"Those who get it understand." The best place to buy a winter coat, maybe

I have a silly Substack, and it’s free. this week: a really … characterful place to buy a winter coat substack.com/@natashafros...

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waiting for Amy and Beth to join the party

can’t stop thinking about how a baby I met recently is called Lemon

First time I’ve seen this

herby stuff looks like oregano

that’s cucumber bb

Last Call for Neon in New York City Signs at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the Apollo Theater are among the latest to lose their vintage glow in favor of LED lighting.

loved this story. in one of our last pre-covid weekends in new york, my (now-)husband and i went all over the city looking for last remnants of neon. quite a few of the signs we saw then were lost to the pandemic www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/r...

traveling this year so sadly separated from my tiny chairs!

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(these posts inspired by a forthcoming great walk, but not necessarily Great Walk, with @rebekahwhite.bsky.social)

working title: "Hard Pass" (or maybe "Hut and Bothered")

and bam, there's the ex (Paul Williams???) and his new squeeze, and they have to see them every night for the next three nights. obligatory Taika Waititi cameo (DOC ranger). unclear how it resolves but it's definitely zany and off-beat

idea for a daggy NZ rom com: Rose Matafeo has recently been dumped. to cure her heartbreak, she and her best friend set off on a three-day Great Walk. on the first night, after various things have gone wrong (traffic, sandflies, something scatological), they get to the DOC hut

did a snake write this headline

devastating! where is the dyson air wrap of yard maintenance??

reflecting on this old story of mine, in minute 46 of my neighbor's leaf blower, i say: Elon, enough with the politics — where is the quiet, electric model we were promised? qz.com/1729584/more...

Kaitlin Phillips | Substack

no two ways about it: in a year of gift guide bounty, the kaitlin phillips gift guide is still the best one. just the right amount of totally and incontrovertibly unhinged. read it and weep substack.com/@giftguide

this made me sob. such a beautiful, thoughtful piece

An I.V.F. Mix-Up, a Shocking Discovery and an Unbearable Choice Two couples in California discovered they were raising each other’s genetic children. Should they switch their girls?

the sort of story that might just leave you weeping at your desk www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/m...

"their small town in Wellington"

Hey look, there’s a @nytimes.com starter pack!

go.bsky.app/3p3ARGN

incredible contribution to the annals of "things where they aren't supposed to be"

www.stuff.co.nz/travel/36049...

had the pleasure of spending this weekend with Bongo, who is substantially stronger than me, weighs 90lb and is terrified of small dogs

The Corner Lot Where All the World’s Vegemite Comes From First concocted a century ago, the spread is widely adored by Australians — and loathed by almost everyone else.

my vegemite opus (on the cover of sunday's physical @nytimes.com!)

New Zealand has elected its most conservative government in a generation www.nytimes.com/2023/10/14/w...

After Jacinda Ardern, a ‘Scary Time’ for Women in New Zealand Politics Three years after Ms. Ardern won a resounding victory for her Labour Party, the nation will vote in a very different political landscape.

on NZ's election: “It does feel like a scary time in politics for women — which is incredibly disappointing, when you think about how hopeful things seemed.”

How a Storied National Airline Became Reviled in Its Own Country A string of scandals has left Qantas Airways, which calls itself “the spirit of Australia,” near the bottom of public opinion at home.

on qantas, australia's troubled national carrier: “We’re fiercely proud of it — so we expected better of it.”