Monthly Archives: December 2009

Wacky New Year specs live on in 2010

The decade’s end was supposed to finish off those wacky, year-shaped glasses favored by the reveling seas on New Year’s Eve in Times Square and around the world. Gone would be the convenient loops of the 1990s and the double-zero … Continue reading

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Nearsightedness Rising in U.S., Study Says

There may be good reason for the proliferation of eyeglass stores in recent years: more Americans are nearsighted. The proportion of Americans ages 12 to 54 who need corrective lenses for distance sight has risen in recent decades, increasing to … Continue reading

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‘Eyeglass burglars’ caught on surveillance

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department released surveillance photos of two suspected thieves dubbed the "eyeglass burglars" in hopes that the public will identify them and help locate them. Police say the suspects have hit over a dozen … Continue reading

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Sheriff’s Office Teams with Lion’s Club

The Arlington County Sheriff’s Office has teamed with the Lion’s Club Eyeglass Recycling Center of Northern Virginia to help prepare donated eyeglasses for distribution to medical, church and other non-profit groups who distribute them to individuals that need them in … Continue reading

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Lions Clubs Team Up on Eyeglass Initiative

The Arlington County Sheriff’s Office has teamed with the Lions Club Eyeglass Recycling Center of Northern Virginia to help prepare donated eyeglasses for distribution to medical, church and other non-profit groups, who distribute them to individuals who need them in … Continue reading

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Custom Eyes Makes the Eyeglasses You’ve Always Dreamed Of

We bet you didn’t even know you dreamed of eyeglasses, but this will help you catch up. Lorgnettes were all the rage in the 19th century, Roosevelt made pince-nez Presidential, and that guy in Los Feliz with the monocle is … Continue reading

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