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Younger Selves: A Year’s Worth of Advice (opens the original)
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15 Vintage Items I’m Eyeing Right Now (opens the original)
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Welcome back to another vintage design deep dive: a (mostly) monthly edit of my favorite vintage furniture and decor pieces, exclusively for paid subscribers of Room to Grow. So far we’ve covered vanity mirrors, diner decor, magazine racks, coffee mugs, and <a href="https://skylarallen.substack.com/p/21-v
The Monthly Recap Issue #16 (opens the original)
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Welcome back to the monthly recap: a deep dive into the best things I’ve been eating, reading, and consuming over the last month. In this month’s issue you’ll find several recipes for using up the last of your summer stonefruit, vintage San Francisco party supplies, my hero skincare products, several books to add to your TBR pile, new additions to the San Francisco guide, and so much more.Subscribe nowAuthor’s Note: This post contains affiliate links. While I may earn a s
The 10 Best Restaurants in San Francisco (opens the original)
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Ten years ago, at the age of 23, I moved to San Francisco. I’d accepted a job in Emeryville and found a room on Craigslist, moving into a house in Lower Haight with four strangers. My rent was $1,200 and I knew that I was, finally, exactly where I was meant to be. Since that day, I’ve had five different jobs, lived in four other apartments in three different neighborhoods, grown and changed in countless ways, gotten married, and continuously fallen in love with the city I always dreamed of calli
Younger Selves: Molly Sparks Sailors (opens the original)
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