audiophiles?

wondering if there are any tech-y audiophiles out there that can help a long weekend style out?

LWS is looking for an speaker/sound/audio system that can hook up to either an iPod or computer and transmit wirelessly throughout the office.

and we looking for one that won't break the bank.

and if possible, one that does NOT need to have the iPod docked - we have worn out 2, count 'em 2, speaker systems within the last 2 weeks and we think it is because the constant insertion and removal of the iPod that has caused the contacts to no longer "contact" with the iPod, thus no music from the 2 now busted systems.

mucho thank you-ness in advance!

actor gary coleman passes away

actor gary coleman, famous for his role as arnold on the 70's comedic series, "diff'rent strokes" and coining his signature arnold tagline "what you talkin' 'bout willis?" passed away todat at the age of 42, of a brain hemorrage resulting from a fall gary had on wednesday.

good thoughts and prayers to gary and his family.

we will miss you arnold!

doot, doot, doot, doooooot . . . from the halls of medicine

LWS is not usually one to go in for anything boasting sugar-free-ness on it's label because historically speaking, those products tend to contain aspartame, saccharin or some other man-made sugar substitute that usually tastes absoutely awful if nothing at all like the real thing they're supposed to be imitating.

from the vaulted halls of medicine come halls sugar free black cherry throat lozenges. if the package didn't alert one to the sugar-free-ness of these lozenges, we would never have guessed. they taste THAT good. no tongue paralyzing aftertaste and these lozenges ward off a sore throat plus put the kibosh on coughs.

$2.75 for a bag of 30 sugar-free throat coating, cough banishing goodness halls sugar-free black cherry lozenges - available online or in local grocery and drugstores nationwide.

simplehuman

one long weekend staffer recently received an automatic soap dispenser from simple human that was actually meant for her kids to use; because it boasts a timer that beeps when the alloted hand washing time has elapsed. hence it being a good hand washing monitor.

but this automatic soap dispenser never made it past the kitchen, as it was soon discovered that said automatic soap dispenser was a very helpful aid in daily dishwashing duties.

the soap dispenser has an electronic sensor that when blocked by an opaque object (say for instance, your hand or a dishbrush), disperses a stream of soap in 4 varying levels - with setting 1 being a dime sized squirt all the way up to setting 4, which streams like a mini lake of soap. all of this is perfect when one's hands are soapy from dish soap and the dishsoap bottle is likely to slip right out of your hands, like an oiled pig. plus you don't have to put down what you're doing to refuel on dishsoap in order to tackle that pile of dirty dishes calling to be cleaned.

simplehuman sensor soap pump available at bed, bath and beyond - $39.99 for the basic version, $49.99 for the pimped out all stainless version.

in tha house

we have cooked up yet another eclectic music mix on our go to fav streaming online music source, http://www.8tracks.com/. this newest mix, in tha house is for your listening pleasure and includes tunage by M.I.A, ghislaine poirier, santogold, blondie, metric, yeah, yeah, yeahs and felix da housecat. turn it up!

and as always, please let us know what you think long weekend stylers - we're dying to know!

www.8tracks.com/longweekendstyle/longweekendstyle-in-tha-house

forget calgon, pacifica's gonna take you away baby

so a few entries back, LWS featured the oh-so-delicious-summer's-coming blood orange sorbet from ciao bella and since then, we've had a hard time getting blood orange off the brain.

and now the pacifica tuscan blood orange candle made it's way across our LWS desk. honestly, is it legal for a candle to smell so damned luscious that you totally want to scoop it out of it's little glass container and just devour it? once again, that smell-o-vision innovention would come in really handy here.


to make pacifica's candles even more awesome than they are already are, all pacifica candles are soy based as opposed to wax based, burn smoke free for long time burnage and lastly, pacifica candles are packed with lead free cotton wicks.

can any more tuscan blood orange amazingness even be imagined?

why yes, yes, indeed. in addition to the soy candles in tuscan blood orange, there is also, shower gel, body lotion, body butter and fragrance in 2 options: a soild in a silver dollar sized tin and a spray perfume in a bottle.

check out all the goodness at the pacifica website: http://www.pacificaperfume.com/ - they offer free shipping on orders over $50 and right now, have some awesome sauce deals on scent collections that include all the products in a fav scent, a sampling of 3 pacifica florals in the supa dupa cute tiny tins and bath sets complete with shower gel, lotion and a candle. choose one, any one and luxuriate in the sulphate/paraben/phthalate-free, 100% vegan goodness that is pacifica.

long hot summer

long weekend style's newest mix, long hot summer has hit the 8tracks airwaves and is ready to help long weekend stylers kick off the summer right. check it here and as always, we'd love to hear your feedback!

http://8tracks.com/longweekendstyle/longweekendstyle-long-hot-summer