This is a belated rehash of a conversation I actually had last Saturday, but my excuse is that we (being me and my partner in crime/conversation) were too hungover and/or lazy and/or busy doing laundry to properly investigate this incredibly timely issue.

Which is... [drumroll please]

Double decker strollers.

While sipping lattes in the park by City Hall, we noticed not one, not two, but three (three!) young-ish, attractive men pushing children in double strollers. But not just any double strollers. Double strollers in which one child is in a hammock-like pouch over top of the other child (say, apartment style). The questions this reveals are endless (probably not). Like: How do you decide which child goes on top? The cute one? The one most likely to require your attentions? The one most likely to climb out of the stroller but be dissuaded by the height? Or the one less likely to climb out of the stroller and so less likely to be maimed by the fall from the greater height? Why is it only men who have these strollers? Why are they all young and attractive? Why did one of the men not even appear to have actual children in his stroller? Is it that much of an accessory?

This is how trend pieces are born.

Nb: I was concerned I wouldn't be able to find a picture of this strange beast, but actually the picture I've found is bizarrely perfect. It's taken in Brooklyn (which, though I don't live there, is part of New York, where I do live). It features a relatively attractive man. It's part of another blog post about a nice day (which last Saturday was, otherwise our coffee in the park would be a non-starter). AND I could totally have been that sloppily dressed girl on the right side because I WAS sloppily dressed on Saturday (although it wasn't warm enough for just a t-shirt, and my companion was not nearly as sloppy as the girl in the picture's).