Love: Joelle Jolivet's Zoology and Maira Kalman's What Pete Ate. Books for kids that even adults without kids would appreciate. (The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco has an exhibit of Kalman's work going on now too.)
Like: Ok, so it's John Derian and thus not really for kids, but these trays with children's hands making shadow puppets are pretty darn cool.
(Re)Discovery: I forgot how yummy chocolate fondue was until Stella begged us to make it one night. What's not to love about warm, melted chocolate with fruit and cake for dipping? Williams Sonoma sells a tin of fondue-ready chocolate bits to make it easy.
Obsession: Some of my favorite films of recent years - and ones that I can watch over and over again - were rated G. Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro is magical. The first 45 minutes of WALL-E are pure poetry. And I tend to agree with A.O. Scott who called Ratatouille "one of the most persuasive portraits of an artist ever committed to film."
Complaint: The Disney Princess racket.
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