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• Wilder Style: A Sandal I'm Lusting After (and) An Outfit to Match It

  

  It's been a while since I've seen a shoe that surprised me as much as this Chloe sandal (I love surprises when they look this good). Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Words + Beatz: Happy Birthday, Mick Jagger

  

  Happy 69th birthday, Mick Jagger. In honor of the man himself, I give you this quote. I totally relate to it; it's so easy (and sometimes so important) to lose... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Wilder Pictures + Happenings: Adventuress Launch (or) From Scotland to World...

  

  Last Saturday the entire population of mid-coast Maine seemed to pour out onto the shores of Rockport Harbor. People perched atop the seawall, kayaked and... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Wilder Style: J.Crew Collection F/W 2012 (or) Not New News, But Still an...

  

  I'm warning you now that there is going to be very little new about this post; I've always been obsessed with J.Crew (which you know, if you've read TWT even... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Beautiful Thing(s) of the Day + Wilder Musings: Nana Goes to the Camden...

  

  Nana (my infamous, delightful, powerhouse of a grandmother) is an antiques maniac. She and my grandfather lived in Europe during and after World War II, and cam... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 HOME

• Wilder Pictures + Happenings + Musings: Croquet at the Center for Furniture...

  

  My wonderful cousin Ben is back in Rockport, taking another class at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. I wrote about the incredible wood-working school a... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Home Style: Best Made Co. (or) The Store I'd Like to Own

  

  Excuse me if this post is incoherent, but I'm so excited that I'm having trouble stringing sentences together. Guys, do you SEE the nautical flags above?! That... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 HOME

• Wilder Pictures + Recipes: Farmer's Market Series, Volume VI (and) Roast Summer...

  

  This past weekend it officially became summer. Why? Because summer squash were at the farmer's market! That was a dad joke, I apologize. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• On Loving Hemingway

  

  I love Hemingway. It's probably a cliché to love him as much as I do. But to those who would argue that it is, I ask you this: have you ever read a better... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wilder Style: Norse Projects (or) Sweaters in the Heat?

  

  I'm back in Massachusetts for a few meetings for a day and a half, and let me tell you, I'd forgotten how big the difference is in temperature between summer... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• 10 Things I Like, Volume VII

  

  Heyyyy readers. Hope everyone is preparing to brave the heat that's about to hit the northeast. My suggestions would be swim as much as you can, put ice cubes o... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style: 8 Awesome Sunglasses (and) Weird Green Shades

  

  It's summer. Summer means sun. Sun means you need sunglasses or you get super annoying headaches and have to miss out on all the fun that sun can bring (sailing... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Beautiful Things of the Day: 5 Vintage Posters and Postcards (or) Santa?

  

  So I realize it's the wrong time of year for a vintage poster of Santa Claus. But I also realize it's never the wrong time of year for a funny advertizement wit... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style: 7 Chambray Dream Items (or) Another Ode to Chambray

  

  Since I got my Isabel Marant chambray shirt in Paris, I haven't really taken it off. Which makes swimming and showering a bit difficult, but a girl's gotta... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style: Wm. J. Mills Canvas Bags (or) Put Me in One

  

  The Scottish immigrant William Mills first came to Long Island in the late 19th century. Tote-bag afficianados, thank your lucky stars; without him, the... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Pictures: Farmer's Market Series, Volume IV + V (or) July, July

  

  I love July. It’s finally truly summer in Maine. The kind of real summer that most other places in America get for three or four months, but that up here in... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• 10 Things I Like: Weekend Edition, Volume VII

  

  This year's timing of July 4th was a little weird. Smack dab in the middle of the week means that some people had to work Thursday and Friday; the lucky ones... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Pictures + Beautiful Thing of the Day: Indian Island

  

  If you follow TWT, you'll know that there's a certain island in a certain harbor in a certain northern state, with a certain lighthouse on it, that is my... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Wilder Style: Newport, That Stud Farm (or) Awesome Tees

  

  For the six months I've been posting every day on TWT, I've gotten some great tips from readers. I love when people let me know about something they think... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Wilder Beatz + Words: Rare Janis Joplin Recording (and) On Freedom

  

  I don't remember where or when I first heard Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee," but I remember how I felt: electrified, inspired, and comforted. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 MUSIC, SELF EXPRESSION