With Your Own Categories!

Dear friend Ashleigh, of The Awesome Brothers has been posting her very own 30 Day Song Challenge which includes such gems as:

“The song that pretty much sums up the magic of courtship (we ate cereal): Iesha by Another Bad Creation”

” The liveliest TV performance ever: Major Tom by Peter Schilling”

and

“The best song to play at a roller skating rink during the couples skate: I Wanna Be Your Man by Zapp and Roger“

I am stealing the idea and will feature a song for every day in May.

See, the challenge is to make up your own categories! Hope you all will join in on the challenge and post your own song picks in the comments. (Steve Olson, if you’re reading this – I assume you’d be awesome at it).

PS. The image provided is one of the first large scale photos to come up on a “music challenge” google image search.

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Posted on May 1, 2011

Easy Way to Donate $10

The images are heartbreaking, the tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami, unfathomable. The least we can do is donate to The Red Cross.

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Posted on March 13, 2011

272 Driggs Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

When we first took Van home, neighbors Adriane and Greg were awesome. They brought up home cooked lasagna, took our trash out, and offered helpful encouragement on our new adventure. As Van’s gotten older, Adriane has become my first and best source for all things baby.

She took a master course in baby wearing and can weigh the pros and cons of all carriers (saving my back from Baby Bjorn pains) and is up on the most organic and baby safe products on the market. Who better then to open a baby store in our neighborhood than she?

I am so excited for her new Greenpoint boutique and activity spot, Caribou Baby. The space is beautiful and evokes the feel of a lived in ski lodge – featuring vintage plaid wallpaper, rustic wooden floors, antler chandeliers (that Van took a shine to) and the best looking bathroom changing table you coudl find.

From a vast option of carriers, adorable toys (including those oh so cute rabbits pictured), bottles, vintage clothes, and health and beauty products, anything you could need for mom, dad, and baby is found inside. One of my favorites that I couldn’t leave the opening without purchasing? Baby friendly nail polish – which will put my worries of chemicals to rest.

Aside from the store, there are two activity spaces that will hold classes and events. Some that are upcoming are Birth Education, Infant CPR, and Breastfeeding. The clubhouse back room was home to a dance party opening night where some good tunes were spinning, including some sweet disco era Cookie Monster.

Whether you’re a parent or a friend of a parent to be, this is an amazing resource that’s come to Greenpoint. Congrats Adriane and Greg!

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Posted on March 6, 2011

It was a gift enough to see my old school friend Dana and her beautiful daughter Bea, but they also came bearing gifts for Van including this Sing A Ma Jig – one of the best most awesomest toys I’ve ever seen.

I think I am more into playing with it than Van. There are three more in the series and I am seriously considering getting them all.

Please enjoy the video I made.

Thanks again Dana and Bea xo!

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Posted on February 19, 2011

Now You Know What To Do With Your Tree

Don’t throw your Christmas tree out on the street corner – especially with the sanitation team just getting caught up on trash removal. Go to Mulchfest instead! It’s a great city wide service and while it’s not “fest” exactly – more like a big machine, two guys to work it, and a pile of trees – but you can walk away with some mulch if you are lucky enough to have a garden that needs it.

There are 70 sites throughout the city, their website has a map to help you find one near you.

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Posted on January 9, 2011