Coffee Break: Bomber Jacket
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If you’re looking for a light fall layer, this bomber jacket from COS looks fab.
It’s a boiled wool blend, and I like the sculpted seams — all bomber jackets are inherently casual, but this one feels elevated.
It’s $129, available in 2 colors in sizes XS-XL, at COS.
(Psst – we’ve discussed whether you can wear bomber jackets to the office!)
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I love a cozy blanket. Has anyone tried the Lola blanket and does it live up to the hype?
yes! They are the best. Highly recommend.
My daughter has one and it’s amazing.
I was just gifted one and had no idea what it was.
If I didn’t have feral children and a puppy, I might consider buying a second for my house. It’s delightful.
these look great! do you know if they can be bedspreads? what size would you get a kid headed to college soon? large?
can anyone suggest a good “put your pet’s face on __” company? does it matter? thinking of PJs for my husband with our puppy’s face.
My husband is picky about PJ fabric so I guess I’d try to avoid the cheaper polyesters. I’ve gotten him custom graphic t-shirts but so far not PJs yet and not with photos.
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Does anyone here have any insight/special knowledge as to why some wool is itchy to some wearers but other wool is fine? I recently got a wool-blend sweater from Talbot’s that I cannot wear because it itches me so much. However, I have several wool-blend sweaters from Boden that feel just fine. I have a thick 100% wool sweater knit in Ireland that feels fine as well. Is there something in the processing and manufacturing? Is it the breed of sheep?
for me it depends on the blend. 100% merino or cashmere is usually just fine. The minute it’s nylon-acrylic-poly-alpaca-wool, I don’t even bother trying it on.
I thought it had to do with the length of the fibers?
It’s many factors, including:
– the breed of sheep (how coarse or soft, how long, and how many microns thick each individual strand of fiber is)
– how the strands were spun (woolen spun or worsted spun, with cut ends aligned all in the same direction or not)
– whether there is lanolin left behind and if you are sensitive to that
– if there is anything in the blend of your sweater that reads as itchy to you
– where on your body the sweater touches you (your neck is typically more sensitive than your wrists, for instance, so turtlenecks may be a no-go but v-necks are fine)
– if there is any dye, spinning grease, or other manufacturing residue left behind that you are sensitive to
+1
Additionally, if you’re not sensitive to lanolin, it tends to soften wool. Eucalan wool (which has a lot of lanolin in it) wash can soften up some itchy sweaters.
Definitely not lanolin for me. I have used Nivea cream my entire life, and that has a lot of lanolin in it.
Lanolin contributes to making wool softer. If the wool has been stripped of it and you know you aren’t sensitive to lanolin, replenishing the lanolin can help make it feel less scratchy.
Following out of curiosity. I just don’t wear wool as I find it all irritating. When I’ve tried items that are ok during try on, they get worse across the day. But, I haven’t tried high end cashmere.
I’m the same way and cashmere is so itchy to me.
Me too. My neck and arms don’t care if it’s the finest cashmere from a 500 year old mill crafted by fairies, it still itches!
Does anyone have a good recipe for higher protein banana bread? I saw some cottage cheese ones on instagram
But I am not sure if they are any good.
Kindly, don’t. Less sarcastic answer – It doesn’t work. You can add more fiber (oatmeal, nuts, wheat germ, etc.) without changing it. The more protein solutions are going to make your banana bread less satisfying for not getting the same amount of protein as if you just ate a yogurt with your banana bread.
This. I have yet to try a high-protein version of any carb that tastes as good as the standard version. IMO, some of these substitutions change the texture in an unpleasant way even if the taste is OK enough.
I hate flour and starchy foods, so I always prefer the high protein version of anything. To me this reinforces that they don’t taste the same and the same people won’t like both.
when i go to the grocery store, i’m starting to find it comical all of the products they’ve managed to turn into ‘high protein’ foods – from potato chips to popcorn to basically everything and anything
It’s so dumb. Then we’ll be on to the next diet trend in two more years.
The high protein trend is the only one that has ever worked for me. Focusing on protein keeps me from snacking.
Spotting protein knock-off pop tarts was my latest WTF moment.
So, so dumb.
Eat it with a side of yogurt.
i usually trust stayfitmom for this stuff. but her recipe just uses kodiak.
https://stayfitmom.com/banana-bread/
Just eat the banana bread.
I’ve liked Greek yogurt in baked goods. In general, though, I think you’re better off not Frankensteining a basic recipe too much.
My daughter loves horse back riding. I am very anxious about the risks involved – she fell with the horse this past weekend after the horse tripped and it was very scary to learn about it. Thankfully bc of her air vest she was totally fine. How would you handle it from a parenting perspective? She is a teen so I used to think she’s old enough to assess her own risks and we gave discussed the risk/benefit with her on it. My parents think I shouldn’t allow her to continue competing in it. Wonder what others think.
