Weekly Wind Down
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Gucci's gun stance and the end of corporate neutrality.
In my last post, I shared my travel highlights which included an unforgettable trip to Inner Mongolia. As Pico Iyer writes beautifully, "Mongolia haunts a visitor as few other destinations can."
"Chinese technology companies have cultivated a hi-tech universe so large that it exists almost exclusively on its own" - Chinese billionaire felt lost in the US without the hi-tech comforts that are ubiquitous at home.
"You have to love yourself and demand your own confidence" - TyLynn Nguyen on motherhood and raising a global family.
The best thing I did for my family and myself last year was take a solo vacation. Vogue agrees.
Spring is near, bring out the Trench coats. What's your style?
Phoebe Philo's legacy and quiet revolution at Celine.
Explore
So fun! - London folks, can you please check it out and share some snaps?
Seriously considering signing up for this.
Anyone in the triangle participating this weekend?
If you're in the UAE, this multi-sensory experience looks amazing.
Discover
These fit like a glove. SO good, and less than $100.
Eyeing this and this (fraction of the price of this) for my dressing table.
Adding this genius kit to my wish list for Olivia. Combining digital experience with real world, dynamic play and learning.
What are your thoughts on these? Frankly, I'm not sold them. And that's coming from someone who's a huge believer in crystals way before it became a trend (my mom is an avid crystal collector). I even gave away individually picked crystals as wedding favors.
Immerse
How to make work more meaningful and creative - Adam Grant
Love, no matter what - Andrew Solomon
The danger of a single story - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
If you enjoyed watching The Handmaid's Tale, this miniseries will appeal to you.
This original series is my current Netflix binge. It's entertaining, thought-provoking and as The New Yorker puts it, "almost confrontationally weird".
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”