Staving off frizz and general unruliness is no small task, but in this case a good dry shampoo-flat iron combo will do the trick. Flat-irons can be notoriously damaging if you buy the wrong one, though, so it’s worth investing in a quality ceramic model like this one from FHI, which I’ve come to swear by.
When it comes to accessorizing for work, the common wisdom says that it’s important to express your personality or, more to the point, to avoid fading into the beige background of your cubicle walls.
With so many artists now releasing their albums on old school LPs (She & Him, Zooey Deschanel’s collaboration with M. Ward, recently committed their bluesy second album to vinyl), record players have moved beyond their former status as a throwback and are now a necessary part of your entertaining arsenal.
There will always be something much more comforting about planning your life (or even your week) in print, and for this there will never be a better tool than the Moleskine notebook.
The list of reasons to avoid flip-flops in the city is long, gross, and best not dwelled upon. This raises a major question of how to replace this go-to summer footwear, and for this, allow me to introduce you to your new best friend, the Sperry Top-Sider boat shoe.
During my crash course in the world of dressing like a grown-up, this BB Dakota blazer has become my saving grace.
I just picked up John Elder Robison’s memoir, Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s, and I haven’t wanted to put it down since. You’re more likely to have heard of Robison’s younger brother Augusten Burroughs, who has arguably been the patron saint of the memoir trend since Running with Scissors.
My more technologically and musically-savvy friends talked me into a pair of Sony MDR-V500 Professional Headphones right before I moved, and I’ve been addicted ever since. So far these have been sturdy enough to survive getting thrown around in my bag every day, helped me avoid unnecessary conversations on the train, and actually doubled perfectly as earmuffs in the winter.
