Stuff We Heart
The library, the indie bookstore, Barnes & Noble--wherever you get your reading material, try these in January: Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah ($17, Scholastic). Jamie has a double life. At school, she’s a bleached-blond Aussie; at home she’s Jamilah, a Muslim girl from a traditional family with an ultra-strict dad. The quest to find your true self is a common theme in Young Adult books, but Abdel-Fattah’s swift, smart and hilarious writing makes Jamie’s a … [Read more...]
While recycling soda cans and glass bottles is part of every day modern life, most of us still toss out our technological garbage with the rest of the trash. Case in point: 95% of printer cartridges end up in landfills, resulting in millions of pounds of waste every year. Not good. To help combat this issue, the Dutch marketing company, Spranq, developed an eco-friendly font that uses up to 20% less ink called, appropriately, Ecofont. … [Read more...]
Let’s get this out of the way--it’s pronounced “Tack-oon.” The designer is Thai-born and Omaha-raised, and was once an editor at Harper’s Bazaar. Now he makes pretty clothes for the runway, and--lucky us--for Target. Even Michelle Obama is a fan; she wore a Thakoon dress at the Democratic National Convention last summer. Thakoon for Target hit stores just yesterday, and I’m psyched to stock up on florals and stripes (and maybe even wear them together if I’m feeling ballsy). My … [Read more...]
