I’ve been sleeping under down comforters for more than thirty years. But when my puppy Lenore recently turned my bedroom into what looked like the massacre of a flock of seagulls (with an impressive debris field, I might add), I took the opportunity to try an alternative to a feather-stuffed comforter.
This is not a time of innovation. It’s a time of disruption. Old business models have been challenged by new delivery systems, bringing high quality goods and services with incredible savings and convenience directly to the consumer. It happened in the entertainment industry with music and video; it happened in grooming with shaving subscription models; and it happened in menswear with online made-to-measure, custom shirts, shoes, accessories, etc.
Folding a fitted bed sheet. It's the stupidest thing - something we all deal with and something that still trips me up. I posted a video how-to on this blog some years back, but it demonstrates a method I still…
My last spring mattress was losing its spring, and the time to trade up was imminent. I’ve heard about latex and memory foam mattresses for years, and I’ve reclined on them enough times to develop a keen interest in the idea. For some reason, I always presumed memory foam mattresses were the luxury domain of rich people. Then I discovered Casper.