No more crayon-colored date night coupons. Please. My children are starving. Hello and happy holidays from Clare’s post-layoff existential crisis happy-time-fun-zone! If I see another picnic in the park, fast…
What is Lapse? All You Need to Know About Gen Z’s New Favorite Social App
Snap is dead. BeReal is knocking on its door. We all know that no one posts on Instagram anymore. Even VSCO, which had a semi-recent resurgence thanks to a popular…
It’s Raining New Balances & Birkenstocks
The English-language idiom The other shoe just dropped surrounds me like a late November squall, even in summer. Sometimes I feel the wind. Sometimes it passes. Other times one shoe…
The Running Out of Time Holiday Gift Guide
Just after the end of summer, I woke up to a text from my mother. This is expected: she always wakes up before me, and always has something to say.…
Change Isn’t Just An Old Taylor Swift Song
Not so many moons ago, I was born a Taurus. Thus, I was born stubborn. Some moons later, I was made into a person with mental health issues. Nice! These…
Quick and Easy Summer Sorbet
As the mercury rises, I’ve decided to adapt my go-to smoothie recipe to make this five-minute fruity summer sorbet. With just four ingredients, it may take even less time! The…
Four Discount Codes for Summer
When I shop, I tend to stick to the same few brands. I’m not just Lizzie McGuire: outfit repeater, I’m Lizzie McGuire: makeup repeater, Lizzie McGuire: jewelry repeater… the list…
Yoga Gift Guide
For the budding yogini, certified guru, or practical shaman in your life! I’ve only just started my journey with yoga this fall, and so far, I love it! I’m so…
Happy-ish:
A Love Letter to My Shortened Sophomore Year Most coming-of-age movies chronicle the protagonist’s tumultuous time in high school, but I’d like mine to focus on right now. At the…
Obsessions: Quarantine
March, April, & May 2020 Listening Playlists: quarantunes, lion/lamb, & maypril Less Than More Than – Sawyer (“Emotional Girls” is my favorite of the five great songs on this EP.)…
What’s in My J. Crew Cart?
With the announcement that my beloved J. Crew is filing for bankruptcy, I mourned for a while… and then decided to check their site for sales. And boy, did I…
Quarantine Baking
Like many others, I’ve curbed my quarantine-inspired boredom and put off my eventual spiral into depression by baking nonstop. Most of my baking has been from a box, but I…
Obsessions: February 2020
Listening Chief Lemon – Henry Loveland Down for You – Cosmo’s Midnight, Ruel Cold War – Cautious Clay SUGAR – Brockhampton Just for a Moment – Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett…
Obsessions: January 2020
Listening Straight to Hell – LOVECRAFT, Sabrina Spellman the masquerade – mxmtoon How Many Nights Do You Dance In The Dark? – Love You Later What If – Logan Smith Face to…
Carefree Summer or Corporate Submission?
A College Student’s Dilemma It’s been said many times, many ways, but most eloquently in the words of Parks and Recreation’s Tom Haverford. “Sometimes you gotta work a little, so…