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Consumer confession

September 11, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Bless me, Earth Mother, for I have sinned. To cut to the chase, I drove a full 22 minutes on a perfectly gorgeous sunny autumn day to buy a bucket of plastic toys. Virgin plastic. $29.99. Lots of petroleum. Bad precedent. I know, it’s not pretty. So why did I fall so hard? It’s complicated….

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Uncategorized Tagged With: breastfeeding, consumerism, organization, priorities

Wheeling away with goodies: Blogger/Brand event loads up mamas

June 7, 2010 by Jessica 7 Comments

It sure is nice to feel like other people want to make you happy. I was excited for the DC Metro Moms Brand/Blogger event as a motivator to finally get my three blogs merged into one blog (this one! with the domain I’ve been sitting on for a year and a half!), to see other…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Uncategorized Tagged With: consumerism, working mother, writing, writing mother

A nice afternoon, but not perfect

May 8, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Yesterday I finally got to see the Georgia O’Keefe exhibit at the Phillips Collection before its final weekend. However, although it was a lovely afternoon out in the city, it didn’t quite hit all the sweet spots I was looking for after a week of staying home with a sick son. Read my post —…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: childcare, consumerism, creativity, travel

Look both ways — a tale of a city and its suburbs

May 2, 2010 by Jessica 1 Comment

Having someone in from out of town helps you see where you live with new eyes. When my brother-in-law visited, I was kind of psyched that after my husband picked him up at Union Station, they got enjoy a lovely drive through the District — past the monuments — at dusk on a perfect summer-feeling…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: community, consumerism, home, nature, priorities

Navigating the birthday present conundrum

April 1, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I was pretty comfortable with my “No gifts, please”/Birthdays Without Pressure approach until last week when my newly-four-year-old son said of the friends coming to his playdate, “But I want them to bring presents!” Am I an evil mommy for pushing low consumerism on my kid? Or am I just feeling the sting of letting…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: consumerism, priorities, shopping, toys, Waldorf

Toy’s the Season

November 21, 2009 by Jessica 1 Comment

So what do you do when a near-elderly neighbor gives your kid a Toys R Us catalog (along with a few other Sunday inserts) as though it’s a gift? After my husband accepted this offer, I ought to have put the stuff in the recycling bin immediately. But they went onto the floor of the…

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Don’t come in this store!

November 28, 2008 by Jessica Leave a Comment

It’s always bugged me that the Babies R Us near my home has this mixed-message sign on its entry door. The white-line-divied red circle screams “don’t go there!” but the wording says “Entrance Only.” The other day I happened to have my camera with me, so I finally documented the insanity. Above is the view…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: complaints, consumerism

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