Life should be easy, and that includes dressing. Kenneth Cole buys into that lifestyle statement as evidenced by this versatile new cotton blazer. You can take it uptown when needed but it works particularly well with jeans, and that works just fine for us. It’s available for $169 at Macy’s, which is featuring free shipping with $100 mens apparel purchase.

This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t just wear green — go totally green. Shopperati has collected some great sites that feature environmentally responsible products in our Green Shopping area. Stores such as Gaiam carry bio-friendly choices like the Seventh Generation line of cleaners. This value kit includes four rolls of 2-ply toilet paper, four rolls of brown paper towels, two 28 oz. bottles of dish liquid, two 45 oz. bottles of lemon automatic dishwashing gel for $23.50. Or check out more Eco-Living at Gaiam. So pop open an Irish beer and enjoy the green life.

It’s never too soon to develop a green thumb. Kids Container Gardening: Year-Round Projects for Inside and Out provides 3rd- to 8th-graders a quick guide to the plant world. It covers all the basics on how best to grow plants (zones, nutrients) and then walks kids through a number of specific projects such as creating a greenhouse, making a butterfy garden and lots more. You can find it on Amazon for $9.72.

If you’ve recently tried setting up a media room, as we have, then you know the agony that prevails way before any ecstasy of audio-video nirvana is realized. So before attempting this home project — or completing it (and let’s be honest, media rooms are best done in stages so that your blood pressure can periodically reset to norm) — we recommend this primer from Smarthome. It may not prevent all the screaming and crying that comes with installing a home theater, but it will help you avoid some common mistakes and provide bits of hope amid the tangled nest of wires and impenetrable instruction manuals.

Shoppingblog.com always has great finds, including these interesting Lacoste Radius Suede/Mesh Velcro Sneakers. We agree they look perfect for fast casual moments. Velcro just makes everything a snap — well, not a snap, but, you know, easy. Why should pre-schoolers and first-graders be the only ones to enjoy the easy access lifestyle and these shoes look pretty cool, too.

Looking for a spring pair of go-with-everything jeans? Banana Republic has one of the biggest inventories of capris, cullottes, and cropped pants in narrow and wide styles. We like this cool pair of distressed capris ($78) with a hip-hugger cut that doesn’t require a tattoo ala Angelina to “complete the look.” Other good finds: Summer weight denim capris at LL Bean ($39) and slim extra-long Bermuda shorts at Eddie Bauer ($39.50). Thank you Eddie from the bottom of our thighs.