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style spotter: the lazy travelers’ 2014 holiday gift guide + giveaway! [NOW CLOSED]
Now that friendsgiving has come and gone (and we can’t WAIT to tell you all about it!), we are officially in full on holiday mode: Christmas movies, music, cookies, and decorations are taking over our lives. Most important? Buying up gifts for our nearest and dearests! Naturally, we’ve assembled our second annual holiday gift guide, chock full of things we adore. The very best part? This year, we’re giving away some of our faves, including a winter wonderland weekend getaway! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet. At the end of this post, we’ll tell you all about…
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happy friendsgiving!
Happy, happy Friendsgiving, one and all! And, like, happy Thanksgiving if you prefer to be more offish. As we write this, the wino and her other half are en route. Yes, never you fear. They definitely made it out of the states, despite the snowstorm nonsense. The romantic, meanwhile, is preparing in Henley avec Mr & Mrs. O Around the World… who may or may not have forgotten to pick up the turkey. But! All is resolved. Now, dear old Burt the Bird is basting in wine. This very obviously means we’ll all get along just fine. Two years ago,…
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style spotter: escape to barbados
For those of you based in the upper part of the Northern Hemisphere, winter. is. here. Let’s all just take a minute to join the wino in the requisite moaning and complaining. A cruel and unbearable arctic freeze came out of nowhere last week! Since when is 8 FEET OF SNOW an acceptable amount of precipitation? Meanwhile, the romantic is learning firsthand just why people complain about the weather in London. It was a cold, rainy mess this weekend. We haven’t even entered the proper winter season, and already we’re pining for flip-flop weather and reminiscing about the wino’s spring…
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weekend warriors // four days in mallorca
About a month ago, as the days were getting shorter but just before we officially turned back our clocks, I packed up my carry on and jetted off with Ana for four days in Mallorca, full of sun, rioja, and mucho, mucho gambas. But we’ll get to those babies in a sec. There were plenty of reasons to be excited — our gorgeous Mallorca Farmhouses villa, getting schooled in the local seafood, traveling with a fellow winelover — but seriously? I was mainly looking forward to some pool time and increasing my freckle count. This summer was not remotely bad!…
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the ultimate beer hunt // the philadelphia craft beer scene
After a short stint in the rural suburbs of Bucks County, I can happily announce: my fiancé and I have moved into our new Philadelphia apartment! Now that we’re (somewhat) settled, it’s our mission to fully explore our new city. And where did we start? With the Philadelphia craft beer scene, of course! It took us a few more months than we initially planned. But we’ve made the transition from bagel-loving, bodega-shopping, subway-riding New Yorkers to cheesesteak-devouring, soft-pretzel eating, Santa-booing (jklol) Philadelphians. All we need now is our go-to list of bars for post-work happy hours and weekend benders, and we’ll…
