weekend reads

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 #74

    Hey folks in the DMV (that stands for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), what are you doing October 16th?  The Bad on Paper podcast with Grace Atwood and Becca Freeman are coming to City Winery and I will be one of their guests! It should be a fun night, I’m looking forward to…

  • Weekend Reads #73

    Want proof that blog readers are a completely different crowd from social media followers? Wednesday I was on The Today Show. Within an hour I gained 1,000 Instagram followers from it. That day, I only had 500 more pageviews to this blog than Saturday and it wasn’t my highest traffic day from the past few…

  • Weekend Reads #72

    Set your DVRs, I’ll be on The Today Show this Wednesday, October 2, during the 10am ET portion of the show.  I will be on with Sai from Scout the City and Joanna from Cup of Jo and we’ll be chatting about fall fashion trends and how our style evolved once becoming parents. I’m writing…

  • Weekend Reads #71

    This has been a hectic week.  Last Friday, I took the train up to NYC to film a segment for The Today Show (I know! So psyched!).  I’ll be going back for a live portion of the same segment.  The date hasn’t been 100% confirmed but right now it seems it will be October 2nd…

  • Weekend Reads #69

    School resumed this week in the state of Maryland, my daughter is officially a 5th grader!  The return of school means the return of a schedule, which was really lacking and affecting my performance as a writer. It’s hard to get on a creative streak when there are kids running through the house, husbands asking…

  • Weekend Reads #68

    I love awards shows and am glad to be married to a person who also loves them. We were so psyched for the VMAs this past Monday, it’s by far our favorite of all awards shows. The performances, the weird cuts to the audience to see how a Hadid sister or Taylor Swift is reacting…

  • Weekend Reads #67

    Tamara reached out on Instagram and let me know that the #amazonnightgown dress I featured earlier this week was a direct copy of a 2016 dress made by the Australian brand Spell. She was right, and it is something I learned about an hour after the post went live when I saw a photo of…

  • Weekend Reads #66

    I am writing this from Naples, Florida where I am with the intimates brand Soma. They are celebrating their 15th anniversary and invited 14 influencers to join them. I am super honored to be here. Before coming, I looked at the guest list and it seemed as though everyone had a bigger Instagram following. But…