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And So It Begins

by eliz on March 13, 2010

If you’re looking for a good time in the trainwreck vein, go to UrbanBaby between fall and March, having selected the “NY Schools” setting. There you will see the hysteria that is private school admissions play out, and in addition to providing quality entertainment, it serves to prove true most of the plot of “The [...]

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A Perfect Day

by eliz on January 1, 2010

This morning, my husband got up with Tink at 7 and let me sleep in.
He took her downstairs, made her pumpkin pancakes and set up the ridiculous skate park toy “Santa” bought for her that he and I semi-argued about in the days before Christmas. (Along the lines of, “What possessed you to buy [...]

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I never saw a little girl in a bishop dress until I moved here.
They’re just not worn in the North. No one puts their boys in John-Johns, either. I was unaware that those were even manufactured after 1963.

Upstate New York, where I’m from, is too steeped in its ethnic and working-class roots for that sort [...]

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