Now Playing On The Tuesdays And Thursdays iPod : Coldplay / Viva La Vida

Coldpay - sheer brilliance!

We don't sell music, but since Coldplay has made so many of our ordinary days extraordinary we jsut had to share!

Italiano! Magentic Poetry Italian Edition

Magnetic Poetry World Series Kits are the international versions of the popular American phenomonen. Each was created by native speakers of the respective language, and care was taken to bring out the poetic delights of their mother tongue for natives and learners alike.

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Sometimes

Sometimes in order to move forward we have to stop looking back, move away from the known and comfortable, all we have to do is keep moving on, even if we feel uncomfortable, vulnerable again, you may never feel ready to move on, but you have to, because that’s how we grow, and growing is what it’s all about.

On The T&T Bookshelf : Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte

"With sales having already surpassed those of milk and beer, and second now only to soda, bottled water is on the verge of becoming the most popular beverage in the country. Only now, with the bottled water industry trading in billions of dollars, have we begun to question the environmental and social fall out of what we're drinking."
"Elizabeth Royte finds the people, machines, economies, and cultural trends that bring bottled water from nature to our supermarkets. As she visits filtration plants and natural springs, Royte lays out the issues that surround the seemingly simple matter of what we ought to drink: Who owns the water that flows underground, and is it right for corporations to profit from it? How do the manufacture, transportation, and disposal of plastic water bottles affect the environment? Is the stuff coming from our taps okay to drink? If not, what can we do to make our water safe and tasty? And while everyone acknowledges that we must protect public water supplies from pollution, what should we do about privatization?"--BOOK JACKET.

Bottlemania is one of those books that not only left us in shock because something so simple and necessary for life, water, has become a commodity, but also many resouces including oil are used to bring us "branded water." We're all about making ordinary days extraordinary, but the folks who bring us bottled water have taken that concept to an extreme. (So run out to the local Barnes and Noble and pick up a copy today; and in the meantime, spend a little of that money that eventually would have been flushed in our store - 'cause we really make ordinary days extraordinary!)

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Amy Smyth Made It Recycled Christmas Cards

TOO FAR Christmas Cards

Pack of 10 Cards and Envelopes

Face of Card reads "When Green Movement Goes TOO FAR" and features a Christmas Tree topped with an energy efficient light bulb. Inside reads "Put A Star on th Tree and Have A Happy Holiday"

Made in the USA using recycled paper with at least 50% post consumer content. Recycled paper used for both the cards and envelopes. Created by renoned Virginia artist Amy Smyth.

Find more brilliantly funny cards and whimsical invitations from Amy Smith in our store.

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E=MC2 as Albert Einstein makes an appearance at Tuesdays And Thursdays

Albert Einstein Little Thinker Are you tired of all those cute but essentially brainless "beanie" dolls? The folks over at the Unemployed Philosophers Guild were too, so to offset that trend they designed the "Little Thinkers" line of beanie toys. Let the Little Thinkers add a little culture and humor to your life - or even to the students in your life! 11" tall and oh, so smart! Now available at Tuesdays And Thursdays!

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Now Playing On The T&T iPod : Maroon 5 / Pure Imagination

Maroon 5's brilliant cover of Pure Imagination featuring video clips from Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - this song has made some of our ordinary days extraordinary and we hope it will do the same for some of yours.

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Great Quotes Worth Sharing : Wisdom From James Michener

“The main purpose of life is: To have a job in whose purpose you can believe; To have friends whose immediate purposes you can trust; To have some spot on earth to which you can return as home; To be at the same time a citizen of a larger world.”
- James A. Michener

The Remedy is a Winner at Williams Sonoma

The latest collection of cocktail mixes at Williams-Sonoma include some bases on modern classics from Manhattan's sophisto-hot-spot Eleven Madison Park. Perfect with frozen vodka, “the Remedy” is a mix of pure honey and spiced ginger, brightened with fresh lemon. Sheer brilliance and a winner no matter what ails you!

