lifestyle
lifestyleAddie Manisbath, National Bubble Bath Day, spa, relax, detox, mustard bath, milk powder, epsom salts, baking soda, bubble bath, almond oil, essential oils, lavender oil, eucalyptus oil, exfoliation, pumice, shee masks, hair mask, bath cady, bath caddy, herbal soak, charcoal mask, coconut bath, pursoma, fig honey bath, body oil, cardamom coffee, scrubComment

How to Celebrate National Bubble Bath Day

on any given day, if I'm texting you, there's a 50/50 chance I'm doing it from the tub

lifestyleAddie Manisbath, National Bubble Bath Day, spa, relax, detox, mustard bath, milk powder, epsom salts, baking soda, bubble bath, almond oil, essential oils, lavender oil, eucalyptus oil, exfoliation, pumice, shee masks, hair mask, bath cady, bath caddy, herbal soak, charcoal mask, coconut bath, pursoma, fig honey bath, body oil, cardamom coffee, scrubComment
How to Celebrate National Bubble Bath Day
lifestyle, recommendationsAddie ManisNew Year, resolutions, 2018, health, happiness, fitness, weight management, scale, productivity, wok, cooking, vegan, goals, intentions, coffee, pour over, Bodum, caffeine, anxiety, Rival Brothers, salt lamp, Himalayan Sea Salt, lighting, decor, aestheticsComment

Tools for the Resolution

five things I'll be using to bring a little extra happiness into 2018

lifestyle, recommendationsAddie ManisNew Year, resolutions, 2018, health, happiness, fitness, weight management, scale, productivity, wok, cooking, vegan, goals, intentions, coffee, pour over, Bodum, caffeine, anxiety, Rival Brothers, salt lamp, Himalayan Sea Salt, lighting, decor, aestheticsComment
Tools for the Resolution
lifestyle, Los Angeles, city guideAddie Manisbrownies, birthday, Girlfriend Collective, leggings, Korean Spa, Natura Spa, Highland Park, Elysian Valley, Cobalt and Clay, The Quiet Life, Coava Coffee, Kindness and Mischief, pottery, ceramics, World Central Kitchen, fires, Hello, ice cream, homemade, Pressed Juicery, Good Measure, s'mores, fire pit, GroupOn, Moon Juice, Sex Dust, Spirit Dust, Thomas Fire, LAMILL Coffee, pumpkin bread, breakfast, flannel sheets, Cafe Stella, Silver LakeComment

An LA Birthday and Gift Guide

how to spend a Tuesday birthday in Los Angeles + some gift ideas if you're struggling

lifestyle, Los Angeles, city guideAddie Manisbrownies, birthday, Girlfriend Collective, leggings, Korean Spa, Natura Spa, Highland Park, Elysian Valley, Cobalt and Clay, The Quiet Life, Coava Coffee, Kindness and Mischief, pottery, ceramics, World Central Kitchen, fires, Hello, ice cream, homemade, Pressed Juicery, Good Measure, s'mores, fire pit, GroupOn, Moon Juice, Sex Dust, Spirit Dust, Thomas Fire, LAMILL Coffee, pumpkin bread, breakfast, flannel sheets, Cafe Stella, Silver LakeComment
An LA Birthday and Gift Guide
lifestyle, Los AngelesAddie ManisLos Angeles, Elysian Valley, Frogtown, moving, homeownership, home, house hunting, neighborhood guide, East LA, Wax Paper Co, The Left Bank, elylsian, Salazar, La Colombe, Spoke Bicylce Cafe, Portlandia, Frogtown Brewery, Art Walk, ClockshopComment

