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I own 2 and couldn't recommend it more highly. They do just what they claim to. I wouldn't say its totally cool to the touch -- if you laid against it for some time it would probably burn you -- ...

i suppose there are people who will pay for this. just like there are people who pay those services to load their own cds onto their ipods for them. but you know, you can spend your m...

we use those container store bins ourselves, they are pretty sturdy and blend in. in our 1-bedroom apt, the "den" is our playroom too. we relocated stereo equipment and vinyl records (oh the sacr...

i believe all playmobil toys are made in europe as well.

i love the way that looks. only it would take our toddler like 5 minutes to decide to reach up, grab the top edge and attempt to climb it. she wouldn't be able to scale it, but tip it over probab...

assuming you have no qualms with their advertising or, let's say, controversial workplace policies - then american apparel is one-stop shopping for all solid color clothes.

ha, well i do spy a copy of the new york times magazine peeking out of that autobag up there. i don't really care either way about this product. i do think its kinda ugly. i s...

from Apartment Therapy - Fleurville Auto Bag on August 30, 2007 05:07PM

you know, i never got along with my very southern grandfather. he never understood why (a) being a woman, i'd want to go to college in the first place or (b) i'd be the type of woman to not wear d...

going farther off topic - its a good film. it compares nyc, london, paris and copenhagen if memory serves. its more about the strategies that those cities have used to recontextualize urba...

from Blogging the NYT: Bike Carriers on August 10, 2007 03:41PM

this one and the last kid bike you posted totally reminded me of the film "contested streets" - its a documentary comparing lifestyles and street use in several cities. i think it's put out by tra...

from Blogging the NYT: Bike Carriers on August 10, 2007 12:46PM

as i'm not reading the new harry potter book, i have plenty of room in my bag to lug some weighty reading onto my daily commute. i am also a japanophile, work in the design field and h...

spin dryer - we got ours here: http://www.laundry-alternative.com/spin-dryer.htm i imagine other companies must make them...

from Survey: How Often Do You Do Laundry? on August 1, 2007 11:48AM

i think we've mentioned before but we do most of our laundry by hand washer in our bathroom - diapers daily, other things as needed. we have a spin dryer and i'd heartily recommend one...

from Survey: How Often Do You Do Laundry? on July 31, 2007 12:17PM

at our birth class, the doula suggested using one of those big inflatable yoga ball things. whatever they are called, you know the ones. so you can squat or rock or bounce or roll on your back- i...

from Good Questions: Birthing Chairs on July 2, 2007 12:57PM

god knows why, but my whole apartment is on dimmer switches. and its not so much the quality of the cf dimming that bothers me, but that they burn out like 2 times faster than normal when you use ...

from Why Use Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs? on June 25, 2007 10:33AM

my eyes. i can picture a highly groomed, be-ribboned maltese sitting atop this.

from Hot or Not?: Princess Toy Bench on June 21, 2007 04:55PM

this is for the baby who also always wears a single strand pearl necklace. and perhaps white gloves.

i need one of these for work.

from Hot Or Not? on June 8, 2007 09:37AM

wait, so you like, go to a restaurant, order a steak and whip this thing out and mill it up for baby?

from KidCo Food Mill on June 7, 2007 05:06PM

lb is much more the diaper pro than i am, but i will concisely answer. we used g diapers for a while, they were good for our newborn, but ultimately a lot of buying stuff and flushing ...

from Good Questions: Cloth Diapers on June 4, 2007 01:00PM