Comments for Exurb Magazine http://www.exurbmagazine.com Insights from the Exurbs Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on What I’m Reading Now: A Gate At The Top Of The Stairs (on Kindle for iPhone) by D http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/03/15/what-im-reading-now-a-gate-at-the-top-of-the-stairs-on-kindle-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-989 D Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:18:31 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4284#comment-989 hmmm...kindle for blackberry, you say? that would just make me pathetically attached to my crackberry. hmmm…kindle for blackberry, you say?

that would just make me pathetically attached to my crackberry.

]]> Comment on Exurb Question of the Week… by Chris http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/03/12/exurb-question-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Chris Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:46:11 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4264#comment-987 I do think there are differences, subtle or not. When you consider the types of businesses, the arrangement of them (in one concentrated area, spread all over in strip malls, "main street" or upscale development), the reputation of schools, conditions of parks, roads, age of houses and other landmarks, it all adds up. I lived in Thousand Oaks, and only gradually did I come to categorize the other neighboring communities. Impressions count for a lot, so Oak Park seemed sleepier and slightly elite, WLV more tony, faux lake and boat culture, golf; Newbury Pk. more of a nod to its rural/ranching roots, Moorpark seemed later to the game, and more opportunistic. It's also interesting to try to deduce things from a community's enterprise: which communities support a Whole Foods? A Starbucks (or more than one)? A Target? A Wal-Mart? A Nordstrom? And so on. I do think there are differences, subtle or not. When you consider the types of businesses, the arrangement of them (in one concentrated area, spread all over in strip malls, “main street” or upscale development), the reputation of schools, conditions of parks, roads, age of houses and other landmarks, it all adds up. I lived in Thousand Oaks, and only gradually did I come to categorize the other neighboring communities. Impressions count for a lot, so Oak Park seemed sleepier and slightly elite, WLV more tony, faux lake and boat culture, golf; Newbury Pk. more of a nod to its rural/ranching roots, Moorpark seemed later to the game, and more opportunistic. It’s also interesting to try to deduce things from a community’s enterprise: which communities support a Whole Foods? A Starbucks (or more than one)? A Target? A Wal-Mart? A Nordstrom? And so on.

]]> Comment on What I’m Reading Now: A Gate At The Top Of The Stairs (on Kindle for iPhone) by VC http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/03/15/what-im-reading-now-a-gate-at-the-top-of-the-stairs-on-kindle-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-985 VC Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:11:26 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4284#comment-985 Here's the kindle for blackberry link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000468551 here's the kindle for iphone link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=302584613&mt=8 Here’s the kindle for blackberry link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000468551

here’s the kindle for iphone link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=302584613&mt=8

]]> Comment on Out Here: From Overpaid Middle Management to Under Appreciated Team Mom by slgisme http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/03/13/out-here-from-overpaid-middle-management-to-under-appreciated-team-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-984 slgisme Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:55:52 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4273#comment-984 Can I getta AMEN?! Thankless indeed, but thankful each and every day that I have the unusual benefit of being gainfully employed with very Mommy-friendly hours which allows me to benefit my child with my full attention. After all, that's what a child desires most and many families cannot afford the gift of time due to a tough economy which pushes both parents into work force. Can I getta AMEN?!

Thankless indeed, but thankful each and every day that I have the unusual benefit of being gainfully employed with very Mommy-friendly hours which allows me to benefit my child with my full attention. After all, that’s what a child desires most and many families cannot afford the gift of time due to a tough economy which pushes both parents into work force.

]]> Comment on Suburban Sarah: What makes perfect sense for a large family by VC http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/03/14/suburban-sarah-what-makes-perfect-sense-for-a-large-family/comment-page-1/#comment-982 VC Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4287#comment-982 I was at Boxco last week...and, yes, we've been eating Don Lee Farms Veggie Patties every day since! I was at Boxco last week…and, yes, we’ve been eating Don Lee Farms Veggie Patties every day since!

]]> Comment on Yoga Parent: Make Housework Work For You! by julie markovitz http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/02/25/yoga-parent-make-housework-work-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-977 julie markovitz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:22:25 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4125#comment-977 Beautiful ideas here. Being present and mindful in everything we do. Expressing gratitude for all our blessings. Treating everything and everyone with love, kindness and respect. Beautiful ideas here. Being present and mindful in everything we do. Expressing gratitude for all our blessings. Treating everything and everyone with love, kindness and respect.

]]> Comment on Feature Interview: Ava Bromberg on the new strip mall by lurkerloo http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/01/05/feature-interview-ava-bromberg-on-the-new-strip-mall/comment-page-1/#comment-973 lurkerloo Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:57:29 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=3861#comment-973 "tennets" aren't your problem...how about spell check and the proper use of commas?? “tennets” aren’t your problem…how about spell check and the proper use of commas??

]]> Comment on Out Here: From Overpaid Middle Management to Under Appreciated Team Mom by VC http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/03/13/out-here-from-overpaid-middle-management-to-under-appreciated-team-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-972 VC Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:49:18 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4273#comment-972 There's no other job that can challenge you mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis like being the primary parent. The best parents -- and we're all the best, right? -- have been forced to develop flexibility, a sense of humor, compassion, resourcefulness, ingenuity, grace, wisdom and much more. Even dealing with the other parents forces you to grow! Sitting in an office working for a health insurance company would bring you external growth...a nice paycheck and a title... but think of your role right now as the fast track to inner growth. I do! There’s no other job that can challenge you mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis like being the primary parent. The best parents — and we’re all the best, right? — have been forced to develop flexibility, a sense of humor, compassion, resourcefulness, ingenuity, grace, wisdom and much more. Even dealing with the other parents forces you to grow! Sitting in an office working for a health insurance company would bring you external growth…a nice paycheck and a title… but think of your role right now as the fast track to inner growth. I do!

]]> Comment on Out Here: From Overpaid Middle Management to Under Appreciated Team Mom by Sofie http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/03/13/out-here-from-overpaid-middle-management-to-under-appreciated-team-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Sofie Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:59:37 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4273#comment-968 So true! Thanks for saying what most moms feel! So true! Thanks for saying what most moms feel!

]]> Comment on Exurb Question of the Week… by D http://www.exurbmagazine.com/2010/03/12/exurb-question-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-957 D Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:45:59 +0000 http://www.exurbmagazine.com/?p=4264#comment-957 I can go either way. No really, I mean, I'm liberal, so going either way is really okay with me. :) I live in a unique neighborhood in TO. I would venture to say "the unique" neighborhood in TO, because I don't really think there are many. But from an "outsider"...Agoura/Westake/Oak Park seem very generic to me. High end exurbs with stepford looking families. I probably fit that mold in the looks department to...but when you get to my neighborhood...to my house...it's different. The thing is, I bet we ALL feel like that. "I'm not Stepford!!! I am my own person!" or so we like to think... I can go either way. No really, I mean, I’m liberal, so going either way is really okay with me. :)
I live in a unique neighborhood in TO. I would venture to say “the unique” neighborhood in TO, because I don’t really think there are many. But from an “outsider”…Agoura/Westake/Oak Park seem very generic to me. High end exurbs with stepford looking families. I probably fit that mold in the looks department to…but when you get to my neighborhood…to my house…it’s different.
The thing is, I bet we ALL feel like that. “I’m not Stepford!!! I am my own person!” or so we like to think…

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