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Mar 16 2021

Issue #29

I spend way too much time and money on the internet so you don't have to.

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Sometimes I find myself so focused on new content that I forget my staples that I take for granted - like Pawleys Island Specialty Foods. I know that a lot of you are just as addicted as I am so keep scrolling. My introduction was their pimento cheeses which I grab at Central Market in Dallas but my new obsession is their OMG Dip. Caramelized onions aren't everyone's jam but they're now 100% mine. Pick some up - their website has a country-wide locator or you can order a sample pack for delivery. Trust me on this one. *That entire paragraph sounded very sponsored but it's not - however being sponsored by a pimento cheese is definitely the epitome of a life goal - specifically Palmetto Cheese.*

Unrelated to pimento cheese, can we all just acknowledge Halle Berry as well as Dula Peep's Grammy's performance?

As we mark a year of this life-changing pandemic, this article hit me unexpectedly hard...but not everyone has been hard.

I know very few of you are stoked for #TheSnyderCut but, just in case, here's a guide on everything you need to know prior to Thursday's premiere.

P.S. I might be late to the party on this trick but it's a GAME CHANGER. Hit a subscribe paywall when trying to read an article? Add a "." after the ".com" and KABOOM. For instance, "www.website.com/goodarticle" becomes "www.website.com./goodarticle" - it works 99.9% of the time.

P.S.P.S Here's what I'm listening to this month.
The actor’s life seemed perfect—beautiful wife and kids, sparkling Hollywood career. But a glimpse into his family history reveals how shocking allegations over dark fantasies of cannibalism and bondage—and the ensuing fallout—are one more chapter in the Hammers’ fraught legacy.
Inside the messy battle between an international napkin cartel and a local upstart trying to claim its share of Dallas’ dining room tables.
"On Instagram, I follow 700 people, mostly women. One hundred of those women follow Glennon Doyle, whose memoir “Untamed”has been on the Times best-seller list for 51 weeks. Fans of Ms. Doyle’s gospel, an accessible combination of self-care, activism and tongue-in-cheek Christianity (“Jesus loves me, this I know, for he gave me Lexapro”), can worship at any time of day or night at the electric church of her Instagram feed. By replacing the rigid dogma of religion with the confessional lingua franca of social media, Ms. Doyle has become a charismatic preacher for women — like me — who aren’t even religious."
Currently reading...
Thought-provoking yet reverent, thoroughly modern but still timeless, the power and courage of Paradise Island’s greatest champion—Wonder Woman—is introduced in this 2016 addition to DC Comics’ New York Times best-selling Earth One original graphic novel series. Volume Two was released in 2018 and Volume Three was just released.
Added these to the pile...
A delicious profile of a city that both glorifies and grapples with its Old South legacy. The Mississippi River town is known for elaborate antebellum homes, a raucous port culture and the lasting impact of being a center for the slave trade. The real-life characters are quirky and unflinchingly honest. There are dueling garden clubs, bourbon-soaked conversations and the first Black gay mayor in Mississippi.
"I’m a longtime fan of Mississippi investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell, and his memoir doesn’t disappoint. It’s a page-turner that reads like a mystery novel. But it’s frighteningly real – chronicling reporting that ultimately resulted in justice for some of the most notorious murders carried out by the Ku Klux Klan. Mitchell takes readers inside the investigations and prosecutions that, decades later, held Klansmen to account for killing civil rights leaders and workers in Mississippi, and four Black girls in a Birmingham church. I covered most of these trials for NPR, and Jerry’s memoir re-creates those historic events in riveting detail."— Debbie Elliott, correspondent, NPR National Desk
Having no social presence may seem like a red flag at first, but it’s actually kinda hot.
"It felt like I had nothing in the kitchen except for a bunch of broccoli that was minutes away from being un-salvagable. So, I put on my cape and went to work turning the florets into a pesto for spaghetti. I realize I wasn’t inventing anything new here, but I didn’t exactly have a plan. I knew I wanted to blitz the broccoli in a blender, I knew it was going to need some brightness from lemon and Parm, and I knew I needed olive oil, which is what made that gazpacho up there so luscious. The resulting sauce was so delicious, I now have a new favorite dinner."
The house that Hamilton built—the two actors put down roots in suburban L.A. with the help of designer Mandy Cheng.
Jac Schaeffer shared some of the secrets behind the show’s origins, its Marvel-size finale and those impossibly catchy tunes.
It me. I'm Collin. Shockingly, I hate talking about myself but here are the CliffsNotes. 31, Texan turned cruise ship character turned Texan turned Chicagoan turned Texan. Event designer and planner. Interior designer and stylist. Corporate badass. Spotify playlist-makin' fiend. Partner and double dog dad. Cursed with an aggressive gluten intolerance but also a passion for bread and no f*cks to give. Why a newsletter? It gives me a creative outlet with a deadline and my therapist says these things are important. Plus, I love to read, shop, share, and most importantly spend time on the internet. I don't sleep.

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