Weekend Reads is a series by Wardrobe Oxygen that is published every Saturday. Art, music, interesting articles, sale alerts, and reviews of TV, movies, books, theater, and art exhibits by Alison Gary, and over-40 working mom in the Maryland Suburbs of Washington, D.C.
I am still tinkering with the blog. It is both infuriating but also exhilarating. I have done site renovations in the past, but I paid a company thousands of dollars to do it, and then I sent them a punch list to fix anything I found wrong. I paid someone to install the new theme…
As a blogger and influencer, I try to do one thing per quarter to improve my business. Some are ways to work smarter, some are to increase revenue, some are to increase community, and some are just to make things look better. And this quarter, I am going to be giving this site a glow-up….
If you follow other bloggers, influencers, and content creators you may have seen some of them host trips. This is where they offer a planned trip, domestic or overseas, where they along with followers have a travel experience. Some are related to their niche (food bloggers in Italy, wine influencers in the Napa Valley, wellness…
A few reads and recommendations for the end of the year. Weekend Reads will resume in 2024 and I look forward to connecting with you! And if you have any recommendations on what to watch, read, hear, or see do share in the comments. I think many of us have a bit more time over…
Weekend Reads Greenbelt City Council member Brandon ‘Ric’ Gordon dies at 41. (Washington Post – gift article) A polo shirt, a white apron and a retro hairdo changed an actor’s life forever. (New York Times – gift article) Marc Jacobs in conversation with ChatGPT. (i-D) I started a series on Instagram Stories about jeans and…
There are a bunch of Black Friday sales starting early for products and brands I really love. I am not going to do the whole hog Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotion this year, so wanted to share a few here for you: I love Printfresh. I have pajamas and robes that are years old and the…
Since my mom died September 29th, I’ve been out of sorts. I have had a hard time completing projects, my mind going in 200 different directions. I am trying to give myself grace and space to grieve and heal, but it’s hard when life is still moving forward. My writing is suffering because after everything…
Weekend Reads for October 21 Don’t panic about the study suggesting an increased risk of dementia with MHT. (Dr. Jen Gunter’s The Vajenda) Is this good enough? (Medium) Getting the news has never been more complicated. (Dame) A mysterious 4,000-year-old slab may be a treasure map that could point the way to long-lost Bronze Age…
Weekend Reads is a bit shorter because I am dealing with the unexpected death of my mom. I am so lucky to have this job which gives me the ability to take time off. I know it will affect my income, but I have spent almost two decades building this site so if I am…