Forgetting about New Year resolutions

• Still holding on to that noble resolve? It?s more than a week since that rockin? New Year?s Eve, and nobody?s expecting you to live on the memories for one full year. You can be sure even your partner who gleaned that goody two-shoe promise out of you is dying to kick off those heels! Get the best of both worlds by arriving at a compromise of doing it in moderation instead. In fact, the middle path is the only road that runs the longest.

Getting flexi gear for the fickle weather

• The off-on winter game looks here to stay for the rest of its fleeting duration in the city, piling on your problem of deciding upon a suitable dress code every morning. How about taking the sun by its rays and getting yourself some custom-made gear instead? A peel-off jacket is an idea we can?t get rid of. A thick padding on a light jacket that can be strapped on and off depending on the mercury?s temper is one way. Now how you get it done is your problem, of course!

Going Black

• Oops, not yet, but the promos are definitely worth a dekho. A stunning montage of images, where every frame breathes and touches you, the film?s teaser has been the buzzword of tinsel town ever since it was beamed on the small screen. Whether it is Amitabh Bachchan?s piercing gaze or Rani Mukherjee?s innocent smile or the sheer depth of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali?s canvas, Black demands total viewing ? from the 30-second trailer to the full-length movie coming early-Feb.

Packing for a picnic

• Just the weather to feel the wind in your hair and sunshine on your shoulders? More so after being cooped up in the smoky dens through the last few nights of the year that was. A day in the greens is also the best antidote to the mother of all hangovers the die-hards are still likely to nurse.

Finding a date...

• ...before the wedding season is through. Well yes, it?s on till mid-March, but then it takes time for caterpillars in the stomach to take wings into the butterfly effect. There aren?t any singles? bars around so all the losers can do is log on to dating and matrimonial sites to pick the best bet from the matrimony menu. Yeah, you can?t get hooked if they don?t drop a line, but at least you can get rid of that sinking feeling in anticipation, when your best buddy bites the dust this season.