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September 6, 2006
Bag Along
Open the closet door and - lookout! It's the bag-alanche, a landslide that includes big diaper bags, small diaper bags, guy-styled camouflage diaper bags - plus your work tote, laptop case, and a huge pre-baby collection of packs and purses. Each one does its job pretty well, but none offer the multitasking you really need.
So how can you streamline your schlepping? Check out the offerings from the recently launched San Francisco-based O Yikes! Colorful, practical, unisex versions are available in messenger or slingback styles, and they hold and organize whatever you happen to be hauling. Each O Yikes! bag comes with a set of matching accessories, including an insulated bottle holder, toiletries bag, diaper changing pad and wipes case. The accessories are all separate, so you only bring along the things you need (no wasted space for built-in bottle insulators or zip-down changing pads when you're toting work files or gym gear instead of your baby).
There's also a "ready-to-go" version, packed with baby essentials like sun block, hand sanitizer, disposable camera, nail clippers and diaper rash cream. This fully loaded bag is the ideal gift for a pregnant friend who's just discovering how much stuff she'll be carrying around from now on.
And the bags are equally at home on a hike or on the job. They're made of durable nylon in three modern color combinations: blueberry-keylime, purple-grape, and tangerine-raspberry -- all with an interior lining of water-resistant microfiber. A laptop compartment and external cell phone holder make them especially useful for your work/family-juggling act.
So free up some space in that hall closet. You're going to need it when the kid hits preschool and starts his own collection of superhero backpacks.
Available online at oyikes.com. |
