On Labor Day weekend, a pop lyricist named Charles Grean (The Thing, Sweet Violets) was placidly cruising Long Island Sound in his 26-ft. skiff when he was struck by an inspiration. “With this hoop ...

It's a source of exercise, the subject of song and one of the longest, lasting, most recognized toys manufactured in the past 50 years, and it's having a birthday. The Hula Hoop (like Madonna and ...