Month: February 2024
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Embroidery
I’ve owned this black hoodie for more than a decade. It is medium weight, warm, and well made. To have a perfect black hoodie is just as essential as a little black dress, which has been affectionately acronymed to the LBD. While the LBD is usually reserved for formal events, the black hoodie is casual,…
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Gifting Story
It’s tough to give a gift to the one who has everything; and it would seem as if everyone had everything nowadays. Long gone are the days to just drop a bouquet of flowers and some chocolate, because you are regularly expected this minimum level of effort in expressing your love. But with thoughtful strategies…
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Sleepless Cookies
When having a bout of insomnia, baking cookies with a loved one makes for a good remedy. It keeps off sleeplessness anxiety, reduces stress, and perhaps even releases endorphins to boost happiness. Where brownie is all about chocolate, what constitutes cookie is infinite. At its most basic, the cookie is a shortbread, containing flour, fat,…
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Brownie
It happened during my first study abroad trip. Passing by a bakery, I saw alluring sprinkles of powdered sugar atop brown squares, stacked neatly on the other side of the window pane. Having been away for a while, I was very excited to get a taste of home, but my excitement was only quickly replaced…
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