In Pursuit of Clean Countertops

In Pursuit of Clean Countertops

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In Pursuit of Clean Countertops
In Pursuit of Clean Countertops
A bevy of rainy day recs
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A bevy of rainy day recs

What I ate, wore, saw, and swore about on vacation

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In Pursuit of Clean Countertops
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A bevy of rainy day recs
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A wild series of bests for days when the weather isn’t. And a few for when the weather is. Admittedly highly Cape Cod specific.

  • Best place to listen to your kids complain about you not taking them to The Red Barn where they want to nurture their claw machine addiction at the arcade and fight about who is winning at mini golf: The Cedar Swamp Walk at the National Seashore. The dark, mossy cool of the cedar woods will soothe both the complaining child’s soul and the soul of the adult legally bound to that complaining child.

  • Best place to trigger a migraine: The Red Barn’s arcade, where you’ll take the complaining kids after the Swamp Walk because they have $19 on their card from last time it rained and you promised!!!!! (You did not promise).

  • Best design on a turtle’s shell 👇

    Um! This turtle’s shell is ART.
  • Best caftan to wear not only at the breezy beach but in the still, muggy house where you’ll read this book and pray that your big kids can make it through another round of Candy Land letting their little brother win because if the four-year-old doesn’t win, we all lose:

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