weekend reads

Around 2pm yesterday, I decided this would be my last Weekend Reads of 2022. I planned to have another one for next weekend, but I am ready to head into vacation mode with my family. While my daughter has school this coming week, if I don’t focus on work I can focus on ensuring we… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #227

Weekend Reads ‘Alexa, thank my driver’: Here’s the simple way Amazon customers can show delivery drivers appreciation this holiday season. (Amazon) The White Lotus’s Portia is TV’s best-dressed character. (Harper’s Bazaar) The murky path to becoming a New York Times best seller. (Esquire) We all use phones on the toilet. Just don’t sit more than 10 minutes. (Washington… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #226

Weekend Reads Say hello to Viva Magenta, the color no one asked for, coming to a world where no one lives. (New York Times – gift article) Do you really need a new kitchen counter? (The Atlantic) Why America’s railroads refuse to give their workers paid leave. (The Intelligencer) Half of all Americans now die… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #224

I know I said in the Wardrobe Oxygen Community on Facebook that I wouldn’t do a Weekend Reads this Saturday but I changed my mind. This has been an intense week thus far just with the news let alone any intensity you have felt with the holidays. I know I could use a quiet moment… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #225

Weekend Reads Young women broke hard for Democrats in the midterms. (The Hill) You might go through hell for your post-Ozempic body. (The Cut) Steve Comes Home: How the ‘Blue’s Clues’ host overcame death rumors and depression to return to his beloved TV pup. (Variety) Thousands were released from prison during covid. The results are… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #223

Weekend Reads Who is Wes Moore, the first Black governor of Maryland? (The Guardian) Medicare for All is not enough. (The New Republic) How a viral teen app became the center of a sex trafficking hoax. (Washington Post – gift article) And for my local yokels… Bladensburg Peace Cross honoring veterans rededicated yesterday. (Patch) Female… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #222

I know many folks in the U.S. who treat voting the way some do church. They only go to Easter and Christmas services, and they only vote when it’s to determine the next president. But this election happening this coming Tuesday is a big one, bigger than a lot of recent elections. These midterm elections… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #221

Weekend Reads We probably shouldn’t let big companies use Kanye West’s antisemitism for clout. (Friday Things) Doctors Call for National Day of Action on Abortion November 3: ‘We Can’t Just All Get Thrown Into Jail’. (Jezebel) The Second Amendment gives no comfort to insurrectionists. (New York Times – gift article) The environment and economy are… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #220

Weekend Reads Redfin reached out to me as a DC style expert to ask best advice for keeping a small apartment bedroom and closet organized. As someone who has lived in small apartments with small closets (and a small historic home with even smaller closets) I was happy to share my thoughts. Here’s the article:… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #219