How I Dress for Dinner on Vacation
Chan Luu Top, Marta Ferri Skirt (old, similar here, here & here), JB x Margaux Sandals, Sensi Studio Bag, Retrosuperfuture Sunglasses Evening looks are the pieces I get most excited about when I’m packing for a warm-weather trip. Something shifts once the sun goes down. Vacation dressing gets to be a little more expressive, a little more vibrant, a little more fun….
30 Summer Bucket List Ideas for Your Most Magical Season Yet
Anyone who has spent a summer in the Pacific Northwest knows it arrives with a specific sort of relief. After months of gray skies and that particular kind of drizzle that makes you question your life choices (and your real estate decisions), the sun shows up in Portland like it’s been meaning to call. The…
Supplements People Are Adding to Their Evening Routine
The supplements aisle is not what it once was. These days there is literally a supplement for anything and everything. And while the general advice is to get as much as you can from your diet, in some cases that is not always possible or even realistic. This is especially true when it comes to…
Rock Hall, Maryland: Things to Do, Where to Eat and Where to Stay
Most waterfront towns on the Chesapeake Bay have been polished into a version of themselves designed for a weekend crowd. Rock Hall, Maryland hasn’t. It’s a real working waterman’s town, settled in 1706, where the harbor still goes out in the morning and the welcome sign says “Nice people live here” because the residents put…
Does Pasta Need to Be Refrigerated?
You are standing in the pasta aisle holding a package of fresh refrigerated fettuccine wondering if it can go in the pantry. At home you have an open box of dry penne, leftover cooked rigatoni from last night, and a pre-made pasta meal you bought two days ago. Same category. Four different storage answers. Does…
Why Scheduling Regular HVAC Tune-Ups Prevents Costly Breakdowns
Your HVAC system rarely fails without warning. The signs are usually there weeks or months before a breakdown: a dry throat when you wake up, restless sleep in a room that never quite cools down, headaches from air that feels stale and recycled. Most people chalk these up to seasonal changes or stress. More often,…
Does Rice Go Bad? Shelf Life, Storage, and Fried Rice Warning
You made a big batch of rice on Sunday and left it on the counter to cool while you cleaned up. It has been sitting there for three hours. You put it in the fridge. On Tuesday you pull it out to make fried rice. Everything looks fine. It smells fine. You reheat it and…
Does Pasta Go Bad? Two Risks and How to Avoid Both
You have a box of dry spaghetti in the pantry that has been there for two years, and a container of leftover fettuccine in the fridge from three days ago. You also bought one of those ready-to-eat pasta meals from the grocery store that you have been meaning to heat up. Three different pasta situations…
Does Rice Need to Be Refrigerated?
You just finished making a big batch of rice and you are wondering whether to put it in the fridge now, let it cool on the counter first, or leave it in the rice cooker on keep-warm until tomorrow. Three different situations, three different answers, and one of them carries a real food safety risk….
How to Get Egg Out of Clothes: What Actually Works
It was a Sunday morning and I was making French toast. I had the egg mixture going in a shallow bowl, bread soaking, pan heating, and I reached across the counter for the vanilla extract at exactly the wrong angle. The bowl tipped. Not all the way over, but enough: a wave of beaten egg…