Weekend Reads is a series by Wardrobe Oxygen that is published every Saturday. Art, music, interesting articles, sale alerts, and reviews of TV, movies, books, theater, and art exhibits by Alison Gary, and over-40 working mom in the Maryland Suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Weekend Reads As you clean out your closets for the new year, here’s how to do it right. (Washington Post – gift article) Drinkng whiskey from teacups. (Men Yell At Me) How the cult of consumerism ushered in an era of badly made products. (Vox) With a new tour, Madonna shows she will never go…
Weekend Reads Remembering Barbara Walters’s glamorous social life. (W) Your gas stove may be killing you. How much should you worry? (New York Times – gift article) Induction cooktops and ranges are so good you may not miss your gas appliance. (Consumer Reports) Facebook and Instagram to restrict advertisers’ access to teenagers’ data. (Guardian) Here…
I’m back! After two Saturdays off Weekend Reads for the holidays I am thrilled to return to sharing all I have consumed with you. Considering during these past two weeks I spent a lot of time off my devices, the link list will be smaller but the what I saw/heard/read will be greater. I want…
Around 2pm yesterday, I decided this would be my last Weekend Reads of 2022. I planned to have another one for next weekend, but I am ready to head into vacation mode with my family. While my daughter has school this coming week, if I don’t focus on work I can focus on ensuring we…
Weekend Reads ‘Alexa, thank my driver’: Here’s the simple way Amazon customers can show delivery drivers appreciation this holiday season. (Amazon) The White Lotus’s Portia is TV’s best-dressed character. (Harper’s Bazaar) The murky path to becoming a New York Times best seller. (Esquire) We all use phones on the toilet. Just don’t sit more than 10 minutes. (Washington…
Weekend Reads Say hello to Viva Magenta, the color no one asked for, coming to a world where no one lives. (New York Times – gift article) Do you really need a new kitchen counter? (The Atlantic) Why America’s railroads refuse to give their workers paid leave. (The Intelligencer) Half of all Americans now die…
I know I said in the Wardrobe Oxygen Community on Facebook that I wouldn’t do a Weekend Reads this Saturday but I changed my mind. This has been an intense week thus far just with the news let alone any intensity you have felt with the holidays. I know I could use a quiet moment…
Weekend Reads Young women broke hard for Democrats in the midterms. (The Hill) You might go through hell for your post-Ozempic body. (The Cut) Steve Comes Home: How the ‘Blue’s Clues’ host overcame death rumors and depression to return to his beloved TV pup. (Variety) Thousands were released from prison during covid. The results are…
Weekend Reads Who is Wes Moore, the first Black governor of Maryland? (The Guardian) Medicare for All is not enough. (The New Republic) How a viral teen app became the center of a sex trafficking hoax. (Washington Post – gift article) And for my local yokels… Bladensburg Peace Cross honoring veterans rededicated yesterday. (Patch) Female…