Products Archive

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

Life Events: Weddings & Graduations - ‘Tis the season for Transitions and Life Events: Weddings & Graduations. Yes, you can spend a bundle and give One Big Thing. I prefer kits --- collections of small things.

Light Up Compact Mirror with Rechargeable Battery Pack for Smartphones - We were at lunch when the Teenage Adult took out her phone. Not to text her friends --- we discourage that when we are talking --- but to use the

Lithium Concentrate - So I read an article in the New York Times with the provocative title, Should We All Take a Bit of Lithium? I read that piece with unusual interest

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.

Louise Fili: Brilliantly designed Italian pencils, gift cards, and more - When most people think of “style,” they think of fashion designers. I think of Louise Fili. You’ve seen her designs everywhere and every day: Williams-Sonoma, Sarabeth’s, Tiffany & Co., Paperless

Louise Fili: Perfetto Pencils - Louise Fili, whose head seems happily trapped in pre-Mussolini Italy, doesn't just design pencils and their boxes. She also designs note cards --- Quattro Parole Italiane: 12 Note cards and

Louise Fili: Quattro Parole Italiane: 12 Note cards and Envelopes - Amazon, which set out to put America's bookstores out of business and nearly succeeded, now has opened seven brick-and-mortar stores. This inspired Courtney Maum, a trend forecaster turned futurist, to

Lypo-Spheric Vitamin C - This is not the Vitamin C that you regularly take. That Vitamin C may be a wonderfully powerful nutrient. But most of the Vitamin C in pills or capsules never

Magna-Tiles - When I was nine, I got a toy printing press, with tweezers to set the rubber type. I disappeared into my room and embarked on a slow, arduous

Magnetix - Look around a restaurant that caters to families. See all the children who have just been seated. They're happily coloring with the crayons and paper the restaurant has

Mahogany Cigar Travel Humidifier - “Do you smoke?” the doctor asked. “Cigars,” I said, declining to mention the other thing. “How many?” “Not nearly enough.” This is true. I have boxes of fine cigars in airtight bags that I

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Mane ‘n Tail - On a recent birthday, my daughter gave me a coffee mug that said WORLD’S BEST GRANDPA. Which is totally like her. It isn’t at all like me. I may be

Mane ’n Tail Repair ’n Replenish Shampoo and Conditioner - “It is only shallow people,” Oscar Wilde said, “who do not judge by appearances.” Because that is not just witty but true, the New York Times headline surely got a ton

Manuka Honey - Manuka honey comes from New Zealand, where it’s made by bees that feed on the nectar of the manuka tree. Their honey is dark and thick. Its aroma has been

Mark Oldman’s Wine Collection -

Mayorga 100% Organic Cubano Coffee - For years I bought coffee roasted weekly and locally at a shop that sold nothing but gourmet beans. Colombian cost $16 a pound. The shop had rewards cards --- buy

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Memory Foam Back Support Cushion for Chair and Car - I sit at this table for many hours a day, reading and writing. As a kindness to my eyes, I look at the 24” screen of an Apple desktop. As