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...inverting the FDA nutrition pyramid), Nancy employs a clever bag of goodies to keep the peace. About a month before our trip, she begins collecting small toys and games--a deck of cards here, a cache of toy soldiers there--and wraps them as presents to dole out whenever backseat warfare appears imminent. We're going retro this year with Viewmaster reels, portable Parchesi, Mr. Potato Head and other childhood relics that our digitized kids find oddly intriguing...
This summer, tens of millions of American parents will brave the age-old hazards of traveling with children: roadside diaper changes, backseat imbroglios, teenagers who would rather be anywhere else--especially since the dog just had an accident behind the cooler. According to Meredith Corp.'s Family Vacation Travel Report, about 20% of traveling parents will borrow even more trouble by including grandparents in the family vacation, while others will join the growing trend of squeezing extra mileage out of business trips by bringing the kids along. Says a road-weary mom: "Sometimes it takes so much effort...
...quell quarrels among siblings; if it isn't, you can always trade seats with one of them. Unfortunately, there's no stigma attached to brawling in the car, and there's less room for rearranging bodies. (The safest place for any child 12 or under is in the backseat, with the proper safety restraint.) Candyce Stapen has resorted to masking tape to stake out territory for her two kids, but pillows and rolled-up sleeping bags work...
...Elizabeth, which traces the early bumps of the title character's Golden Age reign, Fiennes takes a backseat to the Virgin Queen, Cate Blanchett. Again, Fiennes the philanderer takes on the guise of a lovesick puppy who sacrifices everything for his one true thing. His passionate declarations of loyalty play off nicely against the sweet princess turned ice queen. The cinematographic cop-outs distract from the fluidity of the film, as does the production design, which uses color and shadow to beat the symbolic dead horse. That's the curse of the artsy indie, I guess. The film does have...
What does it take to satisfy a man? Well, if it's in Belgium, it's probably extra cheese. Yes, sweetie pie has taken a backseat to a different dish in the land of Liege, at least according to an interactive information service. If one is to believe the data accumulated by Scoot, a venture that provides toll-free information both online and over the phone, what really makes Brussels sprout is information on where to score a hot, saucy... pizza...