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• A Wilder European Trip: London, Part 1 (or) New City, New Sneakers, Old Friends

  

  Hello my dearest readers, I am back! I couldn't post during the trip due to internet issues, but I think this was a good thing; being disconnected allowed me... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Words + Musings: On London and Paris and Eleven Years Later

  

  The question is, was John Berger, an English painter, correct in his above assessment of these two great cities? I wouldn't be able to tell you unless I were... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Pictures + Recipes: How to Cook and Eat an Artichoke

  

  I remember my preschool teachers being slightly shocked when I told them my favorite foods were artichokes, lobster, and french fries (good to know some things... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Pictures: Some Drawings Inspired by Chalk Art

  

  I recently wrote another Behind the Design piece for Boston Magazine's food blog, this time on the new movement that seems to be sweeping Boston-area... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Pictures: April from the iPhone, What I Did

  

  I cannot believe it's May. This is the month I would reference, in September, when I would to say to myself, "oh, when it's May you can start worrying about... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Pictures + Recipes: A Saturday Feast (or) Tzaziki + Oyster Mignonette...

  

  Saturday was one of those days when, after visiting old graves for a while, you walk into Concord Prime with your parents and buy scallops and oysters. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style: Edith A. Miller (or) Stripes I've Known and Loved (For...

  

  You know when you lose your favorite pair of sunglasses and then go out and buy another pair and then the old pair turns up? That's how I felt when I found out... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Pictures + Happenings: A Trip to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Resting Place...

  

  Swimming in Walden Pond while studying the transcendentalists in high school is not a bad to way to become steeped in a great literary tradition. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• 10 Things I Like: Weekend Edition Volume IV

  

  My dear readers, once again, welcome to the weekend (cue Loverboy song...now). I'm pretty excited for my next few days, mostly because I once again have a... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style + Musings: Why Personal Style Matters, Brought on by Covering Nicol...

  

  Dressing well means wearing what looks good on you. Duh, right? Not always; In high school I tried to fight this fact and ignored my mother when she'd remind... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Home Style: I Like My Drinks Like I Like My Pirates: Dangerous (or) Thoma...

  

  I found these glasses on Saks' Point of View blog a little while ago and haven't been able to get them out of my head. Ever since teaching sailing and convincin... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Beatz: Fruit Bats and Ramona Quimby (or) In Praise of Rdio.com

  

  I stumbled across the band Fruit Bats when I was in college. I have no idea how I found them, but I do know that I listened to the song "The Ruminant Band" and... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style: Stripes I've Known and Loved (or) Chinti And Parker + Altuzarra fo...

  

  I've been struck by stripes, dear readers. There's nothing like a good horizontal pattern to add a kick to an outfit, and I've found two collections that have m... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Ways: Stages of Beauty (or) Heaven for Your Face

  

  I've never reviewed a product that isn't a food on TWT before, but the skincare company Stages of Beauty recently sent me their "Radiance" face care set, and I'... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style: 3 Totally Tubular Totes

  

  Yesterday I had to run a few errands and somehow ended up in Bloomingdale's at the Chestnut Hill Mall. I was cutting through the store with great purpose when... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Happenings: On Nostalgia, for The Huffington Post (and) 6 Ads from the...

  

  Last Thursday The New Yorker finally came to my house, even though it's supposed to get here on Tuesdays. My mom's theory is that we have a post office manager... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Beatz: I've Always Loved Jack White (or) "Love Interruption"

  

  I know a song is worth posting about when I start groovin' around in my chair and then listen to it five times in a row. That's generally how it goes when I hea... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE