Eliot and I rarely go food shopping. We lead a carefree life and buy things we need as we go along. We don’t have any one to answer to. We go to work, eat breakfast in the office, eat lunch out and then do random things during dinner time like meet friends, go to shows, movies or someone’s house. When we are home, we order in or eat a Lean Cuisine and ice cream.

Eliot hates when we buy food at the supermarket and then we have to throw it out because it spoiled. He would rather starve. Our lifestyle suits us until we have friends sleep over. It is very embarrassing that we don’t have a thing in our refrigerator. Not even soda. We run out all the time.

My friend Steve is bunking in with us this weekend and brought us a present so we would never run out of soda. It’s called SodaStream, a soda maker that takes regular tap water and turns it into soda without the usual nutrasweet or high fructose corn syrup. I have been resisting this product from Steve for a long time because I don’t like do-it-yourself anything. I want to buy everything ready to go.

Steve was determined to get us to be SodaStream junkies. He demonstrates this product on his TV gadget tours. He gave us 12 out of the 60 available favors. I still resisted. He couldn’t understand why.

“You are the DigiDame,” exclaimed Steve. “You are supposed to like all gadgets. What is your problem?” I had to agree to try it. Steve made Eliot a root beer and a diet coke for me. We both loved our respective flavors. Steve was so pleased. Now our refrigerator is filled …with concentrated soda favors.

“Why don’t you write about it?” Steve suggested. “It is the hottest kitchen gadget this year.” Powered by a refillable CO2 canister, the SodaStream allows you to create three levels of fizziness. The SodaStream Source is priced from $129.99 and is available at top department stores and retailers including Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy’s, and other fine retailers. Visit http://www.sodastream.com.