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PimsleurService Pimsleur
For language acquisition, Pimsleur is by far my favorite online/app program. (Even Mr. Mari, who gathers no joy from learning languages, was addicted to it for a while!)
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TheragunHardware Theragun
I gave a Theragun to my husband for Christmas, and it was the best gift I've ever given and the single greatest purchase of my life.
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The DutchessHardware Great Jones
The Dutchess Oven: What can I say? She sits on a shelf (or stove!) like a piece of candy-colored art, and cleans like a dream. What more could you want in a dutch oven?
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Happy Feet SocksOther Happy Feet
I've been using yoga toes daily for years, but these socks are a much comfier and cuter alternative for soothing feet, improving alignment, and feeling like a cool gecko as you walk around the house.
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Wooden Bath MatOther
Despite her McPersnickety ways, I had to admit that the wooden bath mat was magical. It dried within minutes and felt a lot less gross on my feet than a glorified carpet collecting everybody's foot germs.
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Rope Storage BasketsOther
Rope Storage Baskets: I use these EVERRRYYYWHERE in my apartment. I can't stand clutter (yet I have so much of it!!), plus I have lots of art supplies and journals and books and newspapers and crap lying around all the time
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The Everlasting MealBook Tamar Adler
The Everlasting Meal taught me how to cook with instinct, which is my most cherished skill!
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MoosewoodBook Moosewood
All the Moosewood cookbooks are so delightful. They are the book form of my favorite genre of friends' moms growing up: an aging hippie who's been shopping at the same patchouli-scented health food store since the '70s
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Charlotte TilburyOther Charlotte Tilbury
My two favorite brands are Charlotte Tilbury for specialness and Tower 28 for everydayness. Charlotte Tilbury is dreamy, feminine, and princess-y, with lots of pinks and browns (wore her for my wedding!).
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Kandilli Perfume OilOther
Kandilli Perfume Oil: I sampled this in a store and couldn't stop smelling my arm for the rest of the day, so I had to go back and buy it!
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Diptyque OrphéonOther Diptyque
Diptyque Orphéon: This scent makes me feel a tad mysterious, which is a joke if you know that I am the least mysterious person on earth
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The Cobra and the CanaryOther Imaginary Authors
The Cobra and the Canary: This is such a WEIRD scent that it almost smells wrong, like there's no way that it can actually smell good, and yet it smells SO GOOD.
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LoveveryOther Lovevery
Lovevery Kits are just the ultimate. We have this play gym (as does everybody?!) which works with the Montessori toys they make. They have kits for different age groups from newborn through 51 months (I cannot even begin to calculate how old that is) and they have taught me so much about baby development!
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2025-11-28·mariandrew.substack.com ↗
Merlin SuitOther
Merlin Suit: I dunno what Merlin knows about babies but this sleeping suit is a MIRACLE.
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RadioooooService
Not a podcast, but Radiooooo is a world map where you can click on countries and pick a decade to listen to popular music from that place and time. What will they think of next!
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FrancieOther
Fancy in Brooklyn: Francie is my favorite restaurant in Brooklyn (actually, all of NYC). I also die for Celestine, where I got married!
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Pop PantheonPodcast
Here are some favorites I listen to consistently: Pop Pantheon (music)
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Tower 28Other Tower 28
Tower 28 was designed with aging in mind (oy vey) so all the products are super light and won't add more wrinkles to your wrinkles.
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