Lola thought Petula Clark expressed how she feels best in her 1965 hit, “Downtown“.

Click Here then minimize the new window so you can sing along with Petula (we know you want to):

When you’re alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go - downtown
When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know - downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?

The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things’ll be great when you’re
Downtown - no finer place, for sure
Downtown - everything’s waiting for you

Don’t hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows - downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close - downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You’ll be dancing with him too before the night is over
Happy again

The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown - waiting for you tonight
Downtown - you’re gonna be all right now

That you will be, Lola can feel it! Come see us downtown…

Silver level: buy $500 worth of stuff (at once or over time) and you get a $25 credit for a future purchase.

Gold level: buy $1000 worth of stuff (at once or over time) and you get an additional $50 credit for a future purchase (now you’ve gotten $75!).

Diamond level: buy $2500 worth of stuff (at once or over time) and get an additional $100 credit for a future purchase (now you’ve gotten $175!).

Platinum level: buy $5000 worth of stuff (at once or over time) and get an additional $200 credit for a future purchase (now you’ve gotten $375!).

After that, your points start over and you get to cycle through each level again. Points never expire and we keep track for you in your customer file on our system. It’s that easy! So, thank Lola the next time you see her. It was her idea!

So, at Lola’s request, Piccolini now has an entire section devoted to organic and green products (our “Green Shop“) where we feature furniture made from materials harvested using environmentally-sound practices, low VOC lacquers and finishes and organically grown and produced products from toiletries to clothes and bedding.

We just took on a new collection of furniture and bedding into our Green Shop from a very cool company called Q Collection Jr. So check it and the Green Shop out the next time you want to do something healthy and safe for your little one and the planet!

welcome to lola’s first blog entry. seeing as how she can only say single words, she has expressed her blog ideas and thoughts to me and i will translate so that you can understand what it is she has to say (and she has an awful lot to say, let me tell you!)

this week lola wanted me to tell you how pretty she feels in the toddler clips by giddygiddy. available in florals, fruits and animals, these clips are perfect for your little ones with a little more hair than the baby clips can fit. and lola also wanted me to tell you that you should check back periodically because the folks at giddygiddy have told us that they are working on hair elastics, too! yay!

thanks for tuning in to this first edition of lola’s blog and make sure you keep checking back and comment as often as you’d like. we’ll keep updating you with lola’s faves, focusing on new and exciting products we see ahead of availability at the shows (of course lola comes, she’s head of our buying department!)

lola t.