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My life, as Amelia Edwards once said, is the "satisfaction of a purposeless curiosity."

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Category Archives: cooking

WHY DON’T YOU? #251

March 8, 2021by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you listen to the latest hits from around the world on Apple Music? I didn’t realize there was a top bops chart divided up by nation, but […]

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advice, cooking, culture, Diana Vreeland, garden, inspiration, movie, music, plants, rich, shopping, suggestion, television, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #248

February 15, 2021by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you get yourself an absurdly big table to use for folding laundry? The themes of my life last year were: adhesives and excavation. I learned how to […]

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advice, art, cooking, Diana Vreeland, health, inspiration, life, Politics, shopping, suggestion, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #239

September 28, 2020by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you always be prepared for power outages? I don’t mean no electricity for a couple hours or maybe an evening, I’m talking days and days. Iowa is […]

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advice, cooking, Diana Vreeland, election, inspiration, suggestion, television, weather, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #230

June 1, 2020by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

“You have to keep up with the times. You have to be interested in what’s happening, in what’s contemporary, in order to keep life meaningful and exciting.” —Diana Vreeland

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advice, cat, cooking, Diana Vreeland, eggs, inspiration, shopping, suggestion, television, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #229

May 18, 2020by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you spend some time cleaning up your yard? I’m not talking about trash or a dishwasher on the curb you can’t get rid of. I’m talking landscaping. […]

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advice, celebrity, cleaning, cooking, culture, Diana Vreeland, Disney, inspiration, suggestion, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #228

May 4, 2020by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday:Why don’t you buy a ridiculously expensive toothbrush? I’ve been obsessed with the Philips DiamondClean Smart Sonicare toothbrush for ages. Not because it does anything particularly unique, but because it […]

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advice, Apple, cooking, Diana Vreeland, food, health, inspiration, life, shopping, suggestion, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #227

April 29, 2020by Benjamin Phillips 2 Comments

Monday: Why don’t you use the stale tortillas in your fridge to make chips instead of throwing them out? I know this is going to come as a shock, but […]

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advice, car, cooking, Diana Vreeland, education, Egyptology, inspiration, suggestion, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #223

March 24, 2020by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you use these two weeks of recommended quarantine to see what your beard would look like if you were to grow it out? I’ve never been the […]

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advice, cooking, Diana Vreeland, food, inspiration, interior design, life, suggestion, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #222

March 18, 2020by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you build on last week’s advice and experiment with other culinary delights than your usuals? Today my mission is to make David Lebovitz’s pink grapefruit marmelade that […]

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advice, ancient Egypt, cooking, design, Diana Vreeland, health, inspiration, interior design, movie, suggestion, travel, Why Don't You?

WHY DON’T YOU? #221

March 9, 2020by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you turn into somebody you never dreamed you’d become and start doing meal prep? I can barely work up the energy to get up in the morning […]

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cocktail, cooking, death, Diana Vreeland, fashion, glasses, inspiration, suggestion, Why Don't You?

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