Weekend Reads We probably shouldn’t let big companies use Kanye West’s antisemitism for clout. (Friday Things) Doctors Call for National Day of Action on Abortion November 3: ‘We Can’t Just All Get Thrown Into Jail’. (Jezebel) The Second Amendment gives no comfort to insurrectionists. (New York Times – gift article) The environment and economy are…
Weekend Reads Redfin reached out to me as a DC style expert to ask best advice for keeping a small apartment bedroom and closet organized. As someone who has lived in small apartments with small closets (and a small historic home with even smaller closets) I was happy to share my thoughts. Here’s the article:…
I’ve been raving about a lady tux for years. Able to go anywhere a cocktail dress would, a lady tux (also known as a Le Smoking) is oftentimes more comfortable, warm, and versatile. It looks chic with flat shoes, it doesn’t require special underpinnings, and the jacket and pants can separate to increase the number…
The Talbots Friends and Family sale is here and this is a sale you do NOT want to miss! This sale gives you 30% off your entire purchase and I gotta tell you, the Talbots New Arrivals are so good! If you think Talbots is only one aesthetic you need to take another look. Amazing…
I have been a fan of Lands’ End outerwear for decades. I still own a Lands’ End Squall Parka that I purchased in my 20’s and have reviewed Lands’ End outerwear in the past but haven’t bought a coat from them in a bit. Lands’ End invited me to check out their outerwear selection for…
Weekend Reads Retirees displaced by Hurricane Ian confront a wrenching situation: At their age, remaking the lives they loved so much in Florida may not be possible. (New York Times – gift article) A high school marching band needed money. Post readers rushed to help. (Washington Post – gift article) Lizzo is here to talk…
As I look through my closet for this season and as it gets colder, I am assessing what I already own, and what I think will work with my existing closet, and I can’t help but think about capsules. What will be my fall to winter capsule wardrobe? What will mix and match, making it…
Weekend Reads Looking for a way to celebrate Monday’s federal holiday? Consider donating to the campaign of a Native American or Indigenous woman running for office. (ActBlue) ‘A modernized, streamlined incarceration experience.’ New prison technology surveils life on both sides of the wall. (Scalawag Magazine) Why does the Midwest love orchestras so much? (Washington Post…
It’s funny, we’ve been dealing with covid almost three years. There have been over a million cases of covid in my state of Maryland alone, yet if you tell someone you caught it, you might as well tell people you got a venereal disease from a debaucherous weekend in Cabo. Maybe if we work on…