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Business Update: Social Distancing and Watching Out For Each Other

Like so many businesses in our communities right now, or doors are largely closed to the public, but that doesn’t mean we’re not looking out for you. The Centers for Disease Control, and the Governor of…


The Online Optical Marketplace – An Inconvenient Truth

In case you haven’t noticed, virtually everything is going online. The internet revolution completely upended any semblance of the traditional American marketplace. To be fair, the consumer marketplace…


Vision Through the Eyes of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You don’t need prescription eyeglasses or colored…


The Gift of Sight – Happy Holidays from Berlin Optical Expressions!

Just hear those sleigh bells ringing, and jing-ting-tingaling, too… This holiday season, give your loved ones the gift that keeps on giving, every time you open your eyes. Berlin Optical Expressions has…


A Thanksgiving Feast for Your Eyes

Thanksgiving is the very definition of indulgence. Friends and family gather to indulge (read: gorge) in ways that any other time of the year might seem gluttonous, if not simply a little over the top.…


Best Kids Eyeglass Frames – Back to School Edition

The first things you think of when buying anything for your kid has to be affordability and durability. I swear it seems like kids are truly living in a real-life Wreck-It Ralph where everything is on…


Blurred Vision – Fall Foliage Edition

People travel many countless miles this time of year to drive around aimlessly taking in Vermont’s radiant fall foliage. Brilliant reds, yellows, and oranges blanket the hills and valleys for a few short…


Dry Eye Treatment – Tears from Heaven

Tears are so much more than just a physical expression of heightened emotion, in fact, there’s more than one type of tear; there’s actually three! Tears are produced by several glands in and around the…


Myopia Control – Slowing the Progression of Nearsightedness in Children

Myopia is a fancy word for nearsightedness, something most everybody is familiar with. People that are nearsighted have no problem seeing things close up like books or tablets, but have difficulty seeing…


Buying Bifocals – What You Need to Know

First things first: nearly every person out there will experience some amount of vision deterioration as they age; it’s just one of the many things we all have to look forward to! That said, we’re not…