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Category Archives: Why Don’t You?

Why Don’t You? #135

March 20, 2017by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you slather yourself in coconut oil, turn on the fireplace, and sleep for fourteen hours? Everybody needs pampered once in awhile. So, save yourself some coins and […]

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advice, Diana Vreeland, dreams, food, inspiration, restaurant, suggestion, Why Don't You?

Why Don’t You? #134

February 28, 2017by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you walk and walk and walk and walk until you get high off walking? Is that a thing for other people? I don’t know. I like to […]

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advice, career, Diana Vreeland, inspiration, life, suggestion, Why Don't You?

Why Don’t You? #133

February 20, 2017by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you write a letter to every single Grammy voter and kindly tell them they are fools? Beyoncé deserves every award she was nominated for and for several […]

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advice, Beyonce, Diana Vreeland, inspiration, music, suggestion, travel, Why Don't You?

Why Don’t You? #131

February 6, 2017by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you buy unreasonably cheap red wine at ALDI’s and then let it breathe and be blown away by the transformation it undergoes? I’m already absurdly delighted at how […]

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Why Don’t You? #130

January 30, 2017by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you start doing an itty bitty little bit of exercise each day and see what happens? I have been slowly getting back into shape since the first of […]

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advice, cleaning, Diana Vreeland, fashion, inspiration, shoes, shopping, suggestion, Why Don't You?

Why Don’t You? #129

January 23, 2017by Benjamin Phillips 1 Comment

Monday: Why don’t you get a little coffee machine for your bedroom and hook up all of your lamps to a timer and then have the television programmed to come […]

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advice, Diana Vreeland, inspiration, luxury, sleep, suggestion, travel, Why Don't You?

Why Don’t You? #128

January 16, 2017by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you spend the weekend making cakes that you can eat throughout the course of the week? I have been meaning to make myself an Opera cake so […]

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advice, cooking, Diana Vreeland, diet, inspiration, photography, suggestion, Why Don't You?

Why Don’t You? #126

December 26, 2016by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you make a list of your top ten moments of 2016 so that you can reflect on all that’s happened and notice that not every single moment […]

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advice, champagne, Diana Vreeland, inspiration, shoes, shopping, Simple Life, suggestion, Why Don't You?

Why Don’t You? #124

December 12, 2016by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you spend the weekend as a suburban wine mom? I had the most delightful couple of days staying in Ankeny, sipping on rosé by the fireplace, watching […]

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Why Don’t You? #121

November 14, 2016by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you get Coolsculpting instead of working out? As a skinny fat person (look it up. Very real), I’m obsessed with this. You go to a clinic and […]

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advice, cosmetic surgery, Diana Vreeland, election, Europe, food, Hillary Clinton, suggestion, Why Don't You?

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