Man Made DIY

Last year, my favorite Christmas stocking gift (besides the candy) was a set of stainless steel drinking straws. I'm a committed straw user, and I love that I can simply wash these and use them indefinitely...plus the experience of drinking a cold beverage though a chilled, heavy straw is...I dunno, pleasant.

Many of my straw-hating friends and family even took to them, prefering the experience over the sensation of thin plastic in their mouths, so I looked into buying some more...and they're like $7.00 a piece.

So, I was quite excited to see this DIY version,… read more

Have you ever noticed that men and women use drinking straws differently? Women will use their straws to stir their drinks and then actually drink their beverages from the straw. Whereas men--not ALL men but a lot of them--will use their straws to stir their drinks and then they either remove the straws all together or--my favorite--bend them over the lips of their glasses so they don't poke them in the eyes. 

These Stainless Steel Straws, however, will bring equality of straw usage to the sexes. First, they're so cool you won't want to remove them from your glass, and, second, they don't bend. Of course, because they are reusable, they'r… read more