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So…what is the Monday Poll? Good question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past gazillion years (more than 10!). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a great start. 👍 1. What’s the weather like out your way? Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. So, normal for this time of year. It should clear up by the afternoon. 2. List everything you’ve put on your face so far...

No, the Spinster Sisters are not an ’80s new wave synth pop duo. It’s the name of an indie beauty brand from Colorado that I spotted at a bookstore this afternoon. (Side note: I went looking for Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, but they didn’t have it, gah! I really want to read it before the movie comes out.) I love their logo! I can picture two spinster sisters in an old-timey apothecary with glass bottles and brass industrial shelves, crushing herbs by hand with a mortar and pestle before brewing up a batch of soap and body butter. I...

Interesting, the mundane life of theoretical physicist in the more transversally rich environment in that field in the whole world: CERNVia CERN: In Theory: Why are theoreticians filled with wanderlust?Image caption:The Theory corridor welcomes hundreds of visitors each year, all of whom must be provided with offices. The strips of white paper stuck to this door act as name plates. There’s no need to reprint them each time: when someone moves into the office, their name is slipped into the space provided, and when they leave, it is removed and stuck back on the door. (Image: Sophia Bennett/CERN)

1. Lilly Pulitzer on sale at Pottery Barn Lilly Pulitzer is an American apparel and textile brand that does BOLD, prints, and even though I can see how royal blue and hot pink decor can come across as tween/teenybopper…I don’t care. 🙂 Where does it say you have to give up teal just because you’re an adult? But I digress… Lilly Pulitzer collaborated with Pottery Barn last summer, and now almost everything they created together is on sale. I snagged this cute quilt. It was originally $250, but on sale now for $50! 2. Bliss Poetic Waxing Hair Removal Kit...

If your current favorite lipstick fell into the toilet, would you fish it out and keep using it? ASKING FOR A FRIEND. Oh, girlfriend. I had MAC Velvet Teddy, a tube in the LE packaging that matches the color inside, which for some reason gives me so much joy… Anyway, I had it in my back pocket yesterday and sorta forgot about it. I was rushing around right before going to go pick up Coywolf from preschool. Went to the bathroom, and right before I was about to leave, pulled down my stretchy mom jeans, and next thing you know...