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Andy Warhol Grins In His Grave Over $2,500 Luggage Bearing His Name
Between this Globe Trotter Warhol-branded luggage set and the Flight 001 chichi rent-a-luggage we covered a few months ago, we're starting to think that manufacturers are just trying to bait us. Are people really dropping thousands of dollars for something they check through at the front of the airport, only to pick up hours later when they're bleary eyed and jet lagged? Here's the deal on these pricey, limited-edition bags:
In association with the week-long Andy Warhol x Hysteric Glamour pop-up shop at the ISETAN store in Tokyo’s Shinjuku precinct, a marquee item... with three different sizes, each feature an all-black exterior while the inside features a Warholian skull motif with signature. The Andy Warhol x Hysteric Glamour pop-up shop on the 4th floor of ISETAN runs from the 16th till the 23rd of September.
True story: we have a writer at Jaunted HQ whose very first non-airport experience in Japan was at the world's busiest train station in Shinjuku. During rush hour. Dragging all his international luggage. Because our writer is not very smart. That's a whole other story howeve, and this post is about Warholian skulls on the inside of overpriced luggage sets. Just how overpriced, you ask?
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Jam It or Slam It: My New Brazilian Cargo Truck Tarp Hat
So I got this new hat, and I think it's pretty neat. It's a Tarp Hat from a company called The Real Deal and it's made from the recycled tarpaulins of Brazilian cargo trucks that have traveled from the Amazon to Sao Paolo and back again. It's sturdy and has a nice wide brim, which is why I like it, as I'll take as much sun protection as I can get.
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Plonk Down $250 To Monitor Exactly How Many Calories You Burn Traveling
Ancient nutritionists who roamed the savanah eons ago discovered a mathematical formula for losing weight: eat less calories than you burn. A few million years later, their descendants amended the formula: eat less calories than you burn, but don't assume you're burning much more than 2,000 calories per day because you're not. If the average person exercises really hard they can bump their calorie burning from 2,000 to 2,500 per day - roughly one extra soft drink with dinner. So mostly the magic secret to weight lose is to stop counting calories and just change your diet.
Or, alternatively, you could pay $250 for the bodybugg State-of-the-Art Calorie Management System, a web-enabled wristband that uses specialized sensors to monitor how many calories you're burning to 90% accuracy. It's a sedentary traveler's ultimate health device. Now you can know whether you burned 1,000 calories sitting on the plane or 1,010 calories, plus/minus 100 calories.
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Add Bedbug-Killing Spray To Your Packing List
If you're afraid of bedbugs biting during a hotel stay, go on the offensive against the blood-sucking critters. You can avoid places known for hosting the pests by running your hotel through the website www.bedbugregistry.com, or you can bring some reinforcements like Rest Easy, an all-natural spray that's supposed to keep bed bugs at bay.
There is reason for concern, as bedbug outbreaks are increasing at hotels, according to Crain's New York, which reported:
Last year the number of bed bug complaints from New Yorkers calling the city’s 311 hot line spiked 34% to 9,213 from the previous year. This year, the problem is not any better, according to companies that are called by apartment buildings and hotels to get rid of the pests.
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SkyMall Pillow Solves Age-Old 'Breathing While Asleep' Problem
When we first saw this picture we assumed it was a posture-fix for people who get so drunk on the plane they pass out as soon as they get to the hotel (don't judge - we've all been there). But it turns out that the 22-in Relax 'N Nap Traveler is a patented system for ensuring you breathe fresh air while you're asleep. Quote: "Patented 'air portal' ventilation system allows you to rest face down in comfort while breathing fresh clean air."
Getting air while you're sleeping apparently counts as a problem now, and this is apparently the solution.
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Would You Wear Pool Floaties On A Plane If It Meant Better Sleep?
