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Your Campsite Table Is an Extension of Your Hom...
I used to think camping meant roughing it in every sense, including the table. Wobbly benches, paper plates sailing off in the breeze, a sticky plastic cloth that somehow stays...
Your Campsite Table Is an Extension of Your Hom...
I used to think camping meant roughing it in every sense, including the table. Wobbly benches, paper plates sailing off in the breeze, a sticky plastic cloth that somehow stays...
Why I Stopped Hovering at the Dinner Table (and...
Our dinner table used to be a magnet for chaos. Toddler legs kicked the underside. Crayons migrated from the art corner. A sippy cup tipped, and I'd see moisture bead...
Why I Stopped Hovering at the Dinner Table (and...
Our dinner table used to be a magnet for chaos. Toddler legs kicked the underside. Crayons migrated from the art corner. A sippy cup tipped, and I'd see moisture bead...
I Stopped Apologizing for My Wipeable Placemats...
I pulled out the linen placemats the last time friends came for dinner. They were a wedding gift: flax-colored, fringed on the ends, impossibly chic. Within ten minutes of appetizers,...
I Stopped Apologizing for My Wipeable Placemats...
I pulled out the linen placemats the last time friends came for dinner. They were a wedding gift: flax-colored, fringed on the ends, impossibly chic. Within ten minutes of appetizers,...
What Happened When I Gave Up the Cartoon Placemats
I bought my first stack of kid placemats the week my daughter started solids. They had smiling elephants on them, which felt right for a highchair. What I didn’t realize...
What Happened When I Gave Up the Cartoon Placemats
I bought my first stack of kid placemats the week my daughter started solids. They had smiling elephants on them, which felt right for a highchair. What I didn’t realize...
A Brief History of the Placemat (and Why I’m Sk...
Go back a hundred years and a placemat was a strip of cloth you laid down to protect the table from scratches and drips. That was it. By the middle...
A Brief History of the Placemat (and Why I’m Sk...
Go back a hundred years and a placemat was a strip of cloth you laid down to protect the table from scratches and drips. That was it. By the middle...
The Quiet Placemat: Why I Quit Inspirational Qu...
Last Tuesday I scrubbed dried yogurt off a placemat that said "Gather." My toddler had used it as a drum. The baby had flung it to the floor twice. I...
The Quiet Placemat: Why I Quit Inspirational Qu...
Last Tuesday I scrubbed dried yogurt off a placemat that said "Gather." My toddler had used it as a drum. The baby had flung it to the floor twice. I...