Yin Yang Couple Bath Tub

This is the $55,000 Yin Yang Bathtub. It comes equipped with color lights, soundwave massage, and a distinct, squiggly barrier between you and your lova. It’s so couples can take a bath but not actually be in the same vessel of water. But! But that’s the best part of sharing a bath with someone: having the opportunity to ‘accidentally’ brush your privates/ass/elbow/foot/etc. against their privates/ass/elbow/foot/etc. under the water. You know what I’m talking about. It just gets so floaty in there you can’t control your limbs!

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StarPath: Glow-In-The-Dark Coating Lights Up the Walkway After Dark

Unless you're on a sidewalk next to a well-lit road, walking at night can be a bit frightening. With no light to see where you're going, sometimes you may need to carry a flashlight. This luminescent coating called Starpath solves that problem, by turning dark pathways into a glowing blue ribbons of light.

The coating is applied in three layers, with a middle aggregate stage that absorbs UV energy during the day, which is then released as a blue glow when it's dark. It's kind of like a high-tech version of those glow in the dark stickers you put on the walls of your room when you were a kid.

Manufacturer Pro-Teq Surfacing sees Starpath as a way for municipalities to save money, by replacing costly electric pathway lighting with the low-maintenance coating. Installing the surface takes only a few hours, leaving a durable coating that's slip and rain resistant.

So far Pro-Teq Surfacing has applied Starpath to a few walkways near their home base in Cambridge England. No word on whether they plan to market the system worldwide, or if something similar could be applied to roads in addition to footpaths. Personally, I'd like to see a yellow version so we could make a sparkly path to Emerald City.

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Japanese Garlic Beer

Here’s some interesting news: a Japanese company has combined its popular dark beer with the pungent, intense flavor of black garlic, thus creating the unique and rather bizarre Aomori Garlic Black Beer.

Featuring a sleek black label with elegant golden writing, the black garlic-flavored beer bottle – which costs 630 yen ($6.5) – looks very appealing to any avid dark beer lover. The first sip of Aomori Garlic Black Beer doesn’t taste very different from any other quality black beer, but as the dark goes down your throat and into the stomach, the potent black garlic flavor starts to take over your mouth. Incredibly, those brave enough to actually try the Aomori Garlic Black Beer say the spicy, potent aftertaste is very addictive, making you want to drink more and more of the strange beverage.

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A restaurant in Moscow only hires twins

A restaurant owner in Moscow promises you will have such a great time in his establishment that you are going to see double, not because of the strong vodka, but because the staff is made up exclusively of identical twin brothers and sisters.

Aptly called Twin Stars, the Russian restaurant employs only twin bartenders and wait staff as a gimmick to attract more customers and prides itself on being the only such restaurant in the world. Alexei Khodorovsky, the owner of Twin Stars, says he was inspired by a 1960s movie where a girl finds herself in a parallel universe and discovers there’s another version of her – her twin. The idea seems fun and both the customers and the twin staff say they’ve enjoyed the experience thus far. “We worked as barmen before this summer in a different establishment. It was an internship for us,” Artyem, who works with his identical brother Roman at the bar, says. We really liked that internship. That’s why we decided this profession suits us and we came here to work.” Finding people like Artyem and Roman was a true challenge. Identical pairs with experience working in a restaurant were very hard to track down, but the effort was worthwhile because as Nika, another member of the unique staff, says “One pair (of twins) is already fun – when there are two, it’s even more fun.”

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Silent Dining Restaurant in New York

Do you remember how you always had to be quiet at the dinner table when you were young but never understood why? Now that you’re all grown up, with children of your own, you probably wish you could have just one more of those quiet dinners. If quiet is what you seek, you’re in luck, as now you can enjoy a four-course meal in complete silence at the Eat restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn where you have to be quiet and enjoy the food, whether you like it or not.

Nicholas Nauman, head chef and curator of the silent-dinner experience, got the idea for the event during a trip to India where he admired the Buddhist monks having their breakfast every morning without uttering a word. In a competing market where restaurant owners are coming up with the most unusual concepts to attract customers – such as dining in pitch-dark, the 28-year-old thought this idea would gain popularity. “It’s just an opportunity to enjoy food in a way you might not have otherwise,” he says. This way, he hopes to “reconfigure the relationship between a space and food” by forcing customers to focus on their plates rather than on the countless distractions that occur while sitting at the dinner table.

