Sloane trashes her school shoes at a rate that baffles me. Triathletes go through fewer pairs in less time. So the shoes Mommy buys her come from Target. Daddy has different standards — he only buys Nike. He is a brand loyalist. Shopping for back to school, I came across a Nike pair that Mommy […]
The 18th birthday of this blog is next week. It’s wild to think about 26-year-old me, sitting on her rust-colored couch, drinking water from an oversized wine goblet, working on a laptop that weighed as much as a kettle bell, writing the first Capitol Hill Style Post. But as I consider what the future of […]
Yesterday was a scorcher. The air is so thick with smoke and ash that it makes the heat oppressive. And there I am, delivering food for World Central Kitchen in a black WCK t-shirt, sweating like the perimenopausal woman that I am, carrying boxes of donated meals to survivors, volunteers, and first responders. It’s crazy […]
It’s been a difficult week in Spokane. A large wildfire erupted a few miles North of us. It has displaced 65,000 people and has destroyed over 600 homes and structures. Fire crews continue to battle dry conditions, wind, and heat to gain containment of the fire — which has thus far not been achieved. The […]
My feed is awash in influencers who are making the every-day impossibly beautiful. The influencer who is always bathed in a sunlit glow while making up the bed in her childrens’ room with a perfectly curated selection of neutral floral sheets. The influencer whose gifted Caraway cookware is spotless despite daily use, and whose serveware […]
I used to own so many belts. Just a stupid number of belts. Last year, I cleared out all of the belts except four. Four is really all you need. I keep a dark brown belt with a simple buckle for jeans. It goes with any brown shoe or boot I might be wearing, and […]
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