreaded cereal sogginess, the meatball griller that allows you to make meatballs in a cupcake like tin, the hot dog slicer to help your kids eat more hot dogs, and the specially formatted spoon that lets you dip your Oreo into your milk without touching it.
4.) As you can tell from the above, the overall theme of the kitchen area seemed to be the ongoing lazification of America.
5.) Other interesting items on display -- a toothbrush that sings Justin Bieber to you as you brush (an innovation we probably could have done without), a toilet seat with a lighted nightlight on the lid (for better aiming) and a toilet seat with a UV light under the lid to kill the creepy crawlies that might be on your seat.
6.) Tangerine Tango was declared 2012's hot color.
7.) Mr. Clean really exists. He's not just a cartoon. I saw him today at the convention. (And how's that for a temp job for muscle bound bald men? I now have a part time job to which I can aspire.)
So ... you heard it here first!
THE DIPr (for germophobes who want their cookies cradles while they are dipped):
http://www.thedipr.com/
TANGERINE TANGO (or just plan orange for those of us who aren't so fancy):
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/09/tangerine-tango-the-bright-encouraging-color-of-2012/
NEVER EAT SOGGY CEREAL AGAIN (or how to get to world peace, one problem at a time):
http://www.obol.co/
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