09/03/2020

Going Coastal Seaside Getaway Series Near New York City – Misquamicut Beach + Watch Hill, Rhode Island

Now is the time for a collective reset, to safely break from quarantine despite the new foosball table. Travel can happen if you are sensible and refrain from slipping into the comforts of the life that once was. Research hotel and rental options that abide by clean, Covid-19 safe standards by packing your own food, cleansers, linens and continue to wear masks and social distance no matter where you venture to. As summer begins to concede to autumn, we decided to explore coastal destinations that are less than three hours from Manhattan. The seaside has long been known to soothe and restore, thus we began the trip in Misquamicut Beach, Rhode Island.

The Watch Hill Lighthouse has a majestic feel and is ideal for Covid-19 travel, as it does not attract large crowds.

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08/24/2020

Ultimate Guide on How to Be a Healthy Homebody

While no studies have been performed, speculative evidence suggests that there has been a dramatic increase in homebodies. Imposed time at home to practice social distancing, thereby saving lives and staying healthy, would be a fairly strong indicator of the spike. Now that the general population is versed in habitual domestic life, the typical tendencies of a homebody have shifted. Binge watching addictive television with nutritionally-challenged snacks, the most energy exerted from twisting legs Indian style, is so pre-March. To keep the mind and body engaged, maintain regular breaks from social media, snack healthfully and avoid watching manufactured acting on reality shows. What is recommended is enlightening activities that is both mentally stimulating and enjoyable, enough to rival your BC life. (BC: Before COVID).

Essentials for the healthy homebody: cultivating a music list, nutritional snacks, art, reading and aromatherapy.

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08/14/2020

Reading Is the Ultimate At-Home Activity, Here’s How to Find Your Next Book

If your 2020 agenda is to come out of this Orwellian experience without excessive weight gain and good health, we hear you. If you would like to be stimulated with lifelong benefits for you and your family, read further. In fact, reading is this narrative’s hero. Books have been more valued than ever and not just because you get to mentally escape to places and periods during this travel-deprived moment, stories also take you to a time prior to bulk supplies of sani-cloths and customary interrogations on whether you’ve left the state.

Reading can stimulate long days at home with a more positive end game than constant eating and screen time.

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08/07/2020

Our Leading Picks for Back to School & Work: Yup, the Face Mask

Occasionally you may catch yourself having a conversation with someone while wearing a mask. It doesn’t feel right in every sense. Our mothers cringe and not just because we are in a pandemic. Masks alter rules instilled from a proper upbringing, restructuring etiquette in the spirit of being safe and respectful in a broader sense–saving lives.

Face masks are now available in every style trend. These light cotton Indian block print versions by Pacific Rose have a colorful boho vibe.

This fall, spiral notebooks and insulated coffee mugs aren’t the only needs on the back to school and work list, face masks are this year’s metal straw. My son’s elementary school is currently considering a fall return with the requirement that all kids bring two masks. From the amount of gloves we’ve lost through the years I can see why.

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07/31/2020

Can Staycations Be Fun? Absolutely!

Staycations may bring to mind kiddie pools and an excuse not to dent your household budget over a dollar-drenching theme park destination but now it’s a necessity. Thanks again COVID-19. The summer’s safest travel option is to remain home and practice social distancing.

Make an ice cream outing a regular part of your Staycation agenda.

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07/23/2020

Ultimate Guide to Making Coffee at Home

If we were to create a line of fragrant candles, the first scent would be coffee. That sharp, aromatic scent of chicory dominates in the best of ways. Coffee is more than just a drink, for some, it’s a dependency. If a day doesn’t begin without that caffeinated jolt, the result could be limited productivity and overall grouchy behavior.

Forget wearing a mask and practicing social distancing while waiting for a cup of coffee, brewing at home is a safer, tastier option.

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07/15/2020

How to Style a Summer Coffee Table Like It’s Having a Night Out

When we dress, we put everything into it. From the clothes to the shoes and all those accessories you bought on those click-happy pop up ads–you want to be noticed. Design is the same way, you just live with the vignette a bit longer. It’s also interchangeable, as you don’t have to style a table once the way you did with the coffee table you grew up with from elementary school till college. (Our moms evidently did not have click-happy pop up ads to feed shopping whims.)

Summer coffee table with no-fail accessories like a candle, books and tray.

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07/10/2020

Bye Bye Ugly Closet, this Bathroom Makeover Created the Ideal Hideaway

Instead of rags and a desperate need for a manicure, this Cinderella story features a small, lackluster closet with a faint scent of cedar chips. Makeovers always inspire, and are a preferable narrative over a woman in the clutches of a sinister step family. Seriously, couldn’t Cinderella simply escape? Get a job? Turning something from nothing to compelling was the impetus of this half bath, especially since the bedroom already had two closets.

With the help of a contractor and plumber–along with the right materials, hardware, accessories, meticulous planning and a week of construction–a valued powder room addition upgraded the master bedroom experience.

 

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07/04/2020

Lives Matter

Happy July 4th! Here’s some thoughts that keep me up before I return to stories on makeovers and inspired trends. Black lives matter, police lives matter, LGBTQ lives matter, llama lives matter, the life of the guy on the fancy bike who almost ran over me this morning—his life matters—lives matter. I support a united environment. We have an election in November, our amazing country was founded on equal rights, you have the freedom to vote. The number of likes is irrelevant, it’s the quality of the relationship behind the like. 

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07/03/2020

Why Social Distancing Promotes the Return of a Classic Summer

There’s always a long drive to get to somewhere remarkable, a sort of quest, but instead of evil spells and dragons the challenges are from jostling for armrest space with your sister and having to wait twenty minutes till the next restroom stop.

Ice cream expedition with a makeshift mask.

 

Once the highway filters into a one lane road, then a sandy beach drive, your arrival is signaled by squawking gulls staking their territory. You leap from the car while parents inspect the environs, unloading groceries of snack pack cereals and a lot of condiments. This will be your home for the most memorable weeks of summer and you will find that needs are paired down–a good sunscreen, boogie board, cold drinks, sandwiches sealed in plastic wrap and snack-sized chips packed in an Igloo. (Pringles work well because they are protected from the sand.) [Read more…]

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