Good morning, shoppers!
It’s been a sec, huh? Funny how those things happen. You look away for a second and suddenly both of us have had birthdays, Summer Friday is a thing again, and the season of feeling like you’re sweating into your hair at all times has officially started. Must be June!
Hazy, crazy — let’s get down with some whimsical sandals, your new go-to condiment, and another that, uh, may not make the pantry cut. How ya feelin’ out there?
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Kase + Maggie
As a teenager, Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet was my favorite film. A 21-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio dressed as a knight in shining armor, a 17-year-old Claire Danes silhouetted by angel wings, the costumes alone were enough to send my still-developing brain into overdrive. Combine them with that fish tank scene and I was done for. This was the height of glamour in my young life and twenty-five years later, I’m still after that ethereal look. Maybe that’s why I can’t stop checking up on these gold metallic sandals from Loeffler Randall. With a delicate ankle wrap, they’ve given new meaning to the term “star-crossed.” –MC
I regret to inform you that I’ve become one of those “oh, I have everything I need, sweetheart” people when it comes to my birthday. Things I want? Sure, but they’re interchangeable for the most part. I want to feel thought of and seen by someone if they give me a gift, not like they just felt obligated to get me something, you know? Add that to my increasingly niche hobbies, and my tendency as a. A suburban dweller who is 2. A parent and iii. Generally pretty anxious, I can usually be found lurking in my cave. This year the two things I specifically asked for were an upgraded iron for sewing and a variety of mini pliers with pink handles, for snipping the ends of rivets and stuff. I know what you’re thinking: party animal! That said, I literally gasped when I scrolled past this. She…she’s beautiful. Do you think she’d go well with my sweatpants? —KW
Baggu must be considering a run for office because they’re everywhere. What I foolishly assumed was a company who made a collection of conveniently-sized reusable bags in a series of very cute prints for very reasonable prices seems to have expanded their offerings. The aforementioned very cute patterns can now be found on throw pillow cases, reusable cloths, nylon wallets, laptop sleeves and so much more. Looks like they’re just printsing money over there. —MC
“Put an egg on it” is long accepted wisdom for a no-brainer culinary upgrade, but I’d like to nominate that “and a bit of this stuff too!” be added. Thank me later. —KW
“Who asked for this?” is a common refrain in my life. “Just why?” is a close second. I tend to reserve these turns of phrase for actual chaos in my life, but this week, I discovered a creation called “pasta water salt”, which required both and were joined by some other choice words. “No measuring, no guessing. Just add one halite salt rock per liter and the pasta water will be as salty as the Mediterranean,” the description of this thing (that I’ll surely spend the next three to five days complaining about) boasts. I didn’t know adding salt to water needed to be rebranded, what will they think of next? —MC
Words absolutely fail to express the fear and heartbreak and anger of the last few weeks and, if I’m being honest, the last several decades. The first time I huddled under my desk with an active shooter in the area was 24 years and 12 days ago. I remember how the sunlight looked behind the closed blinds to my left, and that my mom was on a business trip. I was nine years old. We didn’t do those drills routinely yet back then, in 1998. My daughter is going to be even younger the first time she’s under that desk, and when I think about that (more than once a day), all I can think is that I hope to god that it’s only ever a drill for her. All I can do is hope.
Words fail, yes, but groups like Project Unloaded hope to harness the power of language and change the momentum of gun safety. It’s a misnomer: guns don’t make us safer, and in fact the best way to reduce gun violence is to reduce the number of guns themselves. Through campaigns like SNUG (Safer Not Using Guns), the group aims to educate consumers — especially young people; did you know that a quarter of new gun owners since 2019 have been between 18 and 29? — about the facts around gun violence and empower them to make the choice to not own guns. To learn more and to donate, check out their website. —KW
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