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:…
Talented artists, all. At a range of price points, you can support independent female artists (or curator) who I happen to know and love. Earthy: The Pointed Arrow / @thepointedarrow I absolutely adore Lily’s sense of style (mentioned here before), and her mountain boho aesthetic calls to me. I’m particularly enamored with the pieces that…
These $13 headphones survived a trip through the washer AND dryer. They have a mic that does a decent job of blocking external sounds. They come with three bud covers for weird small earholes like mine. And they can be yours from Amazon Prime Now within 2 (really 3) hours, at this link. This is…
Couplets of brands on my mind right now: I’m Lovin’: Brazil Pants – um, it took a few tries to get it right, but my houndstooth pants (second skin comfortable) and jakar shorts (textured! yet soft) are in heavy rotation these days. Trade Coffee – a coffee recommendation engine that actually works; the Costa Rican…
GRACEDBYGRIT, makers of my absolute favorite tank of ever for working out and working and living (Delicious, in new colors, hello Violet be mine please), announced today their new organization and renewed social purpose, Gritty Girls. They donate 1% of net sales to Gritty Girls. GRITTYGIRLS ignites and inspires 10-21 year old females to discover…
Remember when Patagonia introduced recycled down in their beyond-fab Bivy jackets and I was obsessed? I’m—if possible—even more obsessed with their new recycled cashmere collection. We took cashmere scraps, spun them with five percent virgin wool for strength, and created a luxurious new cashmere collection with a much lower ecological impact than virgin cashmere. 95%…
Just in case anyone out there is searching this blog for nudes … Nudes: even sexier in the winter? Maybe.
I was staying with my lifelong facebook girlfriend and her husband on a recent weekend when she received a fresh Athleta shipment containing some new skinny jeans. Boring boring new skinny jeans who hasn’t launched those? I thought at first. BUT HOLY COW the skinny jeans are the holy grail of skinny jeans. You know…
I will always be Texan, no matter where I live. My heart is with my home state. Houston is home to much of my family and many friends, and I was part of the group who tried—and failed—to evacuate during Hurricane Rita while I was in school at Rice. Watching Houstonians and Texans band together…
This is easily one of the most embarrassing posts I’ve ever contemplated writing. I’m brazenly revealing the extent of my basicness–loving rosé (CH just released another new one btw icantwaittotryitomgiwantitnow) was just the beginning. For some unnamed reason, starbucks is stopping their e-commerce, so some of their cups are up to 50% off. Starbucks cups…