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Kornelia Micke
 Netherlands
"Eat my Meal"-Agency Printer Friendly Version
Do you know this embarrassing situation? You are sitting in a restaurant and having a good time, but suddenly you realize that the food on your plate is way too much! Even worse, your meal is so delicious that you wouldn't want to offend the cook by sending half of it back. So what can you do? That's where the "Eat my Meal"-Agency comes into play. Just pick up the phone and dial their number - shortly after, one of their guys walks into the restaurant, sits down beside you and clears your plate with a smile. In the paid edition of this service, your rescuer might be a handsome looking man or woman with good manners and conversational skills, but I can also think of a free trial version where they send you a bunch of hungry students. :-)
Reward: I want to use this service for free, of course.
 

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Ben Wilder
 USA
Cooking Class Meets The Chef's Market Printer Friendly Version
Lately I have become very disinterested with cooking the same foods all the time, but I don't have the experience to pick out the right ingredients or the time to learn how to make great exciting food. I know I'm not the only one to experience this clumsy feeling towards experimentation in the kitchen. If there were only a store that could inspire me to cook extraordinary food while giving me good advice.
Enter CHEF COACH, the full-service cooking supply store for the amateur where you can shop for meals, get culinary advice or have all your ingredients picked out and pre-prepared for you in a read-o-cook package. All you have to do is take it home and follow the quick & easy directions. Your friends will think that you have spent all day preparing.
Don't have the right equipment? - Chef Coach is a full-service cooking supply store, providing you with access to every piece of equipment you will need to make your culinary masterpiece, including rental of anything from preparation to presentation. WE WILL DELIVER and PICK UP! Leave the dish washing to us!
Afraid of screwing up the meal? - You can have a certified chef assist you in cooking all or part of the meal in the cooking section of the market, allowing you to participate, practice your skills, and receive coaching.
Reward: Make a store in Boston and get me some free passes.
 

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Karenpendragon
 USA
Freestanding indoor playgrounds with snacks Printer Friendly Version
Many fast food restaurants have done pretty well with attached indoor playgrounds. However, some of us prefer not to feed our kids junk food every time we need some indoor playspace. There are plenty of structured or semi-structured gyms and such for children, but very few indoor playgrounds for simple, active freeplay.
So here's the idea: have a playground indoors. Have an all-you can eat snack bar that is filled with only simple, healthy foods. Charge admission.
The basic playground ideas can be found anywhere. Just put it inside so it can be used whatever the weather. Use sound absorbing design and materials so the happy voices of many children will not echo and make the space unbearably loud.
The snack bar should be simple, healthy items: carrot sticks, apple slices, cheese cubes, etc. Besides any desire for "healthy" food, this would allow people with food allergies to easily find something they can eat. And children will happily eat fruit and vegetables when they are not competing with french fries. Organic and/or local food would be even better. It would probably work out best if snacks are in individual kid-sized cups (perhaps 1/2 cup), rather than expecting harried parents and klutzy kids to deal with tongs and plates. Avoid extremely messy and/or allergenic items, like peanut butter.
There should be enough staffmembers on hand to keep the playground clean, the snackbar stocked, and maybe pass out bandaids if needed. Children are not admitted without a supervising adult. This is a playspace, not a drop-in childcare facility.
Have plenty of tables and benches for supervising adults to sit. This is a space where parents can relax, socialize, do paperwork, whatever, while keeping an eye on their children.
Don't forget the little stuff. Have a nice bathroom, with toilets and sinks of various sizes. Have a comfortable nursing area. A small padded romping area for infants and young toddlers might be nice.
If you wanted to get even more elaborate, a separate quiet room for older kids and teens to play boardgames or do homework without interference by pesky younger siblings.
Reward: Build one in Seattle, preferably in the downtown area! I'll happily pay admission. If this idea was supporting sustainable agriculture (local and/or organic), that would also be a lovely reward.
 

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