• 2025 Holiday Gift Guides – For Adults, Kids, Teens, and Ideas Under $15!,Sherry Petersik

    2025 Holiday Gift Guides – For Adults, Kids, Teens, and Ideas Under $15!

    They're here, all in one post for you: our 2025 Holiday Gift Guides! They include everything from the things that we're getting our own family & friends this year (from small businesses and Black-owned shops to big box stores) as well as things that we already own and love. Nothing has been gifted,

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  • Hotel Âme: A Minimalist Mom-and-Pop Guest House and Café in Rotterdam,Margot Guralnick

    Hotel Âme: A Minimalist Mom-and-Pop Guest House and Café in Rotterdam

    It was the faceted pink counter tiles that first caught our attention. We also loved the cloud of flowers hovering over the café. And the lime-washed tranquility of the guest rooms with century-old moldings. That was before we learned that Rotterdam’s 14-room Hotel âme is beyond boutique: it’s a mom

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  • 11 Favorites: Japanese-Style Bathtubs Around the World,Meredith Swinehart

    11 Favorites: Japanese-Style Bathtubs Around the World

    We’re longtime fans of the ofuro, or Japanese soaking tub, both for its good looks and promotion of rest and relaxation at the end of the day. Here are 10 in-situ favorites, ranging from traditional hinoki cypress wood or darker teakwood baths to Western-style ceramic baths in Japanese-style wood wr

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