Week of 15 April, 2007 - 00:00 to 21 April, 2007 - 23:59

renegadeot, a frequent poster in the TOM BIHN forums, recently shared with us a link to a review he had written on his blog of the Medium Cafe Shoulder Bag, complete with pictures of his very own Medium Cafe Bag.

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Excerpt:
"The cafe bag's are shoulder bags meant to carry a few things, and not be complicated. They are pretty simple, but still very high quality. My bag still looks brand new after a year. It has a big open main compartment, that is covered by a flap that buckles in. Inside the main compartment are pockets for a phone, pda, and pens. There's loops to attach keys or organizer pouches. There's a zippered pocket on the side that the flap clips on, and a open stash pocket on the other side. They have many cool color combinations, and they have three sizes. Unfortunately I was fearful of ending up with a purse at the time, so I got a plain black/steel combo. To meet my carry requirements I got the medium version. It fits quite a bit, and carried what I needed it to do for school. "

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"The last pouch only comes in one size, and that is small, why it only comes in small, I'm not quite sure, but it is the coolest of the three pouches I have today, at least I think it is... This Organizer pouch is made from cork, making it a bit more expensive than the other organizer pouches but worth it really. Since this pouch is made of cork it offers a bit more padding for more delicate things like Ipods, cellphones etc.

Of course the Cork Organizer Pouch also has the quality zipper and the snap hook as well, and a small Tom Bihn logo tag in the corner."

Read the full review.

The new Size 2S Horizontal and Vertical Soft Cells are now in stock and ready to ship. Also in stock is the Size 2S Vertical Brain Cell. The Size 2S Horizontal Brain Cell is available for order now and ships in

The Size 2S Soft Cells and Brain Cells were designed for those of you who have widescreen PC laptops that are too big to fit in the Size 3S, but too small to fit in the Size 2XL. To determine what size of Soft Cell or Brain Cell you need for your laptop, consult our Laptop Bag Fit Guide.

Customer Lisa K. wrote in to tell us about her 2006 Labor Day weekend, and also included an amazing recipe for Pear Sorbet.

"I think I've finally recovered from my rather bizarre Labour Day weekend, enough to report on how great the Medium Cafe Shoulder bag is. I'm not going to go into the details about the fire I put out, after someone dropped a cigarette into the cedar chip mulch in front of the Shelbourne Plaza -- or the unexpected two-mile hike when I missed my bus to the Saanich Fair -- or what the bank said about the paycheque I tried to deposit just before the long weekend, since they didn't involve the bag at all. I can't even use the title "A Series of Unfortunate Events", because apparently it's already taken.

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