Here’s to a hoppin’ good year ahead [Photo: Robobobo/flickr]
Chinese new year is just round the corner and while some of you lucky lovelies will be jetting off to Phuket or Bali to display your array of kaftans and work on your tan, others will be gorging on festive feasts, working towards having as many chins as a Chinese phonebook. We love the food, family time and free money, but let’s face it, the holiday also comes with as many rules as a naughty emperor’s concubines, the breaking of which promises bad luck. This year, we had a little fun and came up with our own ‘traditions’ – fibs to tell the uninitiated. Lady Luck can go with her Tiger, Lady Laugh will bring her Rabbit (get your mind out of the gutter!). Have a giggly new year!

There's no need to doo-doo in your DVF
Caught short on that cross-desert classic car drive? Baker boy calls and you’re 500 feet up in a balloon over a dawn-blushed Sri Lanka? One of the twins about to burst and you’re caught in traffic? Crikey, what’s to do? Well, fortunately there’s no need to doo-doo in your DVF or hold on until Dakar, because those clever devils at The Brown Corporation have come up with this nifty little pooh pack. It’s the portable plopbox.

Point and pee
It’s every gal’s nightmare. One too many lattes at lunch and now you’re caught short. How many times have you had to dart into Harvey Nicks or Bergdorfs in dire need to sieve your greens, but can’t find the powder room? Worse still, you’re caught short in traffic or a Marrakech souk, what is a gal to do?



