Tag: ‘Where to Buy’
Top of the Shop: Mini Max Toys and Cuts
by Tuey on 10/25/10 | 0 Comment(s)
This is the sixth installment of our new feature called “Top of the Shop”. It’s a biweekly look at a shop in Brooklyn and its 2 top selling items and then our favorite 2 top items. I hope that you see some new shops to visit or old shops that you might have forgotten about. [...]
Moms Style in a Page-Turning, Laugh-Out Loud Book
by Karen on 5/19/09 | 1 Comment(s)
Last night, I settled into bed to flip through some books. One that I expected to really fast flip through was Steal This Style: Moms and Daughters Swap Wardrobe Secretsby Sherrie Mathieson. Sherrie is a professional style consultant and stylist to stars. (She is coming to speak at the 92nd Y about “career dressing” .) [...]
Cloth Diapering Options
by Karen on 2/02/09 | 3 Comment(s)
Megan is an Expert on cloth diapering, baby wearing, and doulaing (is that a word?!) She is a fantastic resource who has a lot of experience both with laboring women and postpartum care. I have seen her in all her roles and she knows her subjects thoroughly. Lucky for us, she is going to be [...]
New Kids Pharmacy
by Karen on 1/14/09 | 4 Comment(s)
I was walking around in Park Slope a month ago with some time to spare. I went into this new pharmacy: Kids RX. They were still stocking shelves and setting up a train table in the back, but everything looked crisp, clean and la di da- Manhattan style. So, why am I dedicating a post [...]
Personalized Holiday Gifts
by Karen on 11/25/08 | 1 Comment(s)
I love Sweeter’s Pals. I have been turning to these recently whenever I am looking for a gift. These Sweeter Pals are individually handknit by Sue, who writes me a personalized “thank you” each time I have ordered one. You can have her personalize the Pal with a child’s name for an additional $6. I [...]
How Toxic is your paint?
by Karen on 8/20/08 | 2 Comment(s)
This is really helpful if you are thinking about painting. This website is run by National Geographic so I totally trust it- and thanks Leo for telling me about it. Here it is: http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/96/paint To avoid VOCs, look on labels for no-VOC paints or low-VOC paints with limits set by California’s South Coast Air [...]
My favorite sound machine
by Karen on 8/08/08 | 3 Comment(s)
Unfortunately for everyone in our household, I am a light sleeper. In college I had to put an enormous whirring fan on all night so I could sleep- and none of my roommates appreciated that. Since then it has only been downhill with white noise radios, whale call music, bigger and bigger fans, oy! After [...]
TONY Kids Best of Picks
by Karen on 12/03/07 | 0 Comment(s)
Time Out New York Kids just finished counting votes for The Parents Awards…..I think sometimes these kinds of awards are similar to “American Idol” and the results are due to networking and friends, and other times the “best” really does win. Here are my picks of the winners- some I chose because they are Brooklyn [...]
