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Sometimes I get mad at my Instagram explore page because it’s just all squiggly candles, checkerboard prints, and sun-soaked interiors. Like, is that who I really am? But then I look in my bathroom and realize it is. I now have both the green checkerboard Baina bath mat and the red checkerboard Baina towel. YOU GOT ME, INSTAGRAM. Whatever, the towel is perfect (not too soft!) and the bath mat makes my feet extra happy. Haven’t gotten into the squiggly candle trend yet though—take that, explore page.
Mar 2, 2021
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i love weird bathrooms like ones with a ton of mirrors or just colorful tiles or graffiti on the walls like dark souls messages
Apr 7, 2025
it’s wet and hot and sometimes when the light shines through the window it creates mesmerizing ripples. i also have a disco ball planter in here that i definitely don’t hate. thank goodness there’s natural sunlight in this bathroom, i’ve lived in so many places without it and it feels almost like a luxury now✿ also there’s a shelf i rest my head back on that my cats like to lay on
Jan 27, 2025
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I have never received as much engagement on an Instagram Story as when I posted a before and after of using Barkeeper’s Friend on my Le Creuset. I was resigned to the fact that my matte white Dutch oven would just forever have a brown ombré effect on the bottom half thanks to years of it sitting on a burner. But no! The magic that is Barkeeper’s Friend and a shit ton of scrubbing took it off in, like, 20 minutes flat. Extremely satisfying. Highly recommend.
Mar 2, 2021
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I just finished the first issue of For The Culture, a new magazine from Klancy Miller celebrating Black women in food and wine, and already can’t wait to read the next. I particularly loved Cha McCoy’s interview with winemaker Krista Scruggs, hearing how Jenna Wortham has been practicing self-care, and Omolola Olateju’s essay Being Black in Hospitality. After leaving my job in food media, I was feeling a little burnt out on consuming food media. This magazine changed that.
Mar 2, 2021
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Nothing like a strong martini to get you in the mood for… shopping for vintage posters on eBay! Social lubricant? More like bidding lubricant. I do my best eBay shopping with a martini in hand, and this tactic has produced some of my best buys yet. Like this tomato poster from Milton Glaser, this pear poster from Milton Glaser, and this mortadella-themed movie poster featuring Sophia Loren. Are we sensing a theme here? Yes, my apartment is littered with food-themed (and gin-fueled) eBay purchases. Wouldn’t have it any other way!
Mar 2, 2021