These pretty rocks are really soap—maybe this is the oldest trick in the book, but it’s new to me—and I’m thinking of getting a few for my mom, because she digs that sort of thing.
I don’t think this is necessarily a good thing, but I don’t like most games: not poker, not chess, and especially not Scrabble, basically any game that has even the smallest component of math in it (yes, I feel that Scrabble is secretly math, and yes, I know that sounds unhinged). But I do like this fun, star-embossed domino set.
Just the most gorgeous, streamlined bottle opener, from Georg Jensen. I don’t think my apartment is nice enough for this, but perhaps you know somebody it’d work for.
A handy lighter holder/keychain in one, for your favorite occasional pothead.
From Diptique, a car diffuser for keeping things fragrant while motoring. (Do any of you recall over the summer when I wrote about this Diptique Oval and said I wanted to put in in my rental car, and a bunch of you politely pointed out in the comments that that product was wax and would likely melt? Well, this is like they made the product I was dreaming of!)
A bath mat that looks sweetly like a handmade rug. From Aelfie, where I actually get all my rugs.
A collapsible water bottle may also be the oldest trick in the book, but this is pretty nifty-looking, and is the type of thing I should carry to yoga (when I go) instead of (shame!) buying a bottle of water when I get there.
I refuse to play Scrabble with my brother-in-law because all he does is play words like “qi” and get tons of points. Takes all the fun out of it.
Me 5 or 6 on the Scrabble thing. Though I do enjoy playing Words with Friends on my phone. I just play with a lot of random people, inluding my friend whom I’ve beaten literally 3x out of hundreds. But I probably wouldn’t want to play dominoes, either. I’m just not that keen on games.
hey! i bought those soap rocks for my mom last year!
Aelfie has beautiful things.
That made me laugh, about Scrabble. I play WordFeud on my phone, it does all the math for me. I can guess at words; sometimes I get lucky and learn something new. I play with polyglot friends, they play games in other languages. I have learned that as long as I have five or seven different games going on, I don’t get hung up on winning or losing. But the thought of sitting around a board with people looking things up in a dictionary and totalling up things on their fingers does seem tiresome, anymore.
I’ve been forced to play Scrabble with my family since a young age, and you are correct: it is about maximizing points rather than making interesting words.
You are NOT unhinged-I have been saying the same thing about Scrabble for YEARS!!!
Hadn’t seen Aelfie before…so good!
I spent years designing textiles , so I am kind of a picky pain in the butt honestly.
These are lovely!
I believe that Georg Jensen’s Bloom salt cellar and spoon is a classic for any home. It kind of elevates your life, and everyone uses salt, right?
The lighter holder reminds me of all the girls in junior high who insisted they carried a lighter “for their eyeliner.” Since I neither smoked nor used eyeliner at the time, I never questioned it. But now…
Thank you for introducing me to Aelfie! Honing in on a couple of their clever pillows.
Just say “no” to Scrabble (unless you play phonetic scrabble and you don’t keep score)
Love that orange collapsable water bottle.
Even though it’s silly and gross, I always like a good, slightly tipsy game of Cards Against Humanity.