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  • Cider house rules
    October 11, 2007

    Cider house rules

    If you’ve been following along, you know that my life is pretty hectic right now. Yet for some reason, when my daughter’s kindergarten teachers asked for parents to chaperone a field trip, I felt compelled to volunteer. Which is how...

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  • October 8, 2007

    Knee Jerk

    Sorry to be out of touch for an unusually long stretch. I’ve been busy getting our two new stores ready to open – we’re just a few weeks away now – and also out of commission with all the Jewish...

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  • September 21, 2007

    Kid Nation

    Did anyone catch the premier of Kid Nation last night on CBS? I was curious, since I’d read a lot about the show, so I watched. Before last night, I was seriously questioning the judgment of the show’s creators. Not...

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  • September 19, 2007

    More news stories that give me nightmares

    It’s not enough that every single day brings new coverage of the lead paint recalls. Now there are two more stories popping up on the “Most E-mailed” list on Boston.com to make parents (and me) completely nuts. First, a warning...

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  • September 17, 2007

    New beginnings

    Sorry for the lapse. We were celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. 5768 will be an exciting year all around, for a number of reasons. First, if you haven’t already heard, we are opening two new stores this fall,...

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  • September 10, 2007

    Skyrocketing Orbit

    The Orbit Infant System is already popular with parents, but with the imminent release of their toddler car seat, I think we ain’t seen nothing yet. After a long wait, I have finally laid eyes on the new convertible car...

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  • August 20, 2007

    Good Mourning

    My husband lost his grandfather this week, the last of the eight grandparents we had between us. He was 88 years old. He survived Auschwitz alongside his brother, then emigrated to the USA where he married, became a father, a...

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  • August 14, 2007

    Mattel recall expanded, the drama builds

    Mattel has recalled another 9 million toys, and the owner of the factory in China responsible for the lead paint recall has committed suicide. One die-cast licensed Cars toy was found to have dangerous levels of lead paint, but the...

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  • August 9, 2007

    Como is a-coming

    I just got an e-mail that the Midnight Desert and Beige Como seats from Recaro should be shipping out to us next week. Cobalt and Blush are still in transit and are scheduled to ship in the beginning of September....

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