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Entries from April 28th, 2010

Baby Stores in the East Bay? Where Art Thou?

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Babies, Kids, Retail, Toddlers

Completely off topic, but I hate it when people confuse “Wherefore” and “Where”, such as in that one radio commercial (I forget what it’s for because it just made me so angry) that references the line “Wherefore art thou Romeo?”. Isn’t Shakespeare still required in high school curricula these days? /End rant Anyway… I’ve been [...]

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Tiny Tots Class – Fremont Parks & Rec

April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Activities, Babies, Kids, Toddlers

We just attended our third session of the Tiny Tots Class for 12-18 month olds, run by the Fremont Parks and Recreation. I’ve been holding off on doing a review on the class for a couple weeks now, mostly because I wanted to see how things progressed and because I wasn’t sure what my take [...]

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Activity review: Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline and Golden State Model Railroad Museum

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Activities, Babies, Kids, Museums, Parks/Playgrounds, Toddlers

If you read a certain genre of travel articles about the Bay Area, everything everywhere, from Golden Gate Park to Oakland’s Temescal district, is a hidden treasure or an undiscovered gem. While I hesitate to add to the proliferation of hidden treasures out there, I think that I actually found one. This undiscovered (or at [...]

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celebrate Earth Day by…getting free stuff?

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Frugality

Apparently, you can get free stuff from many retailers on Earth Day. Mostly “earthy” stuff, like reusable shopping bags. There may be a little cognitive dissonance in distributing more stuff of any kind on Earth Day, but you could always download the first episode of Planet Earth for free instead!

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Earth Day activities for kids around the East Bay

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Babies, Events, Holidays, Kids, Toddlers

As you can imagine, Earth Day is sort of a big deal in these parts. Here are a few upcoming Earth Day events in the East Bay: PLANT IT EARTH! at MOCHA, Tuesday-Friday, April 20-25, 10 am to 3 pm. Drop-in art studio at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland. Earth Day at Habitot, [...]

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