I would not have let my daughter start riding in the first place because I consider it too risky. But if the risk was acceptable to you before, why does this fall change your risk assessment?
3:03. What an inane question. Obviously the fall has mom scared.
Mom, my son’s girlfriend has rode competively since she was a young child. To put the risk in perspective, her most severe injury came from another sport that is considered safer. The best time to learn a dangerous activity is when you are young because the risk/reward component overrides fear and fear is how people get hurt. If she LOVES it, make sure she has a good trainor who DOES understand the risks and can teach safe practices.
Teens are in a risk taking phase of life! I might be tempted to suggest vaulting, but perhaps she has no interest in it.
Is vaulting really safer?
A life spent with horses does carry risk, but also rewards. The same is true for any risky activity. I often hear parents denounce trampolines because of the risk of broken bones, but they don’t often weigh the reward of the literal hours a day of pure, unadulterated fun they can provide (with some basic safety rules, of course!). A sport like skiing carries risk of broken bones or even (rarely) death, but it brings so much joy to the people who do it. Conversely, there are so many risks in our lives that don’t even bring a side of joy – things like driving on the freeway, for example. Those are the risks to focus on cutting first.
Also, when you play the mental tape of your daughter falling off the horse, make sure to play it to the end to the part where she was OK.
Teens don’t have good risk calculators, so I wouldn’t rely on that.
People who are in love with their thing also will take risks that other who aren’t full of passion for it wouldn’t take. So again, she’s not a good guide to risk.
However, moms also aren’t always a good guide about risk / safety. Their imaginations are too good when it comes to all the things that can go wrong, and their emotions are (obviously) fully involved. The fact that you are very anxious around the risks may not be meaningful at all. I’d pay more attention to it if you’re generally a very chill mom who delights in her daughter taking all kinds of physical risks, and you also are a risk-taker.
So . . . objectively, what IS the actual risk here? How do you assess for it? How do you mitigate it? Those are the questions to ask.
I’m a mom who is pretty adventurous and (I believe) a pretty good judge of risk and safety – it’s something I’m pretty passionate about. It’s beyond the scope of a comment here but one thing that I think all moms can implement pretty easily is whatever set of ground rules you feel comfortable with for whatever sport you’re doing. For us, that’s helmets at ALL times for any biking, skiing, or horseback riding (no exceptions, not even “just for a second”), life jackets at all times on boats, a standard set of safety checks before beginning belaying (rock climbing), and a couple of others for niche sports. You implement your house rules every time, it goes a long way towards easing anxiety and it also gives you a window into how mature your child is. If you find that your kid consistently tries to take the helmet off the moment they’re out of sight, that’s valuable information to have in your pocket when it comes time to assess future opportunities for them.
Falls are always scary and being anxious is normal. You just learn to live with that is the risk she’s picked. The lesson of getting back on the horse is an important one for her, not just for riding but for life. In the less comforting thoughts, whatever she is doing is a million times safer that what I used to get up to with my friends back in the day before air vest were invented. (And, you never get over the anxiety – still got an angry text from my mom when she saw a photo of me riding without a helmet as a 40 something…).
Falling is part of riding. I was an equestrian as a kid/teen and fell off a million times. If she has a good coach, she should be learning how to fall to minimize injuries – we would actually practice it – and proper safety protocols (like never ever riding without a helmet). Falling is a GOOD thing when you’re starting out! You need to fall in order to get over the fear and learn how to handle your horse properly. The good thing about being a kid is that you bounce back super easily.
I am not a parent, but I have been riding for 40+ years and was a professional for a short period of time. So this is not going to exactly what you asked, but the best ways to minimize risks are: helmet always, making sure she is riding at a barn that has horses which are not dangerous (tripping is not indicative of a dangerous horse – a horse that rears is a dangerous horse) and which teaches fundamentals before they allow students to move up to harder more skilled things, finding a trainer who is concerned less with spending your money and more with your daughter riding well and properly (so not encouraging you to buy a horse that is too much horse for her riding level for example), making sure she is riding at a barn that has good safety practices and horsemanship. I know that as a non-horse person you may not know how to evaluate these things. If you really want to learn to help reduce the risk, I’d be more than happy to email with you.
Absolutely not one of my serious injuries has occurred while riding. It’s been a less injury prone activity than cycling, trail ultra running, rugby, and frankly driving a car. It will be a life-long hobby for me!
does anyone have any tips or intel on afib or cardioversions? TIA!
Anything specific you want to know? I have not experienced it myself but many family members have, including my toddler. Electrocardioversion is very effective and so fast. My husband and dad always say their energy returns same day.
Question, have you had professional makeup and hair for family photoshoots? I rarely wear makeup these days and want to look nice for posterity (climbing out of a 40s slump in style here). Have you had good experiences booking a service at Sephora/Department store counters or would a private Makeup Artist be the way to go?
I’ve always done a private hair and makeup artist and it’s definitely worth it.