Archive for the 'Childhood Nostalgia' Category

Summer’s Last Blast

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Most kids (parents, too!) love going to the amusement park. Why not give the kids one last summer blast by taking a family beach vacationat one of the greatNew Jersey attractions, the Morey’s Piers amusement park?
You may know that they have Radio Disney stars on Mondays throughout the summer,. But did you know that […]

Label Maker for Back to School

Friday, August 1st, 2008

It’s time for a trip down memory lane today. Do you remember when you were a kid getting ready for back to school time how much you loved to put color labels on everything?
It all seemed so much more organized and official if it had a label on it. I used to […]

Jiffy Pop Popcorn

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

I have been meaning to write this entry for a while. I wrote myself a note weeks ago after a trip to the store with a friend I and never got around to finishing the entry.
Here’s what happened. My friend and I were shopping at a department store and came across a display […]

Cadbury Crème Eggs Cadbury Cream Eggs

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Cadbury Creme Eggs - what a fun topic to discuss right before Easter! (I spelled it as “crème” and “cream” in the title so people will be sute to find it when they are searching online. The correct spelling of the product’s name is the former.)
I am putting this entry in the childhood […]

Choosing A Watch

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

It’s funny how there items (as well as particular brands of items) that come and go as fads. Take watches, for example. Think back to when you were in high school or elementary school, what were the big brands that everyone had to have. I actually had an electronic Pac-Man watch in […]

Play Intellivision Games On X Box

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Talk about childhood memories…for those of us who had video game console Intellivision in the 1980’s, we can relive the fun again with what we now consider crude graphics and effects, but at the time we thought were great and they were the best on the market.
Yesterday, I was using the Intellivision Lives cartridge for […]

Personalized Letter From Santa Unique Christmas Gift

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Think back - remember how excited you were when you were a child and you received a personalized letter from Santa Claus? Did’t you want to tell all your friends and relatives? It made Santa so real that it may have even extended your belief a little longer.
If your kids are going to write to […]

The More They Stay The Same

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

If you’ve missed the prior entry, it’s available at The More Things Change
Headline: The Empire Strikes Back
Graphic: Darth Vader
Date: May 19, 1980
One of the most beloved movie franchises of all time and one of the most beloved/hated and lucrative movie characters of all time – what more can I say than congratulations George Lucas.
Star Wars […]

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