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• Parents Need Sex Toys, Too!

  Park Slope residents are all abuzz over news that a new Toys in Babeland, the popular Lower East Side sex store, will soon be opening in Brooklyn’s family-friendliest neighborhood. As a single gal living in the Slope, I was thrilled to hear the news. But what about the moms who are sitting in a neat, sweatered circle a foot away from me right now, bouncing their babies on their knees and sipping their lattes? Well, judging from a brief New York Post article, titled Sex-Toy Shop Has Bad Vibes in Park Slope, you’d think Park Slope parents would be better suited to Minnesota than New York. Fortunately, New York Magazine’s Daily Intelligencer blog quickly set the record straight.... Read More... Posted Mar 06 2008, 01:31 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: park slope, sex and marriage, toys in babeland

• Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and a Baby.

  We’re looking forward to the release of Baby Mama almost as much as the ending of the writer’s strike. Although not everyone’s a fan; a few of my neighbors over yonder in Park Slope, Brooklyn were a wee bit ticked off during the filming last summer. Parents were up in arms about everything from the depiction of career women in film to the lack of parking that inevitably comes when a film crew rolls up in front of your food co-op. We trust Tina Fey to bring us the goods as only this recent Golden Globe Winner can. Check out the trailer after the jump . . . Read More... Posted Jan 24 2008, 12:30 PM by editors with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Movies, park slope, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Baby Mama

• Delusional Park Slope Parent Seeks Nanny/Saint

  I’ve never had to hire a nanny. I stash my kids in the cheapest kiddie farm that minimally passes health inspections. So maybe I don’t really understand what it’s like to open my home and life to a stranger, who will spend a seemingly endless amount of time with my kids, doing the bulk of the drudgery so I don’t have to. Still, I feel comfortable in saying that the requirements laid out in this ad for a Park Slope nanny will be met only by liars or those with hands bearing scars from stigmata. Let’s unpack the ad: Busy young couple … active, energetic nanny … three-month-old. Got it. Fluent in English … 1-2 year commitment … experience with family from newborn to elementary school a plus. They’re dreaming, but fine.  They outline a four-day week, 12-hour days plus one weekend night per month. Next come the delusions/cries for help. Read More... Posted Sep 13 2007, 05:34 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: elimination communication, nannies, housecleaning, breastfeeding support, park slope