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

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Category Archives: music

Why Don’t You? #91

January 11, 2016by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you send out a bunch of notes to your friends and family and people you know and want to brag to for the New Year? It’s too […]

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Christmas, Diana Vreeland, Holiday, inspiration, music, Why Don't You?, writing

Why Don’t You? #85

November 9, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you go to an antique shop and purchase tons of old maps? They’re rarely expensive, and they look so charming. Take your new collection and use them […]

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advice, antique, coffee, Diana Vreeland, espresso, Harry Styles, interior design, money, music, One Direction, Why Don't You?

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #114

September 12, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Apple Music: When I first heard about Apple Music, I brushed it to the side, uninterested. It was going to be like Ping (remember that nonsense?), and besides, I […]

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ancient Egypt, Apple, book, coffee, Egyptology, espresso, France, Miley Cyrus, music

THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #113

September 5, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Pomodoro Technique: I have been insanely busy since the day I returned to America. It’s ridiculous, and I don’t like living this way! Don’t get me wrong, I like […]

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ancient Egypt, music, Paris, photography, procrastination, puzzle

An Afternoon With Edith

August 1, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I literally could not get out of bed this morning. “Shit,” I muttered, “I’m dying.” I didn’t panic, but I really didn’t want to die. My hair was not looking […]

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Édith Piaf, Europe, France, museum, music, Paris, travel

Matinka Meets Harry Styles, or, A STAR (aka: ME) Under the Overpass

July 21, 2015by Benjamin Phillips 10 Comments

I was glad to be out of that hotel and on the streets of San Francisco to find some breakfast. We were very close to the Little Italy area…or is […]

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1D, California, celebrity, concert, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, music, One Direction, San Francisco

Things I Loved/Hated This Week #111

May 31, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

HATE: Writing Only About Positive Subjects: I am bored to tears with trying to be perky all the damn time with this weekly post. It was a little experiment that I […]

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cooking, Eurovision, food, Joan Rivers, lentils, music, summer, work

Things I Loved This Week #110

May 24, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Woman In Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJeX6iIlO0 I went to the cinema the other night with my sister to see this picture. It was spur of the moment, but I’m awfully glad we […]

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cooking, film, music

Things I Loved This Week #108

May 9, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Cabbage Steak: https://instagram.com/p/2PYCu5g21A/?taken-by=bdphillips I’ve lost it, readers. Never did I ever expect to find something so common as cabbage so delicious. But, oh my sweet Beysus. The other day, I […]

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Beyonce, book, cooking, fashion, food, Grace Coddington, music, Reading, travel

Things I Loved This Week #107

May 2, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Middle School Turn Up Playlist: BuzzFeed is surly one of the greatest things to happen on the Internet in the entirety of its history. Where else can you find good […]

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college, cooking, education, eggs, history, Kardashian, music

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