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Car sharing

On sometimes driving.

by Dorea 02.05.2012
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With one notable exception*, most of our living is done within a couple miles of our home. R’s daycare is about six blocks away. H’s school is about four blocks away. Groceries are about a mile away in Porter Square for the store we don’t like, or a little over two miles for the store [...]

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Carseats for the Carfree: Travel Vest vs. Backless Booster

by Dorea 01.25.2011
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A while back, we said we’d be picking up the Ride Safer Travel Vest (about $120 — careful, that link has really annoying music) for H and promised to report back. We got it, and then it sat around not getting used for a long time (nine months or so). Hence, no report.  But finally, [...]

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Carseats for the Carfree

by Dorea 11.13.2009

Do you really need a carseat for your kid if you don’t have a car? Even carfree families need to drive or ride in a car sometimes, in a rental car on vacation, a cab to the airport, or carpooling with friends. Our kids are in cars enough (mostly during out-of-town trips) that it makes [...]

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When you really need a car

by Angela 07.22.2009

Purists out there will cringe, but I find that sometimes I really need a car. It happens less and less as time goes on because our lives are increasingly integrated with the community within a mile of our home, but it still does happen sometimes. In the winter I don’t always want to tackle a [...]

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