Tag: shopping
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Life After Amazon & Target: How to Boycott
The thing to know about me is: I’m a petty bitch. I will boycott a company or organization at the drop of a MAGA hat. I will slam my wallet shut at the mere sniff of a policy I don’t like. Boycotts have been my preferred method of protest for ages. Not because I think…
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Holiday Shopping With a Bang
Despite having family and friends who are into hunting for both sport and sustenance, I am not a fan of guns. Like, at all. I’ve seen firsthand how guns can be used as weapons of intimidation in domestic abuse situations. There’s nothing that will cool your feelings on guns like seeing a supposed “head of…
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Friday Links: Fall Blows Edition
I’m on a bit of a self-imposed shopping hiatus right now, but if I weren’t, I’d be plunking down some cash for the burgundy version of these wedge booties featured on Cardigans and Couture this week. This post from last year continues to perform really well on thePoeLog. I believe that it’s because it contains…
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Now I Understand Where Cruella Deville Was Coming From
(We interrupt our Spain reverie for a very important issue) I recently went coat shopping, which is sounds like it’s no big deal, but of course, for me, was a very, very big debilitating deal. I had to undertake this dreaded exercise because 1) I live in a cold place where I have to wear…
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Post-Thanksgiving Turkey Coma Activities
I’m going to go out on a limb here and declare Thanksgiving my favorite holiday. Quite a controversial statement, I know. Hopefully, Olivier Martinez doesn’t come over and give me a turkey day whooping for uttering such a contrarian viewpoint. (In his defense, he’s French, so he probably doesn’t really respect the whole Thanksgiving dealio. Come…
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Book Clubbing (and Who Do You Think You Are, Anthropologie?)
Can we be uber-lame (besides just using the term “uber”) and start a blog book club? You might think that such an idea was inspired by the Great Poe (not me, the other great Poe, that Edgar dude) or by the fact that I am, technically, a writer (as in: somebody actually pays me a…
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Buy Some Crafts, Save a Life
I got this flyer in the mail the other day. At first glance, it seems like a nice, innocent marketing flyer announcing the imminent arrival of spring and urging residents to consider shopping at some of the nearby shops (as if I need urging). There’s some flowers blooming, but instead of flower heads there’s some…
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Don’t Cry for Me, Istanbul: Shopping Part II
Before we all start crying into our luxurious Turkish carpets because I missed out on the Mother of All Shopping Meccas, please know that while I did not purchase tons of trinkets at the Grand Bazaar, I did come back with an overstuffed suitcase. In addition to buying possibly-illegal-for-export sahlep and ceviz receli, and, the…
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At Least We Didn’t Bring Home a $24,000 Rug: Shopping in Istanbul
I’m not even going to pretend that I am ambivalent about shopping. I’m the furthest thing from it. I shop quite a bit. Some might even say I shop more than my fair share. Other’s might suggest that I shop enough to keep a (very) small economy going. Perhaps something along the lines of self-proclaimed…
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Istanbul, But Why Not Constantinople?
This is our last morning in Istanbul and it’s been an amazing and enlightening trip. I had no idea that Turkish history was so, so interesting. Istanbul is modern yet ancient, and completely surprising. We spent the first two days being led around by our tour guide Levon from Melitours. And we’ve had a driver,…