Let's talk common and quirky shopping habits. Last week I ordered myself new workout leggings, because for a person who's exercised six days a week for the past every year I can remember, my collection is (even still) pathetic. They arrived right before the weekend, and it was all squeals of delight and standing on top of the closed toilet in order to try to see myself in the downstairs bathroom mirror because it was ...

Just in time for July, the 7 organizing products I've been obsessed with all June-long. They've transformed pantries, upgraded closets, unearthed and corralled supplies--in short, they've changed lives. Get the scoop below.     Continuing on from last month's chalk labeling kick...   1. Black Bin Clip Labels These guys were a new release at the Container Store, and when I saw them I instantly clicked "add to cart." In some aspects they're the upgraded version ...

      Much has been written about the nature of the online/tech world as it concerns the comments that are submitted on a never-ending basis. Perhaps it's the anonymity to blame--the fact that each person commenting feels enabled by the security of typing from behind a computer screen and being some million miles away. Maybe that's the culprit for the chaos that is every single comment thread. At a certain point, it doesn't matter ...

You might want to go ahead and cancel Sunday brunch or Saturday flea-ing right now, cause I've got the hottest weekend invite just for you. Where it is: your linen closet. Linen drawer. Linen cupboard. Wherever you keep whatever you've got--no judgment. Who'll be there? Well, there'll be you. And the trash bags you'll come equipped with! And. Well, this is really more of a solo party, to be honest. The activities: Hum to yourself ...

There are lots of things that are easier to do at home than on the road. Watering the garden, for instance. Gabbing with next door neighbors as you do so. Practicing yoga naked in your living room. Those sorts of things. Another, regrettably, is being clean. "Travel is just another term for the fight to avoid smelling rank and collecting stranger-germs," wrote a notable travel writer famously. Maybe. I mean they might have written that. ...