Thank God somebody finally came to their senses and had the mettallic domes removed from the Pier 1 playground. This April, park-goers took the temperature of the orbs and discovered the temperature of them was… Read More »The fire domes at Pier 1 are gone, gone, gone
On the heels of Lulu’s Cuts and Toys announcement this week that they are opening a new children’s resale (and some new) shop, another one announces it too is opening! That’s great news for families.… Read More »Wow! Another resale shop opening! AND they pick up your stuff
We were getting ready to fly to Wisconsin for a family wedding with my daughter as a flower girl so she needed to look extra cute. I had made an appointment for myself at the… Read More »Haircuts for parents & kids that’s easy on the budget & schedule
I don’t buy them (though I love Apple Jacks!), but Jake and Jenn have been known to shake the babysitter down in the grocery store from time to time and suddenly there’s a box of Fruit… Read More »Recall: Kellogg’s Cereals (yes, the ones most appealing to kids)
My daughter’s big-girl bed is being delivered today, and I have to say I’ll feel safer with her in a bed, given all the crib recalls lately. The US Consumer Product Safety Comission (CPSC) announced… Read More »Recall: Drop-side & Fixed-Side Cribs: 2 mil!
Welcome to “Spotted!”, a weekly photo digest that features kids’ and parents’ style in one neighborhood of Brooklyn. Justine Cooper is the amazing photographer who snapped these kids at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Centennial Party.… Read More »Spotted! Centenniel Party Wear
sent out an email this morning that I thought was really important to relay to you all: You may have heard that the President’s Cancer Panel issued a landmark report last month suggesting that public… Read More »EWG’s List of 9 tips to reduce environmentally-induced cancer
This is some of the best news of the summer! The Double-D pool has been saved: and so have the hundreds of hot residents around the Gowanus, BoCoCa area that used it every summer. The… Read More »The Double D Pool saved- will now open on Tuesday!
Today there will be a place for all LEGO fanatics to go to: and that doesn’t just mean kids. LEGO is opening a store at Rockefeller Center today with impressive displays and of course- LEGOs… Read More »LEGO store opens at Rockefeller
Our family are wildly fanatical fans of the claymation figures Wallace and Gromit. We’re like those fans of Fast Times at Ridgemont High: we quote the movie, make the sounds and laugh at ourselves imitating… Read More »Wallace & Gromit fans: there’s a film festival for you!