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Jamie Oliver: The Cake Tin & more - I fell in love with Jamie Oliver, and it started with a 6.5” by 11.5” cake tin. We were invited to a party. My wife, a master baker, volunteered to bring a
Juniper Ridge Wild Goods - Juniper Ridge Western Wild Goods Every few summers, it seems important for the Butlers to head out to Wyoming --- no, not Jackson Hole --- for a week at a dude
Kneipp Bath Oils - “Who takes a bath these days?” Molly Young asked recently in The New York Times Magazine. “Raise the subject with friends or family, and you’ll hear the standard objection: ‘Why
LED Desk Lamp with USB Charging Port, 5 Color Temperatures, 6 Brightness Levels, Auto-Off Timer - A pristine desk was a longtime dream for me. An unattainable dream, it seemed, for no matter how big my desk, it was invariably strewn with paper and dotted with
LEVOIT Core 300 Air Purifier - I wrote about the Levoit Air purifier in January of 2021. If you can remember what our lives were like then, you'll understand why many of you bought one. Some
Little Sun Solar Lantern - For a small country --- population: 5.3 million --- Denmark bristles with creativity. Borgen. Susanne Bier’s two best films, After the Wedding and In a Better World. Lukas Graham. Noma.
My first essential purchase for the new year: Room Humidifiers - Here we go again. Winter. Living/working from home. Not going out much. Not seeing many people. As we start year 3, we’re smarter. We take vitamins and supplements and check our
myCharge HubPlus Portable Charger External Battery Pack - SHOPPING ON AMAZON: The first business model of this site is Amazon. You start here, buy something there, Butler gets a commission. And not just on the item reviewed. Anything
NEST Scented Reed Diffusers - I wrote glowingly about Diptyque candles, and you would have thought I was endorsing Trump for President and pushing Palin for Veep. “Diptyque costs $62,” one of you wrote. “Have you
New Yorker 2012 Desk Diary - It snowed. In October. The leaves hadn’t even started to turn. But there it was. Snow. With a giant tree toppled across our street as an exclamation point. Snow flips a
Pina Pro Table Lamp - The New York Times headline is over-the-top: "The Lamp That’s Taking Over New York." It’s also accurate. Seven minutes ago, these tall, slim, cordless table lamps didn’t exist. Now they
Prayer Candles: “Bitch Be Gone,” “Fast Cash,” “Come to Mama,” and more - When nothing else works, try prayer. Could your prayers need a boost? Consider a prayer candle. And if there's one prayer candle that's probably selling like crazy this year, it's BITCH BE GONE.
Probiotics - What organ would you least like to read or think about? I haven’t taken a survey, but I don’t think I’m taking a wild guess when I say it’s your …. ….
Riqué Hair Products - His childhood fantasy was show business. But he realized that if he didn't make it big, he was likely to be singing at weddings and funerals in
Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs - Summer. A season of rituals. For some, cookouts at the lake, cocktails on the pontoon boat, spirited games of beach volleyball. In our neighborhood, women hauling lawn chairs onto the sidewalk
simplehuman kitchenware - This company makes what it describes as “tools for efficient living.” And that's no lie. The degree of thought that has gone into these household products is astounding ---
Solar-Powered Pathway & Garden Lights - So they capped the runaway oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Maybe. Now everyone can go back to sleep --- until next time, when a credulous population will rediscover
T-3 Professional Salon Hair Dryer - In boarding school, my morning began with a shower, followed by a 100-yard walk from my dorm to the school building --- often in sub-zero New England
TaoTronics Space Heater - Baby, it’s cold inside. That’s because my apartment is a block from the East River, and my street can be a wind tunnel. It’s also because my living room walls
The Amazon Echo and “Alexa,” your new best friend - READER COMMENT #1: Brilliant! My mother has dementia and asks me every day what day it is. READER COMMENT #2: I got one for Christmas, and I must say it is
