I have sooooo enjoyed reading your comments.

Some "inside" info for you: I asked the Pearl folks about the colors on the Big Bird jersey, because I thought they could have made better color and design choices, especially with something as fun as Big Bird. Turns out they had no design control over the piece at all. The color and design was dictated by the sesame street folks.

As a childless workaholic, I haven't seen Sesame Street in decades. Perhaps the color and design scheme ties into a current theme on show. Anyone know?

In general, we're seeing a lot of green for 2007 and the whole retro thing is going strong, so I won't be surprised if we sell a fair number.

On the Castelli Cuore Jersey, I think it's different strokes for different folks. You'll see that piece on TE sometime in the next few weeks. We bought 15 or so pieces, as I recall. Castelli's headquarters are right here in Portland, so we speak with them alot. The National Sales Manager told me that jersey was very strongly received in several regions of the U.S. One of the things I really appreciate about Castelli is that they are one of the few companies willing to go out on a limb, style-wise. Alot of companies play it pretty safe. Castelli isn't afraid to take a risk now and then. It certainly creates some buzz!

Susan