JFK airport and stroller watching...

So there I am at JFK airport, finding myself on a short weekend trip to long island for family reasons, and I can't do anything but stroller watch! I had a lot of time before I had to catch my flight back home to Boca so I set up camp in the center terminal with my laptop, and a box of pizza, convinced that I would tweet about every single stroller that walked past me. If you don't already know, we are StrollingOn (Strolling In Style) at Twitter. Follow us!

Unfortuantly that day (it was a Monday) it didn't seem like many people were traveling at all! Perhaps they had already arrived home from their trips or weren't leaving until the next weekend but it seemed like Monday was a reeally slow day for traveling with children, or at least stroller aged children.

I only ended up with five tweets. Here they are.

Tweet 1- Off to NYC today (JFK airport) wonder what strollers I'll see out and about! (how very optimistic of me)

Tweet 2- Seems like everyone's travel stroller is the trusted and reliable Maclaren Quest, So Many of these in the airports. Also, city mini! ( as you probably know you can't write too much in a tweet, so these are rather short. Did see a bajillion Quest strollers at JFK all different colors and model years. Most gorgeous by far was an '09 Charcoal/Silver Quest with Silver comfort pack. And the City mini moms were obviously so happy with their strollers.)

Tweet 3- Stroller watching at JFK airport. So far, Baby Jogger City Mini, Quinny Zapp, Maclaren Quest... ( Not too familiar with the Zapp but it seemed like a sturdy travel strollers. Only saw this one once.)

Tweet 4- Oh my, there goes a Yellow Bugaboo Bee! ( as you can tell, I was rather excited by this.)

Tweet 5 (I am giving up here, as it has been nearly 45 minutes since a stroller worth speaking about has gone by.)- Bugaboo Cameleon at 12 o clock. Phew, ok it seems as if my stroller watching is over, now all I'm seeing on wheels are airport wheelchairs and rolling suitcases!

Wish I had a bit more action for my grand stroller watching session. Ah well! So it goes in the land of the stroller obsessed.

We are working very hard here at Strolling In Style and it has been a great summer so far! We are very proud to have figured out how the Peg Perego car seat fits on every single stroller in the store that it is compatable with. Feel free to call with any questions! We turned 7 months old this month and are so excited to be right in the thick of the second half of our first amazing year!

So Friday is here again! How does that happen so quickly?!?

Happy Fourth of July everyone! Hopefully everyone will have a beautiful day and stay safe tomorrow. We will be open and working until 3 pm. No rest for the stroller obsessed, as they say!

In new stroller news, we have just received our shipment of '09 Peg Perego Pliko Switch strollers! A little about the Pliko Switch. It is the Pliko P3 reinvented. According to my sources (which are mostly reliable) the kind folks at Peg Perego actually listened to their customers reviews and comments on how to make the Pliko better. One common problem was that moms wanted to be able to reverse the seat, allowing them to see and interact with their baby. So Peg Perego redesigned a Pliko (they still sell and do well with the Pliko P3), and called it the Pliko Switch!

Now, the seat clicks on and off easily and reverses to face towards and away from mom. What I like about the seat is that it isn't very heavy, and is easily removable. It also folks accordian style for easy storage. What I like about the actual concept of the Pliko Switch is that the car seat (Peg Perego Primo Viaggio SIP 30/30 only) attaches directly onto the stroller chassis, making it behave like a relatively lightweight snap and go. This way, you don't have to lug the heavy stroller seat around with you when you are only going to use the car seat option.

The fold is umbrella style as usual for the Pliko's and the seat miraculously folds in either the forward or away facing position, something that is unheard of for mostly every stroller in the reversible seat market (barring the Bugaboo Bee which does just this and beautifully so.) It does stand when folded! The price is nice, dropping in at $499. The stroller has a wide sun canopy and extendible handles for taller pushers. A great, deep underbasket finishes the Switch off.

All in all, there are many options for the reversible seat, fully functional infant to toddler travel system but it would suffice to say that the Peg Perego Pliko Switch is a great option, at a price that is marginally manageable. Right now, it is only available in red, gray and moka and it would do well to be spiced up with a colorful plush stroller liner.

In other stroller related news, we are very excited to hear from Phil and Teds that we will be surprising the world with a few brand new products in their line that will be available next year. This makes my heart skip since we already know about the hammerhead, the smart buggy and lobster and peanut, so what can it be? Also, the Vibe buggy should finally be car seat adaptable as of this coming month (chicco only) and we will be sure to let you know when this is available for purchase. We have also received our new shipment of Valco Tri Mode twin EX strollers. Apparantly, the EX stands for the new extendible canopies allowing for more sun coverage!

Well, happy fourth of July again to you and yours. Isn't freedom amazing?

Happy Strolling- while watching those fireworks!