Our Brookline store will reopen today at 10am - one day ahead of schedule. Our construction schedule was only six days long, so that extra day is pretty amazing. To give you some idea of what went into this week:
On Saturday night, we closed the store and started packing up the merchandise.
On Sunday, we moved [...]
Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Done and done.
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Recapitulation
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010I thought this might make a nice Wordless Wednesday post (my first, but whatever). Then I realized, it’s been pretty wordless around here for a few weeks, and a little explanation might be in order.
See, here’s the thing. People always assume that December is the craziest month of all for me, and, fine, that’s probably [...]
Give and let give
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Two things happened this past week that reminded me why this is called the season of giving.
First, on Friday we asked our customers to help us collect as many toys as possible for a Boston-area event called Christmas in the City. The response was overwhelming, and according to an email we received, our truck load [...]
Happy 4th Blogiversary
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Hard to believe it’s been four years since I started blogging, but the dates don’t lie (and neither do my archives). We’ve been doing the blog thing so long, we’re practically dinosaurs. I don’t always post as often as I’d like, but Spilling the Beans is one of the best parts of my job. It’s [...]
Will you get one?
Monday, October 12th, 2009In three days, we’re closing the mailing list for our annual catalog. This project is literally a labor of love; we handpick the products with input from everyone in the company, while our in-house, multitalented design team works overtime to collect information and photos and create a layout that rivals any other toy catalog we’ve [...]
One.
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009I remember when I buckled you into your car seat for the first time, heading home from the hospital. I thought, slow down, remember this. By the third time around, I knew already.
It goes way too fast.
Last summer, I sat with you asleep against my chest, feeling the high and trying to memorize all [...]
31 and out.
Saturday, August 1st, 2009Once upon a time, there was a girl… fine, a woman, who dreamed of owning a toy store (with some baby gear, too). She joined forces with her husband, her brother-in-law and many other talented people. She thought it would be easy, and it wasn’t. She thought it would be fun, and it was.
It still [...]
The second plague
Thursday, July 30th, 2009People always assume that owning a toy/baby store is all fun and games. Isn’t it?
This summer, we started selling live frogs through a company called Wild Creations. The African Dwarf Frog species is, by all accounts, hardy and well-suited to small ecosystem living conditions. They were an instant phenomenon. Kids were totally entranced by the [...]
The dark side of influence
Monday, July 27th, 2009Fresh off the heels of BlogHer, I am home feeling very inspired and slightly unsettled.
The “mommyblogger” movement has been gaining momentum for some time now and big corporate America has bowed to their power on more than one occasion. The latest BlogHer survey showed that 85% of respondants made a purchase decision based on something [...]
Remembering the first 5 years
Monday, July 6th, 2009It’s crazy to think that tomorrow, 5 years will have passed since the humid Wednesday night in July when, after months of preparation, we quietly opened the doors to our new store on Harvard Street in Brookline. I still remember the anxiety - like we were throwing a party, but wasn’t sure if anyone would [...]