Every once in a while we run across something sold elsewhere that, because it has made our ordinary days extraordinary, we feel compelled to share. Find the Remedy at your nearest Williams Sonoma store or online at Williams-Sonoma.com

Peach Boy Isahababies by Aisha & Co

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Finding A Colorful Soulmate At Tuesdays And Thursdays

Life is too short for matching socks, especially when you can wear these fun and beautiful socks! Multipatterned and colorful mismatched socks for children, adults, and now babies from Vermont's Socklady.

Marianne Wakerlin, the Socklady is the founder and owner of Sol Mate Socks. The company is named after her mom, Sunny, who taught Marianne how to knit. Marianne continued to knit for the next 40 years, but it wasn’t until she started knitting socks that her real passion was born.

"I found it exhilarating, designing a pair of socks that didn't match and were knit in random patterns with multiple colors. I loved my finished socks!" Within a few years Marianne had knit over one hundred pairs of socks for family and friends, and she decided to turn her hobby into a business. Her colorful and complex patterns are knit in the USA at a family owned knitting mill, hand finished and mismatched.

Solmate Socks are a part of the fun at Tuesdays and Thursdays

Where The Wild Things Are Hand Puppets

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Now Playing On The Tuesdays And Thursdays iPpod : Joss Stone "L-O-V-E"

Nothing like a little blue-eyed soul from Britain to make an ordinary day extraordinary!

Garden Fairies 100 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle In A Collectible Tin

Our challenging 100-piece puzzle comes in an irresistible (even to adults!) hinged storage tin. (Only the storage tin is metal, by the way.) The artwork is great and the puzzles are fun!

Julia Breckenreid illustrated the poppies, dragonfly, butterflies, and fairies of the Garden Fairies Collectible Tin Puzzle. 100-pieces to put together with your friends.

100-piece puzzle measures 18 x 12"

Storage tin measures 7-1/16 x 6 x 2"

For ages 6+

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Coming Soon To Tuesdays And Thursdays : Envirosax

We discovered Envirosax a the New York International Gift Fair in 2007 and, aside from falling in love with the Australian accents of the staff, we fell in love with the brilliant concept of Envirosax!

Unlike the bulky grocery sacks that are sold through some of the grocery stores, Envirosax roll up into small rolls - about the size of a large prescription bottle - making them easy to stash in the glove box, messenger bag, even a purse! And the little snappy thing on each bag secures them once rolled.

The grocery carrying angle is great, but we found that these compact bags are perfect to stash with us when we go to the Farmer's Market, local street fairs where we are sure to buy too much!, craft fairs, even garage sales! And since they are waterproof, they are come in super handy for wet swimsuits and towels after a day of fun.
Rolled up the bag measures 4” x 1.5” Unrolled it's dimensions are 19.5” x 16.5” The bag itself weighs only 1.4 ounces but can carry a whopping 44 pounds!

Envirosax are a new addition to Tuesdays And Thursdays - watch for more brilliant styles to arrive soon!

Coming Soon To Tuesdays And Thursdays : Pacifica Candles

Each Pacifica candle is made by hand, using century-old techniques to ensure the highest quality. They combine their exclusive Pacifica Wax Blends, in your choice of food-grade paraffin or vegetable-based soy, with the highest quality lead-free cotton wicks, essences, and essential oils in order to create the perfect candle. The fragrance oils and candles are made in small batches, allowing them to test their products regularly to guarantee perfection. Pacifica believes that if a candle isn't burning well, quality ingredients are being wasted. Regardless of the wax, whether it is soy or paraffin, there must be a perfect balance between the wick size and the fragrance to create a safe, healthy, and smokeless candle. Pacifica will be joining Tuesdays and Thursdays in the coming weeks.

C O O O O K I E

What better place to keep all your favourite cookie recipes than in a Cookie Monster mini-journal ? It's small size is perfect for small hands to treasure, and when the kids are all grown up - you can pass their cookie journal from their childhood on to them.

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Degas Dancers At Rest Museum Puzzle

Edgar Degas is most famous for his portrayals of ballet dancers. While Impressionists worked outdoors to explore the changing effects of natural light, Edgar Degas was fascinated by artificial light. He was also a perfectionist, who asked the dancers to pose for long periods while he refined his drawings. Said Degas, "No art was ever less spontaneous than mine."

