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...theory, this is Davey’s center of operations. Fast forward three years to “Yma,” and we see the same room with most of the same books, although the Otis Redding CD is nowhere to be found. An unfolded playpen and a number of brightly-colored toys are strewn across the floor. This is the room of a working mother, the kind of mother who took her pregnancy at age 38 as an opportunity to “lose myself to books with impunity,” as Davey wrote...
...their kids too, and the fact that Shiloh Jolie-Pitt and Suri Cruise turn up in paparazzi photos sporting the latest Lit'l Ernie jeans or Burberry dresses can only boost the trend. The next growth spurt? Get ready for celebrity-designed children's wear to jump into the playpen...
That we have questioned pretty much everything since birth is obvious—after all, you don’t get that good at arguing with everyone in section without practice. But Harvard has only further fueled this desire by placing us in a playpen with 1,600 other opinionated kids and then encouraging us to “play nice” by engaging each other in conversation, even if it’s just about the most efficient way to employ the toy dump truck in the sandbox...
...backing for cartoon features he would direct. Except for The Iron Giant, a critically praised fable that didn't do Lion King business, "I was always getting my films on the runway, but I wasn't getting them off the ground," recalls Bird, sitting in the huge playpen that is Pixar headquarters in the San Francisco suburb of Emeryville. "And I wanted so bad to make movies. I also had a family that was getting bigger"--his second son was an infant--"and demanding more attention. I wanted to be a good filmmaker and a good father. If you spend...
...surrounded by dairy farms to test a radical departure from its traditional Toys "R" Us stores, which typically feature row upon row of shelves crammed with toys and little else. The new shop, Geoffrey, named for the company's mascot giraffe, is a multihued, airy warehouse that's part playpen, part kids' mall and part toy store. Accompanied by the sound of peppy music, children carouse on the store's indoor jungle gym, do arts and crafts in a supervised area and play free video and arcade games. The store also sells toys, apparel and baby furniture, hosts parties, offers...