My dad LOVES flashlights. He loves to tell you how many lumens each light has. He loves tiny lights, and big lights. He loves battery-powered and solar-powered and lawd-only-knows-how-powered lumens. Does he have a favorite flashlight? Yes. Does it change? Also yes. In that spirit I reveal what readers of this blog already know: I…
Category: Research List
SoFi Cost Me $1,298.52 and Never Responded
SoFi paid a bill late and cost me $1,298.52 and is ignoring me now #customerservicefail
Research List: A List of Things to Buy
Seeking Sunshine
I am suddenly having a yellow moment: I want everything I own to be yellow. Check out the citron I’m currently coveting (during covid*). Shop the items here. RIP to Hill City, aka men’s Athleta, which launched right before the pandemic so bad timing. 🙁 The entire site is 30% off, including the hoodie pictured…
Research List: Performance Yoga Joggers
It’s Texas, and it’s hot. But sometimes you don’t want shorts, and it’s too blazing hot for leggings. Enter, the grail I’ve been looking for: yoga joggers. Joggers that have sweat-wicking, breezy properties, rather than being made of cotton or terry or fleece… they’re kinda hard to find tho. Shop it here (not affiliate links)…
Research List: Big Ticket Christmas Gifts for Myself
Exact Packing List for 2.5 Weeks Adult Backpacking in Europe
The Challenge: Pack for Norway including hiking, Copenhagen, Dutch countryside retreat, and Amsterdam for 14 days + 4 days in Orange County, including a wedding, in late August (temps 50s – 90s, rain) in a 30L backpack that fits under the seat in even the cheap airplanes. For my post on the Briidgs backpack I…
Research List: Adult Backpacker Backpack
When my trekking backpack won’t do, and my ski backpack probably would—it’s done week-long trips in Hawaii and Morocco, after all—my upcoming two-week trip through Europe seems like a great excuse for a new travel backpack. Here are a few I’m eyeing … Adult Backpacking Backpacks Shop packs at this link (NOT affiliate links). Extras:…