Weekend Vibes: The Poetics of Change.

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My Latest Snag: Saie Tinted Moisturizer.

I restocked my favorite tinted moisturizer, Saie’s Slip Tint (clean!), this week. I’ve tried so many tinted moisturizers and I keep coming back to this one. It feels great on my face, provides the perfect amount of coverage, and looks just like my skin — but better. While there, I saw that they just restocked their Glowy Supergel in the warm golden bronze hue, which racked up a 3,000 person waitlist! I’ve not tried the bronze color but own and love the champagne.

This Week’s Bestsellers.

01. J. CREW DRESS // 02. AMAZON SLEEPING PILLOWS // 03. ZARA EMBROIDERED TOP // 04. PARIS SWEATSHIRT // 05. J. CREW BERKELEY BUCKET BAG // 06. LA LIGNE SWEATER // 07. MADEWELL PLISSE MIDI SKIRT // 08. HAIR CLIP // 09. CROCHET PEPLUM TOP // 10. BERNARDO LINER JACKET // 11. TUCKERNUCK DRESS // 12. ALL THE WORLD BOARD BOOK // 13. MISS MOUTH’S STAIN REMOVER // 14. LULULEMON FLARED YOGA PANTS

Weekend Musings.

Today, reflecting on the winding down of summer and the imminent turn in seasons. We still have a ways to go before D.C. turns autumnal — it will be hot here until the end of September — but on the table by the front door, there are bags with school supplies, and on the peg above the shoe bench, a new backpack hangs. I cringe when people remind me that we only have 18 summers at home with our children, both because I cannot bear the thought and because I find the subtext cloying. (I think many mothers to young children will agree that the summers can stretch out like taffy: sweet, sticky, protracted, with all the attendant emotional responses to those conditions.) Still, as I hang my son’s tiny, size-4T swim trunks on the drying rack for the umpteenth time this summer, I am aware that all-too-soon — next summer, in fact? — there will be no toddler-sized clothing in my home. Transitions are hard, but things must end to begin again. Bertolt Brecht wrote:

Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.

What has happened has happened. The water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again, but
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.

I love the evolution of this poem, the way change in the first stanza feels like a degradation, a spoiling, but in the second stanza, using the same words, change appears as promise and rebirth. You control your perspective, Brecht is suggesting: these are the poetics of change.

Shopping Break.

+Eyeing this perfect dress for fall. It’s my top rec for a family portrait with a fall setting / vibe / backdrop, but also great with flats for back to school night, boots for a casual dinner, etc. I don’t know what it is about that forest green color that’s doing it for me right now! (You know I own and adore this sweater in the Atlantic Green color!)

+Another great fall buy from J. Crew — such a reasonable price for a perfect, on-trend handbag you’ll wear alllll season long. (More picks here.)

+These knit sets were some of my most treasured pieces for both of my children. I now love to give as newborn gifts!

+One of my favorite new summer style brands, Marea, is running an end-of-summer sale. They make GREAT, lightweight, breathable dresses for those of us living in hot/humid areas. I’ve worn this shirt dress (in a different colorway) about once a week this summer and always get questions about it. It’s the greatest lightweight material and so easy-breezy. I’ve also been living in this casita dress in the peak summer hot evenings. I actually called it my “margarita dress” because any time I’d throw it on and tie my hair up in a topknot, I’d want to make a margarita and throw on some Toots and the Maytals for an easy, barefoot summer night. This caftan is calling my name, and how cute is this top with white jeans?

+This reminds me so much of my favorite Spanx half-zip, but much less expensive. However, the Spanx material is…incredible.

+Love this pink Dansk saucepan. I’m eyeing these as Christmas gifts for my sisters this year! Perfect size for reheating soup, warming milk, etc.

+Gaga over this Zimmermann-esque blouse and skirt combo. The blouse on its own would get a ton of wear but kind of digging the head-to-toe moment…

+A great strappy flat sandal at a reasonable price. So many cute patterns/colors to pick from!

+Eyeing this reversible jacket for my son this fall/winter season. The colorblocking is so cute! This Target reversible style is also cute!

+Hermoza marked down its chic swim/poolside collection with Julia Berolzheimer this weekend — use code SUMMER23 for 30% off this gorgeous suit and the matching lounge pants (chic chic!) This beach-to-cocktails wrap skirt is also adorable.

+Cuyana’s limited edition orange leather cosmetics sets are SO chic — very Hermes. I own a pair of these in a lilac hue. Great gifts! You can have them monogrammed.

+The Great is running a sale with up to 70% off! Love this striped knit cardigan and this skirt!