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  • Evolution of the Stroller

    baby carriage vintageIt's clearly time we pay homage to our namesake here at Strollerderby; in other words, it's time to give the respect due to your friend and mine, the stroller. I know you are dying to know all about the history of strollers, aren't you? Just think, without strollers we'd all be carrying our babies around on our backs with a sling or something. How terribly barbaric.

    But if strollers hadn't changed much since the first ones came around beginning in 1733, we'd all need goats or small ponies or at least a good-sized dog to pull them. That, actually, isn't such a bad idea, though they might be tough to fold up into the trunk or a bit awkward when getting on the subway or something. I'm sure we'd manage, though. We parents are a hardy lot.

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  • Bugaboo Tells You Where To Go, and It's Soooo Pretty

    bugaboo walkBugaboo makes one purty-ass stroller, and they'll tell you what to do with it in a New! Modern! Different! Artsy! way. Enter Bugaboo Daytrips, a site that gives you culture-lovin' walking tours of some of the world's nicest places. Of course each tour is illustrated by a contemporary artist, because this isn't your everyday boring old map. You can click on the numbers on the map to see photos and a compelling description of each location along the way, then download a map to take with you on your journey. It's all so lush and modern and fabulous, I feel like I oughta wear nicer shoes just to browse the site. So far my only complaint is that the clean look makes this puppy a little tricky to navigate at times. And we'll hope the walking tours don't have the same problem.

    I strolled around Portland for a while--online, of course (it's not like I get to go on vacation or anything, she says bitterly) and it was nice. Then I decided to check out San Francisco, since I'm familiar with what we arrogantly refer to as, "the City." Golden Gate Park without lots of homeless people? How did they manage that? But I will confess, even as a longtime local, I did not know we had gnomes. Next time I'm doing the tour in UK English, so I can read about all the pretty colours.

     


  • Six Lavish Gifts for Your "It Accessory," I Mean, Baby

    bugabooOne thousand dollars for a Bugaboo is one thing, but would you pay $2,000 for a custom designed Bugaboo by Dutch designer Bas Kosters?

    If you don't want to spend $2,000 on that you could spend it on a Louis Vuitton diaper bag monogrammed with baby's initials.

    CNNMoney.com highlights six lavish items for the "deluxe diaper set" and the designer stroller and bag are just two of the items on the list. Two of the other items on their list are a spacy, clear plexiglass highchair and bouncy chair for $400. People, let's get real. If you own a spacy, clear plexiglass highchair, all your friends are making fun on you.  Ohmygod, did you see that ridick highchair? Jeezus...


  • Bugaboo Bee Set For September Launch

    If Bugaboo strollers had existed back when I was in the stroller market, I wouldn't have bought one. Not because of a desire to avoid the trend factor (I did end up with a Maclaren after all) and not because of the price (I did covet a Silver Cross pram, after all). No, the Bugaboo Frog and later, Chameleon just aren't the right strollers for my family's needs (let's just pretend that's why I skipped the pram, shall we?). I drive too much, so I needed something easy to snap shut and pop open one-handed, that I could maneuver in and out of the car with the baby on my hip. Five years later, I'm still rocking the Volo, which is just starting to look a little decrepit right around the time we're not needing it anymore.

    So it stands to reason that as with all cool baby gear, Bugaboo has waited until my final child has nearly outgrown the use of a stroller before introducing their take on lightweight, foldable portability. The Bugaboo Bee is a crazy looking little exoskeleton of a stroller that builds on the distinctive profile of its predecessors, but also looks totally fresh to my eyes, which have seen a million umbrella strollers that all look alike. And also if you say "Bugaboo Bee" really fast, it's kinda funny. Try it.

    I think I might need to have another baby. The Bee is due in stores in September, which means if I start now...

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