The DM | Issue Thirty Three
Or the one where we have a banana pudding party
It’s light cardigan, Carmen Sandiego trench coat weather and if you aren’t busting out an occasional open-toed wedge, what are you even doing with your life? To our rare male reader, you are not absolved of fashion ownership. Pastels are in fact, for everyone. Lean in.
This week, my boss tasked me with coming up with my theme song ahead of our team bonding trip (joy) and I chose Bitch by Meredith Brooks because when it comes to work, it’s important I maintain my status as a Slack messaging enigma. While I may be wearing trench ala Carmen Sandiego because of season, I like to convey a mysterious where in the world is Meg Buchanan vibe, year-round.
This song is best enjoyed at top volume, in your car, at a stoplight serenading pedestrians on the crosswalk. May they never forget that you are in fact, a bitch. But also, a lover.
From Meg
Better head
Get your mind out of the drain, I’m talking about showers obviously. Arch Digest (aka my bible) has declared it the year of the shower and based on my research, I concur. Oh, you thought a showerhead, was just a shower head? You are wrong.
A showerhead is a work of art AND an opportunity to purify the water beating down your naked body. Have the millennial brands just gotten bored or more creative with these new B2C ventures? It matters not. Adds to cart.
It’s high time
…You start paying attention to the recreational marijuana industry’s chic new accessory lineup. Reefer’s getting a rebrand and sidestepping the tie-dyed toking burnouts of yesteryear, with fun new gadgets, pipes, and even stylish ways to store your weed. From chic kitchen appliances (I don’t even know if I would use a LEVO but it’s SO pretty) to pipes that look like works of art, have yourself a chill spring or maybe even a CANNABIS DINNER PARTY.
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If above lights your fire, let me spread the news of this new snack on thick. Clue: you’ll need a spoon.
Three things I bought this week:
A phone case that looks like an I Spy book
A floral tablecloth that my husband will love (JK, surprise, it’s actually for me. I love it.)
The best pudding in the world (IYKYK)
From Devon
Hot wheels
I’m in the market for a new car (it’s time for the cursed Tiguan - IYKYK - to flee the coop), and while I’ve never been a ‘car person,’ I’ve found my dream car in the form of a vintage restored Range Rover a la this company out of Brooklyn. Since they don’t list any of their prices, I’m gonna go ahead and assume it’s way WAY out of my price range, but hey - a girl can dream, right?
All you need is a light jacket
We’re in ‘shoulder season’ here in Colorado, aka the time of year where it can be 75 degrees during the day and then, suddenly, freezing the literal moment the sun starts to set. To Meg’s opening point, it’s bring-a-jacket-with-you-everywhere season, just in case you forgot.
I recently walked by a woman wearing this amazing blue paisley quilted bomber jacket that I immediately coveted (and still think about, often), but upon finding it online and seeing the price tag, I went with a budget-friendly sort-of-dupe instead. For the gents - just go ahead and buy this equally admirable reversible jacket, then go sit on a patio and wait for the compliments to roll in from those who realized they, too, need a new jacket.
Take a walk
Despite spring’s swings (see above), it’s still a great time to re-engage your daily walk habit. On my strolls as of late: thanks to Aliza’s rec, I’ve started using iNaturalist, an app created by actual scientists, which helps us plebians identify those pretty blooms and re-emerging greens sprouting up in front yards. Bonus points when said jaunt is paired up with the ‘Budwatch’ playlist, which is jam-packed with, well, jams, all of which will make you feel not unlike a character in a delightful *carefree* solo walk movie scene.
Just browsing
If you, like me, are a proud member of the ‘having a hundred browser tabs open at any given time’ club, why not infuse a little culture into the habit? Enter the ‘New Tab with MoMA’ Chrome extension, which presents you with a different piece of art from the museum’s current collection every time you *recklessly* hit ‘new tab’.
And, before you go, here’s what I’m currently:
Loling at: Gen Z email signoffs
Hoping: one of you with children buys these retro sunglasses or these joggers with the matching sweatshirt
Eager to make: rosemary shortbread cookies, all of the recipes from Korean American, and cocktails in my La Croix this summer
Loving: this one-piece bathing suit and these men’s swim trunks in v fun prints