While away your waiting time backstage by assembling this 500-piece Dancers at Rest puzzle. The original pastel drawing is in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris.

Puzzle measures 16" square

4-1/2" stackable cube package

Informational insert with artist information

Available now at Tuesdays And Thursdays

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I will not ever NEVER eat a Tomato!

We love Lola and Charlie and met recently with the company that makes several Lola and Charlie play things. Oh how we love what we do for a living !

( and who couldn’t love a girl who will not ever Never eat tomatoes! )



Lola And Charlie will be joining the fun at Tuesdays and Thursdays this month.

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Bananagrams - Now Available At Tuesdays And Thursdays

Bananagrams is a FAST and FUN word game that requires NO pencil, paper or board. All you need is a table. One hand can be played in as little as 5 minutes. Great family fun as well as being educational! Bananagrams portability makes it perfect for travel. Just grab the pouch and go!


Place all 144 tiles face down on center of table. These tiles are referred to as the "BUNCH". For games of 2-4 people, each player takes 21 letters from the bunch, keeping them face down. For 5-6 players, 15 letters are taken. For 7-8 (or more) players, 11 letters are taken.

Any one player says "SPLIT" whereupon all players turn their own tiles face up and proceed to form their OWN collection of connecting and intersecting words. The words may be horizontal or vertical, reading left to right or top to bottom. Each player may rearrange his/her own words as often as desired. Players DO NOT take turns, but play independently of each other and at the same time.


After playing at the New York Toy Fair (and missing an appointment with another supplier because we were having so much fun) we just knew that we had to offer Bananagrams for our customers! You'll go bananas for Bananagrams !


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We're expecting some delivery issues in Florida following Hurricane Fay

Words We Love : Staycation

Staycation : A vacation that is spent at one's home enjoying all that home and one's home environs have to offer; A vacation spent close to home.

Remember Dirty Dancing? Back in the day the Catskills, and much of the Hudson River Valley was the place to spend a summer. Many of those grand hotels still exist, just not as grand as they were back when Jennifer Grey did a little dirty dancing. Given the changes in our economy related to petrol prices it will be interesting to see if New Yorkers rediscover this gem as the desire to find places close to home becomes de rigeur and the staycation enters the cultural lexicon.

Favourite words like Staycation have made some of our ordinary days extraordinary - from time to time we'll share some more of them with you and we stumble upon them!

Magnetic Poetry Gardener Edition - at Tuesdays And Thursdays

Grow your language with the Gardener Kit. A fun collection of over 240 environmentally friendly words like bouquet, sanctuary, fecund, bloom, and thrive. Now available at Tuesdays And Thursdays!

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Riding The New York City Subway on Tuesdays And Thursdays

Take a ride on the E train, or the number 4, or how about the A train? We love New York,New York - after all it's a city so nice they had to name it twice! New to Tuesdays and Thursdays is the 500 piece New York City Subway map. Created by New Yorkers (Brooklynites actually), the puzzle joins our list of fun gifts celebrating the Big Apple. Find the New York Subway map puzzle, and other great puzzles, at Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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... reflecting on Bobby Kennedy

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert Kennedy

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Children know this. Children live this. So why do we as adults forget this important lesson?

Daring to fail greatly starts in infancy: pushing our bodies to roll over, to see our world from a different vantage point that WE decide. Of course later on there is walking. Boom! Fall down. Get up and do it again, know that a fall could happen again. Babies, and even the adults around them do not see the falls as failures, they all seem to know that it is a part of the process of learning to walk. So why is it that we as adults are so afraid of the stumble in our lives?


Are we afraid of failure, or is our fear more deeply rooted in the words and reactions of others who may see us on that journey? Does the reaction of others, or our perception of the reaction of others really matter? In that vein does failure even matter, perhaps failure is a perception as well. Thomas Edison referred to all the attempts at creating a lightbulb '1000 way of how not to make a light bulb.' Of coure there are all those lab workers who crash cars into walls, looking for failure points, all in the name of learning how to make a safer automobile.