The restaurant has already held two such monthly events which were fairly successful. When talking about the first experience, Nauman says “The energy of the presence of the people involved was really palpable and motivating to make the food really good. I didn’t know if afterwards people would say ‘Woah, dude – that was weird’ or be displeased and not want to pay.” Nobody really knew what to expect from this test run but Nauman was somehow positive everything would go well. The customers didn’t break the silence; one man even left the room when he felt like sneezing which is understandable since they were told they had to finish their meals on a bench outside if they didn’t respect the strict no talking rule/if they made so much as a noise. Furthermore, some customers found creative ways of communicating such as using facial expressions. “It’s kind of like a meditation,” Jordon Colon, the owner of Eat, says. “The silence speaks for itself.”

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Living on $5000 a year in this Hobbit House

Meet Dan Price, a real life hobbit who has been living in his underground hole in Oregon for the past twenty years. He manages to survive with only $5,000 a year – $100 of which goes on the rent for the land he resides under – and doesn’t believe in “houses or mortgages.”

Dan used to be an office job type of guy, working as a photojournalist in order to support himself, his wife and their two kids and pay the mortgage on their house. He didn’t really give his life too much thought until he read a book by Harlan Hubbard which described an existence without the everyday commodities of modern life. After reading the book, Dan soon packed his bags and moved to a peaceful meadow where he tried out various housing options- a cabin, a flophouse and a tepee, before settling in the hobbit house he lives in today. The 8-foot hole in the ground barely accommodates Dan, a stove, his books, a CD player and some clothes, but it’s everything he really needs. Price, who wants to live a life without stress says “everything is at arm’s length when you are sitting there. It’s human scale. The idea is that you can see everything, no fumbling for stuff – that creates stress.”

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Smell Like Breakfast with Eau De Toast

This toast perfume comes from The Federation of Bakers who made the special limited edition scent for London Fashion Week. The idea was to challenge the notion that bread isn’t good for you and to encourage people to once again put toast on the table at breakfast. All their free samples are gone, so you’ll have to be content with toasting up a few slices of the real thing and rubbing it all over your body.

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Breaking Bad Blue Cocktail

Celebrate the glorious conclusion of the show with a special Breaking Bad-themed Blue Sky cocktail.

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300 Sandwiches for an Engagement Ring

New York Post journalist, Stephanie Smith, truly believes the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. After her boyfriend told her she is 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring, Stephanie got cooking and started a blog to document her progress. She is currently at sandwich #176.

Stephanie says her relationship to her boyfriend, “Alexander Skarsgård look-alike” Eric, has always been centered on food. They met at a restaurant, he cooked her dinner on their second date, and they’ve hosted numerous dinner-parties together, so she knew how important food was to him. And there was nothing he liked more than sandwiches. “To him, sandwiches are like kisses or hugs. Or sex,” the young journalist says. The two New-Yorkers had been going steady for about a year and even moved into a cozy apartment together, but Stephanie was wondering what it would take for Eric to finally pop the big question. She found the answer one day, after she made him her her first a turkey on whole wheat bread, with mustard, lettuce and swiss cheese. “Honey, this is the best sandwich ever!” Eric told her in between bites. When he was done, he dropped the bomb on her: “You’re, like, 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring.” That was it, the secret to the marriage proposal she had been dreaming of. Stephanie didn’t really know hot to cook, but she was willing to learn and she wasn’t one to back down from a challenge.

She started the 300-sandwich-challenge with an easy ice-cream sandwich and moved on from there, but at about ten sandwiches into the project, she realized things were moving at a slow pace. She was already in her mid 30′s and making just three sandwiches a week wasn’t going to wing her the engagement ring too soon. “How would I finish 300 sandwiches in time for us to get engaged, married and have babies before I exited my childbearing years?” she asked herself. So the young journalist stepped up her game, making snacks for breakfast, lunch and dinner and whenever she wanted to get herself out of the dog house. So far she has cooked 176 different sandwiches for Eric, and learned a whole lot about food in the process. Her creations have grown more complex with each month, but Stephanie says her boyfriend smiles and says “thank you” regardless of what’s on the menu. “You women read all these magazines to get advice on how to keep a man, and it’s so easy,” he told her. “We’re not complex. Just do something nice for us. Like make a sandwich.”