Time for another "comfortable inflatable pillow or absurd monstrosity" post, wherein we weigh the marginal benefit of a cozier trip vs. the marginal cost of publicly looking like a tool. Today's subject: child pool floaties as in-flight pillows, the suggestion of MIT blogger Star Simpson. You inflate them at the airport, slip them around your hands, and ostensibly enjoy a snug respite.
Simpson doesn't suggest you carry around regular naked floaties into airports at least. Instead she makes the critical suggestion that you wrap them up in an old t-shirt. Inspired, but it still doesn't solve our central concern, which is that you're walking around an airport wearing pool toys.
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Dress Your Family In Eurostar Remnants and Virgin Hot Air Balloons
A couple years ago, we were all able to live our greatest dream of wearing repurposed airline seat covers, thanks to Worn Again, which turned worn-out covers from Virgin Atlantic planes into bags and accessories.
This year, they've taken the collaboration several steps further by branching out from Virgin to include Eurostar, and hiring UK designer Christopher Raeburn to create the products. And for the first time, all of the products are completely made in the UK.
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Man's Best Friend: A 3-In-1 Shower Gel For Especially Light Packing
We regularly get pitches for the newest "shampoo for hikers" or "conditioner for the female road warrior," most of which are just plain old shampoos and conditioners rebranded for the niche travel market. The new NIVEA for Men Active3, on the other hand, actually makes traveling less of a hassle by combining shampoo, body wash, and shaving gel into a single product.
It's not going to revolutionize travel gear, but it might make packing for your next trip just a little bit easier if you're a dude.
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SkyMall Now Selling Air For $300
It is only 33,000-feet up and halfway through your second chardonnay that products like the following begin to make sense.
SkyMall's Tranquil Sounds Oxygen Bar takes the natural air that humans have been breathing for millions of years and runs it through a bunch of filters, boosting the oxygen mix from 21% to 30%. Owners are then invited to strap the included headset to their faces, turn on any of the machine's four built-in "ethereal musical patterns," and lose themselves in relaxation. The product is now available for $299.99 before taxes.
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Seattle, Chicago and London Get A Preview Of Starbucks' New 'Via'
How many times have you sat there thinking "you know, I could really go for a cup of Starbucks coffee right now, but none of the corporation's 16,120 locations are close enough for me to get to." If that sounds like a problem you encounter regularly, Starbucks has launched a new line of instant coffee that you can carry everywhere. Problem solved.
The new product is dubbed Starbucks VIA Ready Brew—"via" like "road," apparently—and comes in either Colombia Medium or Italian Roast Extra Bold. Just add hot or cold water. The only brick and mortar stores stocking the mix are in Seattle, Chicago, and London. If you do want desperately to try a cup though, you can order online from their website.
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SkyMall's Bacon Genie Makes Absolutely No Sense
Wherein we engage in what the academics call "close reading," in a desperate and probably futile attempt to figure out what could possibly be going on with this SkyMall product. The setup is straight-forward enough: another piece of clutter to add to your counter top, performing a task that only seems relevant during the last 20 minutes of a blurry transcontinental red-eye. But then things begin going downhill:
Do you shy away from frying bacon because it leaves a greasy mess? Then you'll appreciate the Bacon Genie. It's the healthy way to cook bacon in the microwave. Simply drape up to twelve slices of bacon over the "hanger" and input the cook time. No monitoring is necessary so you can be preparing the eggs while the bacon is cooking. Even better, the grease gets collected in the dish below, so you won't have to drain or dab the cooked bacon on a paper towel. Easy pour spout lets you easily discard the collected grease, making clean-up a breeze!
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Komfort Kollars Support Your Neck On Flights, Make People Point And Laugh At You
On Skymall there's a picture of this monstrosity and then next to it there's a dropdown box labeled "Select Your Style." Everything else aside, do you think they're using "style" facetiously?
The Komfort Kollar was designed by "a leading spinal surgeon" who promises that it will "support your cervical spine from every angle." It's not often that you come across bondage gear endorsed by medically licensed professionals so in a way this is a sweet deal even if you're not a frequent flier.
