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• Return of the son of stuff YUPPIE parents like

  Because too much is never enough. And besides, didn't you want to see this photo at least one more time? 1.    Organic everything: from a commenter. I've succumbed to some of this, partly because, living in Manhattan, the cost difference isn't as great as it used to be, and sometimes the quality is better. I also admit that I feel less guilt giving my kids "organic" pre-packaged crap than I do giving them "chemical-laden" pre-packaged crap. It's still crap, but it's ORGANIC crap. Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 11:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: music, dick cheney, dan zanes, trendy, kids music, organic, wooden toys, Neal Pollack, alternadad, chemicals, gay kids, trends, organic food, sex and the city, fertility treatments, hybrid cars, peter paul and mary, dirty sock funtime band, james taylor, Brett Singer, SUV, the 80's, SUVs, 1980s, waldorf education, stuff white people like, moe willems, white parents, stuff white parents like, granite, the 80s, 1980's, stuff yuppie parents like, yuppie parents, entitled to brunch, yuppies, crap, mommy and me, the beatles, classes

• More stuff YUPPIE parents like

  If you want to know why YUPPIE is written in CAPS, check out the comments on Redsy's post. 1.    Fertility treatments: maybe this is a Manhattan thing, but I've seen several signs in drug store windows advertising help getting your health insurance to help pay to get you pregnant. My theory (unfounded and unresearched) is that there are a large number of parents having children later in life, and also a huge number of older dads starting second families with their second wives. 2.    Wooden toys: this is from a commenter, and it's totally true. I fully expect some "mompreneur" to start selling unadorned two-by-fours in colorful packaging. (Hang on, I need to copyright that idea.) Read More... Posted Jul 26 2008, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: dick cheney, trendy, wooden toys, Neal Pollack, alternadad, gay kids, trends, sex and the city, fertility treatments, hybrid cars, Brett Singer, SUV, the 80's, SUVs, 1980s, waldorf education, stuff white people like, moe willems, white parents, stuff white parents like, the 80s, 1980's, stuff yuppie parents like, yuppie parents, entitled to brunch, yuppies

• Top 5 Nerdy Cars with Great Gas Mileage

  Clearly, many of us are willing to make sacrifices in the face of high gas prices and a flailing economy, but just how far are you and your family willing to go? Did you know that the Geo Metro actually gets the same or better gas mileage than the super hip Brad Pitt Driving Prius? Here are 4 other cars that make up for their nerdy rep with kicking gas mileage:   Read More... Posted May 25 2008, 06:01 PM by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: gas prices, hybrid cars, budget baby, toyota prius, money-saving, cars with good gas mileage, mileage, taking the bus, geo metro, top 5 nerdy cars, cheap cars, saving gas mileage, hybrid cars can bite me, high mileage, nerdy cars, ebay motors

• Greenhouse: Hybrids Rule at the Auto Show

  Here in the home of the American auto industry, we're hip-deep in one of our major annual events: The North American International Auto Show. And interestingly, the major themes running through the show this year are at odds: big, brawny gas-guzzling trucks like the new Ford F-150 pickup (seriously, people, they introduced this car by having actual cattle thunder down our major downtown street) and green cars. Hybrids are the order of the day, with Saturn, Toyota, Chrysler and others showing cars that will run on both gas and electricity. Other talked-about introductions like the soon-to-be available smart (sic) ForTwo, run on gas but get something like 40 miles to the gallon. While some, like the smart car seem impossibly teeny...   Read More... Posted Jan 16 2008, 05:06 PM by Amy Kuras with | with no comments Filed under: environment, greenhouse, hybrid cars, Saturn, smart car, Chrysler