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Newsletter · By Bella Darden · English · Paid tier available · Official site

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Sep 29, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    A Mexico City house update (opens the original)

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    I just got back from Mexico City and my camera roll is 80% paint swatch samples, 15% art galleries I loved, and 5% delicious food items that I’ll be dreaming of until I head back down again. In case you missed it, my husband and I bought a home in Mexico City earlier this year—I wrote about the process for —you can read the post here.For months, this house has lived in the confines of my laptop. It&#

  2. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Where to go on your next family trip (opens the original)

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    Anyone who has tried to get three generations to agree on a vacation spot knows that family travel can feel more like a work trip than a restful vacation. Parents want peace and quiet, toddlers want to splash all day in the pool, teenagers don’t really give a shit about anything or anyone, and grandparents say they’re indifferent about where you all end up going but then have strongly worded opinions as soon as you get there. And then somehow, you’re supposed to come home rested and restored—as

  3. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    How to live life more intentionally (opens the original)

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    A few Saturdays ago, I was enjoying an afternoon coffee in the brilliant sunshine of Fort Greene Park with a friend. I had gone on a short run that morning, answered some lingering work emails, and fired off some voice notes to my close friends giving them a generic status update on my life while walking through the farmer’s market, my fruit and veggie purchases precariously balanced in one hand. If you had asked me before that friend date how my week was, I would’ve probably said something like

  4. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    The hotel rating industrial complex is broken. (opens the original)

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    Last year, I paid over $500/night for a birthday hotel stay that was supposed to be special—three nights at a hotel on the ocean in Puerto Escondido, where I imagined myself staring at the deep blue sea and being taken care of for 72 hours, without having to lift a finger. Instead, I woke up every morning covered in mosquito bites, streaks of my own blood on the sheets from the insects feeding on me while I was sleeping— the rooms were open to nature (totally fine) and nobody thought to leave us

  5. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    The best design hotels in Europe under $350/night (part two) (opens the original)

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