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Bobble Water Bottles - The heat index on our vacation destination --- an island three miles long, a half-mile wide --- topped out at 107 degrees. We had a house overlooking the Atlantic, and
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Bonsai Birch Tree Table Light - Hard as it is for me to believe, I was a guest at a Sunday Lunch. Really, I’d forgotten they existed. Or that there was any daytime activity that might
Books by Friends and Neighbors - “Another book?” the child says, as the doorman hands her one of the thick, padded envelopes that arrives each day. I wish I had a Flip video of that moment,
Books for Thirteens - An obsessive reader turns 13 and stops reading. Cold. Is it the weekend blur of Bar Mitzvahs? The lure of video games and Second Life? Or
Bragg Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar - I knew winter’s coming because my annual bout of Sinusitis began. Ten days of Amoxicillin followed. I got better. Then I didn’t. “This sometimes requires a second round,” the doctor
Breast Cancer: Unlock the Cure - The purple thumb. The yellow wristband. Visual shorthand proves that sometimes an image is worth more than a thousand words. This is Breast Cancer Awareness month --- you’ll be seeing a
Brita XL Water Dispenser and Filter - If you live in New York or Los Angeles --- really, if you live anywhere there are Audis and lattes and gyms with personal trainers --- you know it is
Bucky Balls - Ever wonder what Wall Street big shots buy when they’re in the mood for toys? I don’t mean Ferraris and wooden motorboats. Just toys. Things you have out on a table.
Butler readers on Smith College’s racial crisis: “Toxic wokeness,” “tone-deaf administrators,” and more - Last week, I republished Michael Powell’s New York Times article, Inside a Battle Over Race, Class and Power at Smith College and invited you to weigh in. I have
Butler went on vacation, and all he left us were his favorite things - THE AMAZON LINK: There are now two ways to get to Amazon and support this site. Old: Click on the “Buy it from Amazon” link on any review and go
Butler’s 500th - Butler's 500th Careful what you wish for --- I asked for suggestions for the 500th review, and several hundred of you had at least one. I read,
Butler’s Holiday Break: I’d light a fire, pour a tumbler of bourbon — wearing a silk robe and monogrammed slippers, like in old movies — and wallow in these books. - SPECIAL DISPATCH: ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU, 1931 – 2021 Mary Wald has been the unofficial press coordinator for the Nobel Peace Prize laureates for more than two decades. How well did she
Butler’s taking two weeks, but not leaving you empty-handed - These are tricky times. A grinning maniac is driving the clown car of his administration at top speed into a wall --- or is it that he's preparing us for
Cambodian Market Bags - Plastic bags in landfills take as long as 1,000 years to degrade. The answer isn't to get your groceries or small packages in paper bags. It's to use
Canvas Boat/Shopping Bags - Before the pandemic, my city levied a charge for each bag you needed for your groceries. That went away. For a month or two. Now plastic bags have been outlawed
Capresso Burr Coffee Grinder - In my universe, pre-ground coffee is beneath discussion. And pods condemn their users to fire and brimstone. The only coffee worth buying is whole bean, recently roasted, stored in airtight
