This is the story of my life: I'm out somewhere and I absolutely have to make a phone call to let my sister know I'm running forty minutes late because she's waiting for me and I look down at my phone and realize I haven't charged it in weeks and it starts beeping angrily at me to let me know it feels really neglected in the power department and as I dial I can picture my sister's irate face and then the damn phone up and dies. My life on a slightly better day: I finally make it to the track for a run and I go to turn on my iPod and it coughs and splutters because I haven't charged it either, pretty much not since I got it. In other words, my electronic accessories get the shaft, and so they feel no guilt in letting me down at crucial moments.
That's why this might just be the answer to my prayers. A tote bag that charges stuff using solar panels. Plus you could actually fit things in it, an essential feature for moms, who have to lug around spare band-aids and little bags of wipes and the teddy bear you said you weren't going to carry for them and a few cheese wands. My only request is that I want this thing in all black. And perhaps there ought to be a man-bag version for the, well, men.
