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A24 THE COAST NEWS<br />
MARCH <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2013</strong><br />
More products that make traveling fun and hassel free<br />
E’LOUISE<br />
ONDASH<br />
Hit the Road<br />
Always on the look out for<br />
products that make travel more<br />
fun and hassle-free, I’ve discovered<br />
the following:<br />
Here are three travel<br />
accessories for your electronics:<br />
Never lose y our smartphone<br />
and/or tablet again with these<br />
bright, sassy, highly visible and<br />
interchangeable covers by<br />
PlusMotif. Not only fun, fashionable<br />
and versatile (16 cover<br />
colors and 14 bar patterns), but<br />
utilitarian. Covers come with a<br />
notepad and stylus/pen, and fit<br />
iPads, iPad Minis, Kindles and<br />
Android tablets, and consist of<br />
two parts, sold separately: the<br />
larger cover ($17.99-$39.99)<br />
and the snap-on inter changeable<br />
bar ($3.99-$5.99). Try the<br />
mix-and-match game at<br />
https://plusmotif.com/.<br />
Secondly, let your subjects<br />
see you as y ou take pictures<br />
with your smartphone and<br />
tablets. This sturdy MirrorCase<br />
allows you to hold your device<br />
at a mor e natural, horizontal<br />
angle. It also acts as a support<br />
while you type and play games.<br />
Various bonus features available.Visit<br />
MirrorCase.com.<br />
Lastly, consider the agony<br />
of a d ying battery in a cell<br />
phone, camera, tablet, e-reader<br />
or MP3 player. It’s happened to<br />
all of us at least once, but it’ll<br />
never happen again with<br />
Juicebar, a mobile charger that<br />
spanish<br />
You’ll be less likely to forget or lose your tablets when they are decked<br />
out in PlusMotif couture. Courtesy photos<br />
can be charged via USB ports<br />
or a laptop. Promises to hold its<br />
charge for a month bef ore you<br />
use it.<br />
Behold Bambooee paper<br />
towels, made of — you guessed<br />
it. <strong>The</strong>y are environmentally<br />
friendly, washable and<br />
reusable. Other reasons they<br />
are a good idea: Bamboo is the<br />
world’s fastest growing plant,<br />
requires no pesticides or fertilizers,<br />
and sucks up to 400 percent<br />
more greenhouse gases<br />
and produces 35 percent more<br />
oxygen than tr ees. Bambooee<br />
towels also ar e compact. One<br />
20-piece roll replaces up to six<br />
months’ worth of regular paper<br />
towels, so you’ll contribute<br />
nearly nothing to the one million<br />
tons of paper to wels that<br />
go into landfills ann ually. Visit<br />
bambooee.com.<br />
Never chase a baby blanket<br />
again. Former San Diego<br />
resident and r egistered nurse<br />
Romeda Arsanjani and friend<br />
french<br />
chinese<br />
An Immersive 2-Week Day Program<br />
June 16 – June 29 at Pacific Ridge School<br />
Based on Middlebury College’s<br />
immersive approach to language learning<br />
Classroom-based instruction, cultural<br />
projects and hands-on activities<br />
An enriching experience for 5th to<br />
8th grade students at all language levels<br />
Gain the global skills to succeed in<br />
high school, college and beyond<br />
Enroll today!<br />
mmla.middlebury.edu/summerday<br />
855-747-0543<br />
A joint venture between Middlebury College and K12 Inc.<br />
Alma Moussa, of New York,<br />
have invented a six-in-one blanket<br />
that k eeps baby covered<br />
while in an inf ant or car seat.<br />
Babee Covee also converts to a<br />
nursing cover, stroller and playtime<br />
blanket, and a co ver for<br />
shopping carts and high chairs.<br />
Nine colors and patterns;<br />
$39.99 to $49.99. Visit<br />
babeecovee.com/.<br />
Sometimes less is mor e,<br />
and HuMn Mini Wallet gives<br />
you lots of bang for your bucks,<br />
which can be carried along<br />
with credit cards between<br />
these two pieces of po wdercoated<br />
aluminum and its<br />
“shock strap.” <strong>The</strong>re’s even<br />
room for your magnetic hotel<br />
key.You can stow this wallet in<br />
a secure pocket with no tell-tale<br />
bulges. <strong>The</strong> plates, which come<br />
in 16 colors, also block access to<br />
magnetic strips on credit cards.<br />
V i s i t<br />
humnwallet.com/shop/miniwallet-2-plate/.<br />
Grades 5-8<br />
Live a Language<br />
this Summer!<br />
Pacific Ridge School<br />
6269 El Fuerte Street<br />
Carlsbad, CA 92009<br />
No more “phone face” when you use the MirrorCase to photograph subjects<br />
with your smartphone.<br />
From Coghlan’s in<br />
Canada, which has kept<br />
campers and travelers happy<br />
for more than 50 y ears: <strong>The</strong><br />
Dynamo Flashlight — No need<br />
to worry about outdated batteries<br />
with this small (1 inch by 1 ?<br />
inch) LED flashlight (twobulbs)<br />
powered by turning the<br />
crank. Turning 60 seconds pr oduces<br />
30 minutes of light.<br />
Includes a clip.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Emergency Survival<br />
Horn — Blo w into this little<br />
lightweight orange container<br />
and the blast (up to 120 decibels)<br />
can be heard a mile away.<br />
No batteries or compressed air<br />
needed. Scare off animals or<br />
signal if you’re lost.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Flint Strik er — No<br />
need to carry matches with this<br />
lightweight fire-starter. Its size<br />
makes for easy handling, but it<br />
still takes up little room. Works<br />
even in the w et and cold, and<br />
good for 4,000 strik es. Visit<br />
coghlans.com.<br />
Reusable, environmentally friendly paper towels made of bamboo won’t<br />
add to the planet’s landfills.<br />
Lonely Planet has done it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> guidebook-publisher<br />
supreme has amassed 1 million<br />
fans on both Twitter and<br />
Facebook. To say thanks and to<br />
celebrate its 40th anni versary,<br />
the publisher offers for free<br />
publication, “Lonely Planet's<br />
Best in Travel <strong>2013</strong>.” <strong>The</strong> book<br />
reveals the hottest t ravel desti-<br />
No batteries needed for this tiny<br />
but mighty Dynamo Flashlight.<br />
Crank for one minute to get 30<br />
minutes of light.<br />
nations and tr ends. You must<br />
grab this freebie by <strong>March</strong> 31.<br />
Comes in PDF or f or iPad and<br />
iPhone. Visit<br />
lonelyplanet.com/campaigns/o<br />
ne-million.<br />
E’Louise Ondash is a freelance writer living<br />
in North County. Tell her about your<br />
travels at eondash@coastnewsgroup.com.
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