GIDDY UP: Spring has sprung for 2010, and our thoughts turn to long stretches of grass, and swingsets, and slides, and sandboxes, and picnics beneath the trees. Because spring and playgrounds are forever tied in many minds -- it is one of the first places the young and young-at-heart go after all that wintry chill wraps -- and that is a good thing. Also a good thing: vintage playground rides, saved and buffed up for people who miss those little sandbox-close ducks and walruses and want them in their own backyards. NEPTINA IN VENICE: The cool design house restores old-school rides; the pelican is $1800, but eye the whole animal-full line-up.
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