“Let me guess what that is,” my husband says, as I walk in the front door with a bulky brown package, my fourth or fifth in as many days. As a food writer, I am in the business of cookbook writing and reviewing, which means publishers send me advance copies of a lot of pretty…
Read moreKate’s Picks: 9 Things I Tried and Loved in May 2023
I love this month’s roundup of favorite things! From little baubles for your napkins to a tennis dress that looks way more expensive than it is, I’ve received compliments from friends and family on a number of these items. These are the nine things I loved most in May… 1. ATTRACO Tennis Dress With Shorts…
Read moreSana Javeri Kadri’s Oakland Home Bursts With Colorful Mumbai Pride
“Can you tell that my core-identity is homesickness?” laughs Sana Javeri Kadri, a 29-year-old Mumbai native who now lives in Oakland, California. “Every time I visit Mumbai, I cart back some outlandish thing, like my grandmother’s ceramic pickling jars.” Here, the Diaspora Co. founder gives us a tour of the two-bedroom home she shares with…
Read moreThe #1 Thing My Capsule Wardrobe Taught Me
In the hours before our family moved from California to England for seven months, here’s where you would have found me: on my hands and knees on our living room floor, sweating and pulling random items out of my bag, Sebastian Maniscalco-style (please pause and watch this, I die every single time). I yanked out…
Read more2023 Father’s Day Gift Guide
This year, Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday, June 18th, and a bunch of readers have asked for a gift guide. So, here are 11 fun ideas for fathers and father figures… A stack of clean, broken-in tees to replace his grubby ones. Priceless lol. (And this summer sweater is so nice.) The Wager,…
Read moreWhen Have You Felt the Kindness of Strangers?
When Anton was three months old, I burst into tears at the playground… It was a warm fall day, and we were watching the big kids go down a secret slide in our neighborhood. Toby was three, and Anton was teeny tiny, and I was the kind of tired where your eyes sting and you…
Read moreJune 2023 Horoscopes: Welcome One of the Luckiest Months of the Year
As we begin the month, we are under the beams of the Sun in Gemini, bringing opportunities for fun and social interactions. Due to a rare alignment happening between Jupiter and the Lunar North Node of Destiny, June could turn out to be one of the luckiest months of 2023. With optimism and the right…
Read more4 Practical Gadgets That Can Help You Sleep Like A Baby
Finally use modern tech for something other than mindlessly scrolling in bed. You cannot ignore nature. All animals need to sleep. Some more, some less, some in special ways – but they all snooze. If it wasn’t crucial to our survival and well-being, evolution would’ve ruled out the vulnerable, unproductive state we enter once a…
Read moreWhat We’re Watching on TikTok
Charming animal interactions FTW. By the wonderful Grace Farris. P.S. What we’re doing this Friday and 7 Instagram reels that will make you laugh. 0 COMMENTS
Read moreJune 2023 Theme: The Art of the Mix in Interior Design
So far this year on Wit & Delight, our monthly themes have covered topics like discovering your personal style, decorating with color and pattern, finding the organization system that works for you, and filling your home (and life) with things you love. We can think about these ideas on their own, but the real magic…
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