A couple of words of advice: Check the condition of the kimono carefully before buying, and try it on over your clothes if possible — we’ve known people to take home unexpectedly tiny kimonos that they have later had to foist onto tiny people. ...
Rooms and family rooms feature minibars, air conditioning, telephones, radios, flat-screen satellite TVs, electric kettles, tumble dryers, safety deposit boxes, desks, heating, laptop safes, hypoallergenic linen, clothes racks, soundproofing, and free WiFi. Some of the rooms also have seating are...
but everything in it is something that was lost rather than donated. When it comes to clothes the racks were full of designer items and high-quality clothing that is new or almost new. If you’ve shopped at a thrift store before you are used to seeing the WORST from people’s wardrobe...
and every major hotel was full. We managed to find a place to stay in the end, but we had to pay far more than we had budgeted, and ever since then, we have always booked ahead when visiting Singapore.
I decided this past weekend was as good as any to put my Spring and Summer clothes back into storage (i.e. hang them in the guest closets) and move my Fall/Winter wardrobe back to front and center. And as I did so I noticed that – like a lot of you, I’m sure – I own a...
Our laundry closet at the mountain house was put in secondary to our larger laundry closet on the first floor (where it originally was). IT IS AWESOME. ALL of the clothes – clean and dirty – belong on that floor, as well as all the sheets/towels so there is minimal schlepping. If ...
cheap as thrifting. Next week we’ll be talking about how to shop, and strategy is a big part of making this a good experience. The positive to an antique mall over the thrift store is these are items that someone else has already done the true digging for. These people spend their ...
First, and because I didn't promise not to do this: I TOLD YOU SO, I TOLD YOU SO, I F*CKING TOLD YOU SO. For everyone who came here to lecture me, that the China Coff was going to depopulate the world, and I was being irresponsible for saying it was like
gradually wearing away their strangeness and making them familiar. For that, of course, you would have to have an essence. On the whole I would have preferred to stay as I was in the anonymous hospital pajamas. But the clothes were mine now for better or worse; I had passed the point ...
A suitcase full of clothes for all kinds of weather proved to be superfluous. I still think that tollroads need to have an option for pay as you go with cash. A supply of cash is handy but using a credit card with the credit union making the conversions can be economical. Hotels may...