Stephanie says that the experience has brought her and Eric closer together. They enjoy doing the groceries together and planning dinners, and although Smith still wants a ring on her finger and live happily ever after, she says she has put a lot less pressure on the 300 sandwich race, instead enjoying every moment they spend together cooking.

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Grammar Grumble Coffee Mugs

We all have a word or two that get us in trouble. Some people mix up lose and loose, and others can’t keep to, two, and too straight. You can work on your grammar with your morning cuppa (or teach someone else) thanks to these clever Grammar Grumble Mugs. If you don’t need all six, you can split up the set and gift the appropriate mug to the grammar challenged friends in you’re life. Sorry…your.

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Cheeseburger-Stuffed Crust Pizza in UK

These days, it seems everyone’s trying to have their cake and eat it too. Can’t decide if you want a salad or ice cream? No problem! Donut or croissant with your coffee? You got this. Pizza or Burger? Cheeseburger-Stuffed Crust Pizza, duh.

Pizza Hut UK is getting a limited-time Cheeseburger Pizza Crust featuring soft crust pockets filled with mini beef patties fixed with mozzarella cheese. The new item comes with a side of ketchup dip and can be covered with your favorite toppings.

If this novelty pie is giving you déjà vu, it’s because you seen it before. Last year, Pizza Hut locations in the Middle East got their own “Cheeseburger Crown Crust” pizza. Both versions are pretty similar, the only main difference being that the Middle East’s came drizzled in the chain’s “special sauce” and also offered a chicken fillet option.

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Epic Rainbow Dash Cosplay Gala Dress

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Escalator Etiquette

In busy London tube stations tourists unfamiliar with the etiquette (stand on the right, walk on the left) are often causing congestion.

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Accio Wallet! Black Milk Clothing Releasing Their Harry Potter Line

The ever wonderful Black Milk Clothing has the Harry Potter license, and it looks like they are bringing a whole witch’s closet of products to their site on September 10th. They’ve been posting peeks of the photo shoot on their Facebook page and so far we’ve spotted house leggings, Quidditch team Seeker tanks, a Deathly Hallows swimsuit, and more.

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BentoShock: BioShock Lunch Box

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My Little Pony Resume

 

Is this real? The Internet doesn’t seem to know yet. If it is, we really hope Joseph’s prospective employer is really Brony-friendly. In his defense, his credentials are top-notch. Too bad everyone’s distracted by all the glitter and desperation.

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Awesome Bulbasaur Hoodie with Backpack

This costume hoodie turns you into Bulbasaur from Pokémon and doubles as a backpack. It was designed by artist ShoriAmeshiko. The unique bulb backpack has a flap that lifts up to reveal two zippers that you unzip to get to the storage space inside.

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Morning Rave Work Out

Somebody pass me my glowsticks, because a new morning workout trend is sweeping the nation with early-morning rave parties. And by nation I mean England, and by sweeping I mean there's only one so far.



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The Next Culinary Trend: Living Food

Is this the future of culinary experiences after Molecular Gastronomy? This project explores new culinary experiences through developments in synthetic biology, and finds its lineage in haute cuisine and molecular gastronomy.

The food behaves like a living creature, entertaining us through an empathetic connection: what if food became alive like a fictional character? What if food was able to play with our cutlery and create hyper-sensations in our mouth? Synthetic biotech has already started to create artificial life in organic forms, so breathing life into artificial digestible forms is not merely a fantasy.



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Awesome Nacho Cookies

Nacho cookies complete with frosted jalapenos? Count me in! Oh Sugar Events created these adorable concession stand-style treats for a baseball-themed bar mitzvah, but they would also be great for any sports party -especially the football parties soon to star up this fall.

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