Sadie and the Huggy Buggy
When I was at Amazon.com in 1999, I worked on the launch of the toys and electronics stores, and part of my responsibility was checking out the sample toys manufacturers sent us. I fell in love with the huggy buggies. They were fun, and huggable, and when you are alone, 3,000 miles from home, working 90+ hours a week, you grow attached to the oddest talismans.
“Green” — as I named the green one — was the first item ordered off the Amazon.toys beta site, and it has followed me around for years, from Amazon to Abuzz to China to BostonWorks to LTV. I’ve gotten quite attached to this little ball of felt and rubber.
I gave it to Sadie last weekend. She seems to like it so far.
