Samantha's product pick- Useful and fashionable

NECTAR HANDBAG

How many times are you scrambling to find your blackberry or IPhone at the bottom of your purse and it just seems like a bottomless pit? Well, search no more, now there is a stylish solution- a handbag that has a clear packet compartment on the front of it where you can place your phone and actually use it without taking it out all evening. That's right- you can type texts and messages right while it's in your purse! And the clutch bag is the coolest because as you are holding your handbag in your hand, your phone is right there front and center! Check it out.

Samantha's Book pick- Can someone help you with everything?

CONSIDER IT DONE

Organizer extraordinaire, Julie Subotky has written a book that give us little people a lot of really big advice about getting things done. She owns a company called Consider It Done which also happens to be the title of her new book. She gives advice on everything from Getting Rid of the Hiccups to Getting your kids to eat vegetables to How to get rid of mildew smell. It's one of those books that when all else fails, you look in it and find the answer to the mystery you have been trying to solve. Check it out!

Samantha's Dating Thought- Is Picking a girl up for a date a thing of the past?

In our parents and grandparents generation, there was no question that a man would pick up a woman when they went on a date. In our generation, it is becoming more and more rare. Is it a function of how far people live from each other, of the fact that a lot of people live in cities like NY without cars or of the fact that both men and women work so they are coming from different places and might just be easier to meet at the restaurant? Or are men just lazier or not so into courting women these days?

 I wonder about all these questions...