Perhaps the biggest misnomer of failure is its absoluteness. The Kennedy family has had more than its share of triumph and tragedy, but every member of the family picked themselves up, often multiple times in their lives, and worked to complete the tasks at hand. Failure doesn't have to be final, it can be a speedbump on our journey, a chance to slow down and really examine all that is around us, then continue on the journey, toward success.

Crazy Mates - A Pirate Version of Crazy Eights

Crazy Mates Card Game

 It's Crazy Eights With a Piratey Twist! Classic Card Games for Modern Kids Crazy Mates includes 48 cards and rules of play for 2 games - a basic game and a challenge game. All hands on deck for a fun filled game where losting is winning and the first one to shout "shiver me timbers" is the winner!

Find more fun games and other pirate themed gifts in our store.

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Now Playing on the T&T iPod : Amy Winehouse / Love is a Losing Game

Amy Amy Amy, most people know her from the tabloids - but the music - WOW! We don't sell music, yet, but since Amy Winehouse has made some of our ordinary days extraordinary, we just had to share her music!

Jeero Thinks It's Something Dirty!

Favourite Websites : Terracycle

All you gardening types in the US, and those of you in the rest of the world who like eco-commerce, take note:

www.terracycle.net

Terra Cycle makes garden products and uses recycled materials for their packaging. (recognize the contour Coke bottle shape on these items?) I can go on an on about them but you are better off checking them out yourself.

Curious George Valentine Fun Pack

One of the things that many of our customers soon realize is that we at Tuesdays And Thursdays do things a little bit differently than other companies - that's because we know, with a little planning, the most ordinary days can be made extraordinary.
We know we have some hard core Curious George fans amongst our customers - that's why we started carrying the Curious George Valentine Fun Packs as soon as they were available. Most retailers are not going to start offering these until sometime after their Christmas rush - PISH! We've got 'em, we know you love Curious George, so here they are!Adorable tote-style Valentine Fun Pack: Each sturdy paper tote with acetate window includes twenty 4 ¼" x 4 ¼" valentine cards (5 each of 4 designs), a Teacher’s card, 21 envelopes, and 30 stickers. Kids will love decorating these cards for schoolmates and delivering them to class in these original carryalls!
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Magnetic Poetry Christian Edition - now at Tuesdays And Thursdays

Profess your piety with the Christian Kit--a collection of over 240 reverent words designed to give expression to Christian themes and ideas. Your fridge can say prayers with words like joy, everlasting, almighty and temptation.





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Ghost Uglydoll - Now Available at Tuesdays And Thursdays

Ugly Ghosts can be found way out beyond the back exits of Uglytown.
If you ever decide to go camping near those trees just beyond the gates
of the big city, you may be lucky enough to see one!

Boo!

Boo!

Is that some sort of scare tactic or is he trying to tell you his name? Or is it Karaoke night?
Hard to tell. But one thing is certain...Ugly Ghosts are good to have around if
you can find a way to make friends with them.Try leaving out some sweet
snacks under the bed.

Find Ugly Ghost, and a large collection of Uglydolls, at Tuesdays And Thursdays.

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Tuesdays and Thursdays and Darwin

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
- Charles Darwin

Mocha Girl Ishababy Takes Manhattan!

Mocha Girl has set her sights on the big city - but just how many career girls are still in diapers?

Being Thankful - Because Amy Smyth Made It

Why not start a tradition of showing your friends and family that they are one of the many things for which you are thankful by starting a new tradition and sending a Thanksgiving Card?

Face of card reads " Thanksgiving Reminder: Remain Perky" Inside reads: "Even after Turkey, Happy Thanksgiving"


Package of 10 Cards and Envelopes made in the USA with recylced paper. Created by renowed Virginia artist Amy Smyth. Find more of Amy's brilliant cards and invitations in our store.

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Tenth Avenue North "Love Is Here" - Now Playing On The Tuesdays And Thursdays iPod

A New Music Discovery that made some of our Ordinary Days Extraordinary - so we just had to share!

