Bugaboo in Park Slope for $360, now $420

Saw this stroller at 78 8th Avenue today. Advertised as "great condition" but the poster neglected to mention that the break didn't catch. Kinda important if your tot is hanging out on a hill. I was wary and a bit miffed that I drove the Toyota across the Slope only to find a stroller that wasn't in quite such great shape.

He called me 20 minutes after I left to say he'd fixed the break and it was working fine. I sort of agreed to come back, but D talked me out of it after I told her the guy let slip he paid $420 for it, which means he bought it used, too. And do you want your kid relying on a break that this guy fixed in 20 minutes?

Anyway, he reposted this evening, boosting the ask up to $420 - exactly what he said he paid for it.

shop rite is a humiliating experience

Fairway is cool and people don't care how much things cost. At shop rite they push and fight and line up for a few cents off.

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Greenwood Playground Brooklyn 3pm

Day before Thanksgiving and the kids are bundled up.

Brooklyn Commune Opening Tuesday

Saw the owner out front. Coffee, cafe and market with seating for 20. Features ingredients from locally sourced farms. Can't wait!

The geese are back in Brooklyn!

Just spotted this gaggle from my window. The geese have returned to Brooklyn. Looks like they are flying over to Prospect Park.

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Graco does it again: stroller recall

Gracious recalls stroller after 4 infant deaths.

Last year it was a stroller that severed kids' digits. Now it's a stroller that strangles. Or 2 million of them.

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mr Rogers brought to life

Pittsburgh in Words - Can You Say ... 'Hero'? by Tom Junod

If you ever wanted to understand the man, this is the story to read.

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