Kids in Madrid: Baby Deli

As soon as we arrived in Madrid and started talking over weekend plans with my friend Gabi, I could tell she was absolutely dying to take Bella to this place. It's owned by Carolina Herrera's daughter, and it WAS sooper sooper cute. The food is all organic and pretty delicious, though fairly expensive and in small, kid-sized portions. And, of course, served up with the usual service-with-a-smile that Spain is SO well known for (Can you hear the sarcasm? Actually, the lady behind the counter all but chucked the tray and change at my head; but that was our first day in Madrid so I wasn't used to it yet).

Gabi and I hadn't seen each other in a year, so we were too busy getting caught up for me to take lots of pictures of the place, but it's basically a very VERY upscale version of our @play Cafe in Reston, minus the child minders (I guess you have to BYO). If you happen to be shopping in Salamanca anyway, it's a perfect stop for playtime and a bite.

Baby Deli - www.babydeliworld.com
Calle de Lagasca 54
28001 Madrid, Spain
+34 915 763 810

Major yikes in Barcelona

WAY up there on my list of Freakiest Things I Have Ever Seen. And they were in a swanky toy shop window in Barcelona, on the same block as our hotel on Rambla Catalunya, about as major a thoroughfare as you can get. So I'm guessing they must be expensive.

Oh - and yes - because I've had to clarify more than once - these are supposed to be newborn baby dolls. Complete with lanugo and all. I'm half-surprised there isn't a "Lotus Birth" version with the placenta still attached. Ewwwwwwwww.

CORRECTION: I was referring above to the white stuff that newborn babies come coated in, which is actually called vernix caseosa. Lanugo is the super fine baby fuzz/hair.