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September 2021
July 2021
Summer 2021 pillow round-up
You heard right: it’s time for the Summer 2021 pillow round-up. It had to be done, and I had to be the one to do it. To be clear, the pillows I’m…
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Krooked's Zip Zinger wheels
In an attempt to stave off the Covid blues last year, I made a number of small personal-item upgrades (a few of which I’ve already written about in…
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Hairstory New Wash
Sharing my skin care recommendations was a risk that paid off (thanks to the readers kind enough to offer some feedback), so here I go, sharing my hair…
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June 2021
Tillandsia Cyanea
Not to adopt the tone of a Jay Leno monologue, but plants sure are popular with the kids these days, have you heard about this? There are plenty of…
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Sasawashi room shoes
I’ve been wearing house slippers for long enough that the simple act of not wearing them feels perverse. Walking through the house wearing the same…
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Tata Harper's Regenerating Cleanser and Sunday Riley's Good Genes
When I first started this newsletter, I knew that it was never a matter of if I might one day highlight skincare products so much a matter of when…
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Charles Clary's Be Kind Rewind
There’s something I find particularly appealing about artists whose works are as much feats of strength (be it mental, physical or otherwise) as they…
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May 2021
Ann Petry's The Street and Diane di Prima's Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
Did you know I was born in New York? My mom was born in Manhattan and my dad was born in Hoboken, and I was born in a mountain village north of White…
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E. Procka's The Getaway poster
Sorry - missed an entry last week (and there’s a good chance these won’t be so religiously consistent in the future), but that’s alright, I come bearing…
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Carol Christian Poell's U-Jack prosthetic footwear
Really quick, I want to warn the faint of heart to possibly skip this one - these pages can get a little gnarly on occasion, but the master Carol…
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