Gato Deluxe Little Uglydoll at TuesdaysAndThursdays

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Jeero at the Soup Kitchen

Jeero spent most of today at the Marys and Marthas Soup Kitchen at Christ Church in Belleville NJ.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one in ten households in the United States experiences hunger or the risk of hunger. Many frequently skip meals or eat too little, sometimes going without food for an entire day. Approximately 25 million people, including 9.9 million children, have substandard diets or must resort to seeking emergency food because they cannot always afford the food they need. In the past year, the demand for hunger assistance has increased by 40%, and research shows that hundreds of hungry children and adults are turned away from food banks each year because of lack of resources.

Tuesdays And Thursdays supports local food programs with donations by our staff as well as allowing staff to volunteer at local soup kitchens during business hours. Sadly for many Americans a meal is what makes an ordinary day extraordinary - we encourage our customers to suport food programs in their area as much as possible.

Oat Couture - Coming Soon To Tuesdays And Thursdays

One of our more recent discoveries is WeBeBags, and WeBe happy we found them!

WeBeBags are eco-friendly bags made in the United States, Park City Utah actually.

The "bag" portion of the bags come from around the world - everything from Feed Sacks, to Old Treasury Department Money Bags, to Oat Sacks (get it, Oat Couture!).

Stay at home moms in the Park City area use these sacks as the basis of their ingenious designs - adding handles, sewing in pockets, and embelishing with funky fabric trim!

Our first order is still being sewn in Park City, so it will be a little while before we have them, but WeBeBags have made some of our ordinary days extraordinary, so we just couldn't wait to share the news!
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Jeero Ponders Individual Freedom

Jeero wonders, if America is all about individual freedom, and Americans live for their cars, why are all the cars the same dull colours?

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New York City Map Baseball by Bergino

On the ball highlights include: Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Greenwich Village, Soho, Little Italy, Chinatown, Financial District, South Street Seaport, Brooklyn Bridge...

Handmade to professional standards. Unique gloss wraparound artwork.

Includes clear plastic cylinder packaging.

Availbable now at Tuesdays And Thursdays

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Carmel Boy Ishababies by Aisha & Co.

Available now at Tuesdays and Thursdays

Jeero Takes Suzi Orman A Little Too Seriously

After watching just a little too much Suzi Orman, Jeero decided it was time for him to go on a Budget!

Find Jeero, and a wide range of Uglydolls at Tuesdays And Thursdays!

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Vie La Tuesdays And Thursdays! (We Now Ship To France!)

What a brilliant way to start the week - with our first order being shipped to France!

What's Better Than A Cardboard Box Fort ?

Your Very Own Play Tent!

Made in Texas by "Lucy & Michael," these playtents are unlike any we've seen on the market. (Most play tents are plastic, and have such annoyingly bright colours that we are sure they can be spotted by aircraft overhead). Most important, "lucy & michael" is a company created by Moms who wanted playtents that would last not only for child, but could be used by their younger brothers and sisters in years to come.

Made simply of whimsically combined beautiful fabrics and trims and solid pine supports, lucy & michael play tents fit the bill. Reinforced with years of design and redesign, the tent pattern grew from daily research performed by the most important and uncompromising investigators - the children who play in them.

Lucy & Michael playtents come in a wide range of colour patterns. Play tents are 5 feet square and stand 5 feet tall when open; when closed they stand 6 feet tall.

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da buzz

“If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito.”

- Anita Roddick, Founder, The Body Shop



It's often the little things that can make ordinary days extraordinary.

Accessorizing To Make Ordinary Days Extraordinary

Typical Sunday at Tuesdays and Thursdays, instead of taking time off we attended Accessories The Show at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City and made some very interesting contacts with a few vendors.

The show is more fashion oriented that the shows we usually attend, but in-between all the handbags and jewelry we came across a few things that hold a great deal of promise for us. Details on our discoveries will be coming soon!

Now Playing on the Tuesdays and Thursdays iPod : Emma Bunton, So Nice

Oh Baby Spice!

We don't sell music, yet, but Emma has made of some of our Ordinary Days Extraordinary, so we just had to share!

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UglyDog Uglydoll

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Jeero & Fries

Jeero loves fries - they're Jeero colored!

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