On the list of things the pandemic accelerated, right along with my newfound relationship with anxiety, were services that brought things we like and need directly to our homes. Amazon, Peloton, Uber Eats, tele-health, streaming services... the list is long…
Ours is a culture that celebrates having more. More clothes, more rooms, more closet space, more cars, more gadgets, more stuff, more… But does it make us happier?
As I learn more about plastic and the hazard it presents to the environment, I’ve been making a conscious effort to use less and less of it every day. I decline straws in restaurants and I honestly cannot remember the last time I bought water or any beverage in a plastic bottle. (Why can’t spring water come in aluminum or paper like soda or many protein drinks?)
When someone opens an online store, the return/exchange process should be painless. In this episode, I talk about a recent online shopping experience that drove me nuts. I also give a brief update on the Cleveland Experiment.
Over the past decade, the internet and social media have enabled many entrepreneurs to start new businesses very quickly and relatively cheaply. Ventures like this used to require much more time and money than they do now, where we have a saturated market of young clothing, grooming and accessory brands. These young companies, however, often sell a product with a very shallow breadth of understanding, knowledge and appreciation of history and how/why things work the way they work.
I’m on the email list of a lot of brands and companies. The reasons I subscribe include getting updates on what’s going on with these brands, educating my eye and learning about sales. Most of these emails end up in the trash without any actions or clicks on my part, but depending on the season, on the brand and on the sale – in light of my particular needs at a given time – I’ll do some careful clicking.
Such careful clicking happened in the wake of a recent email I received from J.Crew, advertising a rather substantial sale on winter items. A few days and a few dollars later, some nice new gear arrived at my door. In this episode of the podcast, I talk about how I navigate big sales online.
For the first time ever, I'm enjoying the holidays in warmer climes, specifically in Key West with the Florida extension of my family. My sister Megan, my mom and I needed to make a last-minute insanity run to Ross, Key…
I'm a sucker for a flea market. Here in Hell's Kitchen in NYC, we have the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market every Saturday and Sunday on West 39th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, weather permitting. Over the years, I've found…