Fairfax County

Reston Interfaith

June 29, 2008

Reston Interfaith, Inc. 11150 Sunset Hills Rd. Suite 210 Reston, VA 20190 (map it) (571) 323‑9555   I don’t have much expe­ri­ence with this group, but I am on their mail­ing list and know they do good work so thought I’d put them out there for folks who are look­ing for a place to donate […]

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Small Change 1629 Washington Plaza Lake Anne Village Center Reston, VA 20190 (map it) (703) 437‑7730 Hours: Tuesday — Saturday, 10 — 5 There’s noth­ing like a used children’s shop right next to a used book store to draw folks like us! I love vis­it­ing Lake Anne and recently shopped at Small Change. I walked in and found exactly […]

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A local mom shared a site with me that could prove use­ful given all the upcom­ing sum­mer movie screen­ings. kids-in-mind.com reviews movies and rates their appro­pri­ate­ness for chil­dren. I have looked over the reviews of a few movies we have seen recently and they seem to be accu­rate and thor­ough. Summer Family Movie Screenings: Regal […]

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227 Maple Avenue Vienna, VA 22180 (map it) (703) 255‑1566 Now that I have been to three of the week­day morn­ing Tot Rock shows that Jammin’ Java offers, I feel some­what qual­i­fied to talk this venue up. I get the sense that Jammin’ Java would be a great place for a night out sans kids, […]

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11950 Grand Commons Ave Fairfax, VA 22030 (map it) (571) 522‑6568 Watch your kids Climb the Pinnacle at the REI Fairfax! We went this week­end and it was fun to see how dif­fer­ently my two kids approached the wall. Both pretty much tack­led it in char­ac­ter You can find details on hours (Wed 4–8, Sat […]

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Dani’s Duds

October 27, 2007

Dani’s Duds was the first con­sign­ment sale I ever sold at and the sec­ond I ever attended. I love hand-me-downs and used items, but had pre­vi­ously writ­ten off con­sign­ment sales as too much work and too pricey. So this year I sold at Dani’s Duds as much for the expe­ri­ence of sell­ing via con­sign­ment as […]

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Burger King w/ Play Area

October 13, 2007

Burger King 4406 Chantilly Shopping Ctr Chantilly, VA (703) 378‑1653 We rarely enter a fast food restau­rant for the food alone. The draw is usu­ally the clean restroom, quick drive thru or the play area. The food is just our ticket in. In this case the draw was the play area. For my TV starved […]

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River Bend Park

September 24, 2007

River Bend Park 8700 Potomac Hills Street Great Falls, VA (map it) (703) 759‑9018 River Bend Park has our stamp of approval. We caught min­nows in our nets from the shore, and let them tickle our fin­ger and toes. The min­nows were so curi­ous (brave? dumb? plen­ti­ful?) that even the 23 month old was able […]

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