Reading: I just started E. L. Doctorow’s Homer & Langley, which I’ve been wanting to read since it was published. (I recently found a used copy at a library book sale.)
Audio: “Period Piece,” the first single from Lloyd Cole’s forthcoming album Standards.
Beauty Products: I’m going through a Lipstick Queen renaissance—everything from new release Hello Sailor to my can’t-miss favorite Saint Rose.
My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Jo Malone Rose Water & Vanilla. You can read it here.
Apparently I need to post some code right here before I can “claim” my blog on Bloglovin.’ Doesn’t that seem odd? Well, I’ll give it a try:
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I love cats. I love macarons from Ladurée. I only wear t-shirts for sleeping and housework, but I’d love to own this one. It’s the color of a pistachio macaron and it features the silhouette of the most chic little black cat. It’s just one item in the latest collaboration between Uniqlo and another brand—in this case, a renowned Parisian pâtisserie.
You can view the limited-edition Uniqlo x Ladurée collection at the Uniqlo website.
In 2003 I moved back to New York after living in other states for graduate school and work. Things had changed during the decade I was away. I’m nearing the ten-year anniversary of that return, and I’m remembering how surprised I was by certain things that women my age were suddenly saying and doing. They had made manicures a weekly routine, rather than a luxury for special occasions. They teetered through their daily commutes in stiletto heels. They freely discussed their Brazilian waxes on their cell phones in public. They wore 3-carat engagement rings. And they were reading novels from a sub-genre nicknamed “chick lit.”
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