August 4, 2006

Break the Bank

Pamela Barsky’s Piggy Banks

Some things sound too good to be true.

Like that get-rich-quick e-mail scheme you signed up for. (All you had to do was sell a few bottles of eye cream to a few people, who would in turn a sell a few more bottles to a few more people. How did that go wrong?)

So we’ll understand if you have a hard time believing this one: Pamela Barsky’s new piggy banks come prefilled. Can’t be, you say? It’s true. Some have just a couple of pennies and nickels inside, but others have as much as 100 buckaroos.

Your eyes do not deceive. For around $30 you get an adorable midcentury modern-inspired piggy bank in matte black, pea green, or soft white — and up to a cool hundy to use as you choose.

No strings attached. No pyramid scheme. No boxes of unused eye cream to clutter your front hall closet. Of course, you do have to pick the right bank to come up big.

So easy there with the false hope.

Available at Willow, 908 North Damen Avenue, at Iowa Street (773-772-0140); online at pamelabarsky.com.