Brooke Preston
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Columbus, OH, United States
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This Fashionista’s Daily Rituals Will Keep You Grounded in a Crazy Year
It can be hard to stay calm and organized in a year that’s felt anything but. But for all the curveballs virtual learning and working from home have thrown us, there is the occasional bright spot. Case in point: People across the country have saved an average of 54 minutes on their daily commutes. Stop right there! Resist the urge to pile more meetings and must-dos into those minutes. We believe… → Read More
How a Busy Mom Added Nearly an Hour of Self-Care to Her Daily Routine
After the year we’re having, we could all use a break—and perhaps no one more so than parents. As it turns out, it’s impossible to keep a tidy house when everyone is always home living, working, and virtual learning in it! While it can feel like there’s never enough time to pack in everything on our to-do lists, here’s some encouraging news: Based on data from the U.S. → Read More
How to Design the Perfect Holiday Tablescape — and Use It All Season Long
Here's how to set a versatile holiday table you can dress up or down all season long. → Read More
How to Add Comfort and Joy to the Most Overlooked Space in Your Living Room
Here's how to add comfort and joy to your mantel this holiday season. → Read More
Gerri Phillips Spends Her Perfect Night In with Food, Fun, and Family
Perfect Night In is a series where we ask actors, artists, entrepreneurs, and beyond how they’d spend the ultimate luxury—a blissful evening at home.Gerri Phillips loves to connect with people. The Louisiana-based lifestyle maven and mother of two has built an enthusiastic following, empowering women with her warm, motivating posts and covering everything from parenting to personal style. → Read More
How 12 People Got Dinner on the Table Without Leaving Home
Here's how 12 members of the Kitchn Cabinet turned their Shipt grocery delivery hauls into delicious meals. → Read More
How to Talk to Your Child About the Hatch Act
“Chief of Staff Mark Meadows argued that ‘nobody outside of the Beltway really cares’ about ethics violations.” — Politico - - -Find a quiet place... → Read More
The Hidden Castles and Treehouses of Ohio
Ohio’s Mohican Forest is a real-life storybook adventure. → Read More
The Hidden Castles and Treehouses of Ohio
Ohio’s Mohican Forest is a real-life storybook adventure. → Read More
Shirley Jackson’s “The Caucus”
“An hours-long delay in reporting results from the Iowa caucuses raised serious questions about the process.” — CNN, 2/3/20 “The caucuses are like ... → Read More
List: Hemingway’s “For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn” Re-Imagined By Other Authors
L. Frank Baum For sale: baby slippers (tornado damage). Anne Rice Purchased: Vampire baby shoes, eternally worn. Kevin Kwan Selling: Couture baby... → Read More
IKEA's Child Play Area Is A Gift From The Pine Gods
Taking a trip to IKEA is a fantasy. For perhaps an hour, you get to stand in a nicer house/kitchen/office where everything is put away and matching, where cushions are a novelty and the plants never die because they're made of vinyl. Perhaps some… → Read More
Tiffani Thiessen & Brady Smith Don't Want You To Miss This
“Put your phone down, you’re missing it!” That’s what Tiffani Thiessen yelled through the window to her husband Brady Smith as he pushed their preschool-aged son, Holt, on their swing. (The couple are also parents to Harper, 9.) As an actor, Smith… → Read More
This Workplace Is a Family Now, Dammit
“This film set is going to be just like a family for the next three months. As the director, I’m like the dad, and Dave the Director of Photography... → Read More
At Last, Gender-Flipped Movies for Him
Manly Bird Manly Bird (given name Darren) is a high school senior, but like, a hard senior. He lives in Oakland, an inherently more masculine city ... → Read More
New Erotica for Feminists
The cop asks if I know why he pulled me over. “Because my taillight is out?” “Yes ma’am, it’s not a huge deal, but it could be a potential safety i... → Read More
A Painfully Honest Sleep-Training Diary, From Day 1 To Day SLEEP ISN'T REAL
Deciding to sleep-train your baby is exciting, isn't it? It's a sign that you're ready to prioritize sleep hygiene, to give your baby the tiny little tools they need to head off into the woods and knock together some sleep. Or it's a sign you just re… → Read More
Carrie Fisher Inspired A Generation Of Funny Women Writers
“Princess Leia died.” I overheard this snippet of conversation from the next aisle over at Target on Dec. 27, the day that actress and writer Carrie Fisher died at the age of 60. My heart panged and sank in the maddeningly familiar way that it has th → Read More
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: List: 1915’s Sluttiest Halloween Costumes.
Lady Bare-Ankles Blushing in Public Chatty in Church Brazenly Bobbed Begging for it in the Bread Line Jaunty Joyride Jezebel Suffraget... → Read More
List: 1915’s Sluttiest Halloween Costumes
Lady Bare-Ankles Blushing in Public Chatty in Church Brazenly Bobbed Begging for it in the Bread Line Jaunty Joyride Jezebel Suffragette Strumpet M... → Read More