Local Guides World
J. Mark Carper,_Ed.D.
3 reviews on 1 places
Our kid, now nearly 13, has attended - LOVED - this place since our north shore town's kindegarten experience underwhelmed our whole family - I mean, he learned a "song" featuring, let's see, I think it's indelibly stamped in me brain:
"Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut
McDonald's and Something and
Pizza Hut!"
Well, maybe it IS fading from memory - finally, thank the gods!
Digression alert! I must mention that when he came home from like, day 2 of kindergarten excited to share this little rhyming advert with mom and dad, eyes shining feverishly - literally - he asked, reverently, "Those places - do they REALLY exist? Can we go there?!"
After we'd labored long & hard to shield him from such...
Enough!
Back to P&C ~ which is how those-in-the-know shorthand it - Suffice it to say, we (I, largely - no friend of traffic and traffic lights) drove him back and forth, thru rush hour traffic both ways (Marblehead-Somerville) for just about 5 years before Covid-19 drove them online instead.
And we're still faithful followers. Boosters, even - as perhaps is obvious.
Better yet our son still loves every minute he gets to spend interacting with the crew AND the other kids AND the subject matter AND writing movie reviews (Oops, my bad ~ make that, FILM reviews) nearly every day. And that's his own, self-motivated "requirement."
Need I say more?
"Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut
McDonald's and Something and
Pizza Hut!"
Well, maybe it IS fading from memory - finally, thank the gods!
Digression alert! I must mention that when he came home from like, day 2 of kindergarten excited to share this little rhyming advert with mom and dad, eyes shining feverishly - literally - he asked, reverently, "Those places - do they REALLY exist? Can we go there?!"
After we'd labored long & hard to shield him from such...
Enough!
Back to P&C ~ which is how those-in-the-know shorthand it - Suffice it to say, we (I, largely - no friend of traffic and traffic lights) drove him back and forth, thru rush hour traffic both ways (Marblehead-Somerville) for just about 5 years before Covid-19 drove them online instead.
And we're still faithful followers. Boosters, even - as perhaps is obvious.
Better yet our son still loves every minute he gets to spend interacting with the crew AND the other kids AND the subject matter AND writing movie reviews (Oops, my bad ~ make that, FILM reviews) nearly every day. And that's his own, self-motivated "requirement."
Need I say more?
Hey, it's Staples! You always know exactly what you're going to get. There's always pros and cons* - That's true of any retail store. True, in fact, of most anything I can think of - now that I think of it!
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*Pros: In my most recent experience, I found a hard-to-come-by item & a friendly manager; C-virus masks in packs of 50 for ~$26 + tax (Another plus: I had a $25 coupon from a previous computer repair - which they performed right there - where I'd bought the thing. See how the "Pro's" keep mounting up?)
Cons: Higher prices - except for the aforementioned masks, of course. Ah, well, it is, after all, like I said up front: You know exactly what to expect going in.
Funny about that nearby meth lab, though. Say, what? You know, that the other reviewer mentioned?
Ohhh, now I get it - The ALLEGED meth lab.
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*Pros: In my most recent experience, I found a hard-to-come-by item & a friendly manager; C-virus masks in packs of 50 for ~$26 + tax (Another plus: I had a $25 coupon from a previous computer repair - which they performed right there - where I'd bought the thing. See how the "Pro's" keep mounting up?)
Cons: Higher prices - except for the aforementioned masks, of course. Ah, well, it is, after all, like I said up front: You know exactly what to expect going in.
Funny about that nearby meth lab, though. Say, what? You know, that the other reviewer mentioned?
Ohhh, now I get it - The ALLEGED meth lab.
Friendly staff upstairs and down; great selection - & if they don't have it, they'll get it. Plus, I'm REALLY happy that, so far anyway, they've opted to remodel the existing structure (& saving the expense of buying another site at Marblehead real estate prices!)