Pimp My Cart

Last night, I ran into the Pittsford Mega-Wegs for some quick dinner items. I'm not a big grocery shopper and rarely relish the experience (again with the bad puns. must. stop.). However, yesterday I got a rare treat: somebody pimped my cart.

I'm no industrial designer but I'm guessing there was a bolt missing that keeps the basket firmly attached to the legs/wheels. As I went over the bumps on the floor -- especially the area near the cheese shop that is tiled! -- my cart undulated with style.

To add an even greater sense of the surreal to the entire encounter, Foghat's Slow Ride was playing over the store speakers. No one else seemed to find that music selection bizarre. Or at least others did not have incredulous smirks on their faces. Since when is grocery shopping supposed to whisk you back into your Dazed and Confused days of yesteryear?

But seriously, I think I'm onto the prototype cart of the future. My realization (in technical terms) is that carts don't need to be so blinking herky-jerky or unwieldy. Alas, I wish I had flagged it somehow so I could find it on my next journey into the wilds of Weggies. It made the entire experience so much smoooooother.

If there's a next time with the cart-of-my-dreams, I hope to hear Low Rider. And I'll plan to buy some Colt 45.

Mama Amia

If I could work anywhere, I would love to work at Ideo. Everything they touch is unbelievably beautiful/uber-cool and their innovation and design process, from what I've seen and heard, is the best in the industry. I have visions of everyone there smiling all the time, respecting one another, building off each others' ideas, loving their jobs and basically having the time of their lives -- all while getting paid to have fun and design great products. A bit too "whistle while you work"? Maybe. But it's my imagination and I'm sticking with it.

Now, thanks to my generous boss (who I've written about before because I LOVE her), I have something of my very own that has been designed by them. A new, Steelcase Amia chair -- that won a Gold Best of NeoCon in 2007 in the ergonomic seating category.

Mine is, of course, in black. And, yes, I was trying different iterations of AC/DC's "Back (support) in Black" but it's really not working. But check out the loveliness and simplicity of my new chair! Oh, I can't wait to sit in you for ten hours a day . . .