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Fall Back, Spring Forward, See the Difference There are approximately 10 hours and 36 minutes of daylight today, October 24, 2018. In just a few short months that will be down to an annual low of 8 hours…

First Day of Autumn, Eight More Days of 25% Off! If you haven’t stopped by Berlin Optical Expressions this month, you’ve been missing our performance sports eyewear sale. All Sports Eyewear Are 25% Off…

Focusing on Contact Lens Safety There’s a day, a week, or a month to celebrate or recognize almost anything these days. Turns out, optometrists are just as serious about celebrations as they are about…

What You Can’t See Might Hurt You There are a host of chemicals responsible pool owners use to sanitize and clean their swimming pools. Everything from sodium carbonate to increase the pH or acidity of…

Better Vision, Summer Fashion Your eyeglasses couldn’t be more prominently placed and fashion forward if they tried! You wear your frames front and center, every day, all year long. The fashion conscious…

Looking Back, Pushing Forward Memorial Day is meant to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military throughout the history of the nation. Since some time in the 1860s, Americans…

Spring is Coming… We Promise! It’s been a long, grey winter, and just like everyone else, we’re patiently awaiting the return of sunny days and moderate temperatures. Anything would be better than five…

By definition, polarized lenses are also “tinted,” as they provide shade, thus reducing the impact of direct light, as opposed to simply clear lenses like you may have in your everyday eyeglasses. Protecting…

Eyes & Ears Did you know you can hear the optical stylings of Berlin Optical Expressions’ own Dr. Mark Leipert, O.D., and Optician Tim Delworth every Friday and Saturday morning on WDEV? It’s true! You…

2018 New Year’s Resolution Your eyes are working 24/7, night and day. Sometimes they’re working in optimum conditions, and other times struggling in completely inadequate light. We’re also spending more…

Big Fish, Little Fish I don’t know if you’ve ever seen John Oliver’s - Last Week Tonight on HBO, but a few weeks ago, John spent 15 minutes digging into the causes and effects of big corporate mergers.…

Waves of Blue Light All Day Long We’re not turning back time, or turning away from our digital devices any time soon. Our digital devices are more ubiquitous than virtually any technology that has come…

A Celestial Event Not to be Missed In just a few days, on August 21st, 2017, the moon will pass directly between the sun and the earth, partially or completely blocking our view of the sun depending on…

What is a Cataract? We hear about cataracts all the time, but it’s less clear that we understand exactly what cataracts are, how they’re detected, and ultimately how to treat them. In short, a cataract…

An aspirin a day, or just get your eyes checked If you were to run a couple miles every day for a week, you might notice your legs are particularly sore come Saturday. You might even notice they’re pretty…

Theirs are the eyes of the world... Just as you have a vision for your child’s future, you should have a vision for your child’s vision. Did you know that 98% of parents take their child to see a pediatrician…

Snellen Eye Chart Herman Snellen is far from a household name in 2017, in Vermont, or anywhere for that matter. That said, Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen and his colleague Dr. Franciscus Donders,…

Better Things for Brighter Days Bluebird skies and approximately 12 hours and 11 minutes of sunlight on this first day of spring in Vermont! Suffice to say, with the remnants of the second biggest snowfall…

Berlin Optical Expressions is bringing your world, and our website, back into focus. Every day we are outfitting Central Vermont with eyeglasses, contact lenses, sunglasses, and prescriptions that help…