welcome to frogtown

on getting our bearings in a new neighborhood

lifestyle, Los AngelesAddie ManisLos Angeles, Elysian Valley, Frogtown, moving, homeownership, home, house hunting, neighborhood guide, East LA, Wax Paper Co, The Left Bank, elylsian, Salazar, La Colombe, Spoke Bicylce Cafe, Portlandia, Frogtown Brewery, Art Walk, ClockshopComment
welcome to frogtown
books, entertainment, lifestyleAddie Manisbooks, book, reading, 2016, recommendations, GoodReads, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn, socialism, history, neuroscience, Norman Doidge, The Brain that Changes Itself, Appalachian Elegy, poetry, bell hooks, The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir, existentialism, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo, clutter, Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff, newlyweds, Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, America, Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, creativity, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, dystopia, My Life on the Road, Gloria Steinem, feminism, Bad Behavior, Mary Gaitskill, shortstories, Men Explain Things To Me, Rebecca Solnit, mansplaining, Revenge Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger, The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Paradise Now, Utopia, In A Dark, In A Dark Dark Wood, Ruth Ware, bestsellers, Remembrance of Things Paris, Gourmet Magazine, Blue Nights, Joan Didion, grief, sadness, Woman Code, Alisa Vitti, reproductive health, The Magician's Lie, Greer MacAllister, romance, First Bite, Bee Wilson, food, taste, parenting, parenthood, Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar, do-gooders, The Woman in Cabin 10, mysteries, Multiple Choice, Alejandro Zambra, experimentalism, Voyager, Russell Banks, photography, You'll Grow Out of It, Jessi Klein, comedy, Barbarian Days, William Finnegan, surfing, Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness, philosophy, Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer, The Transmigration of Bodies, Yuri Herrara, The Fire This Time, Jesmyn Ward, racism, politics, Simple Matters, Erin Boyle, responsibility, home, Hagseed, Shakespeare, Hope in the Dark, The Nest, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, family, The Year of the Goat, Margaret Hathaway, The Existentialist Cafe, Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance, citizens, The Girls, Emma Cline, Sweetbitter, Stephanie Danier, How to Set A Fire and Why, Jesse Ball, In Praise of Slow, Carl Honore, burnout, On Writers and Writing, writing, In Other Words, Jhumpa Lahiri, language, The City of Mirrors, Justin Cronin, All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister, The First Bad Man, Miranda July, Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhig, efficiency, One Perfect Day, weddings, Rebecca Mead, The Girl in the Red Coat, Kate Hamer, daughters, Notorious RBG, Irin Carmon, #girlboss, The Widow, Fiona Barton, unreliable narrator, The Tenth Muse, Judith Jones, gourmand, foodie, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli, science, physicsComment

Last Year in Books

Looking for a good book to read?  Look no further.

books, entertainment, lifestyleAddie Manisbooks, book, reading, 2016, recommendations, GoodReads, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn, socialism, history, neuroscience, Norman Doidge, The Brain that Changes Itself, Appalachian Elegy, poetry, bell hooks, The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir, existentialism, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo, clutter, Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff, newlyweds, Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, America, Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, creativity, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, dystopia, My Life on the Road, Gloria Steinem, feminism, Bad Behavior, Mary Gaitskill, shortstories, Men Explain Things To Me, Rebecca Solnit, mansplaining, Revenge Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger, The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, Paradise Now, Utopia, In A Dark, In A Dark Dark Wood, Ruth Ware, bestsellers, Remembrance of Things Paris, Gourmet Magazine, Blue Nights, Joan Didion, grief, sadness, Woman Code, Alisa Vitti, reproductive health, The Magician's Lie, Greer MacAllister, romance, First Bite, Bee Wilson, food, taste, parenting, parenthood, Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar, do-gooders, The Woman in Cabin 10, mysteries, Multiple Choice, Alejandro Zambra, experimentalism, Voyager, Russell Banks, photography, You'll Grow Out of It, Jessi Klein, comedy, Barbarian Days, William Finnegan, surfing, Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness, philosophy, Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer, The Transmigration of Bodies, Yuri Herrara, The Fire This Time, Jesmyn Ward, racism, politics, Simple Matters, Erin Boyle, responsibility, home, Hagseed, Shakespeare, Hope in the Dark, The Nest, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, family, The Year of the Goat, Margaret Hathaway, The Existentialist Cafe, Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance, citizens, The Girls, Emma Cline, Sweetbitter, Stephanie Danier, How to Set A Fire and Why, Jesse Ball, In Praise of Slow, Carl Honore, burnout, On Writers and Writing, writing, In Other Words, Jhumpa Lahiri, language, The City of Mirrors, Justin Cronin, All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister, The First Bad Man, Miranda July, Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhig, efficiency, One Perfect Day, weddings, Rebecca Mead, The Girl in the Red Coat, Kate Hamer, daughters, Notorious RBG, Irin Carmon, #girlboss, The Widow, Fiona Barton, unreliable narrator, The Tenth Muse, Judith Jones, gourmand, foodie, Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli, science, physicsComment
Last Year in Books
Los Angeles, lifestyle, recommendations, travelAddie Manisyear end, 2016, yoga, Liberation Yoga, Open Sesame, Palermo's, Clifton's Cafeteria, London, New York City, Philadelphia, Gjelina, La Brea Tar Pits, Topanga State Park, David Cross, Ex-Machina, OJ Simpson, Playa Provisions, Valentine's Day, Top Round, Space Horizons, The Hudson, brunch, The Butcher's Daughter, family, Terroni, Neptune's Net, Vernetti, Milk, Umami Burger, Farmer's Market, Mapplethorpe, LACMA, Pasadena, AKA, Batman, Superman, engagement, Amalfi, The Rain Room, Midnight Special, Paris-Roubaix, Osteria la Buca, Stir Market, Midnight Texas, Silverlake, funeral, City Winery, wedding, The Penrose, Malibu, Bloodline, Kyoto, Tokyo, Japan, Outcast, Lost in Space, Salt & Straw, bikes, The Lobster, Trejo's Tacos, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Upright Citizen's Brigade, The Greek Theatre, The Lone Bellow, The National, Cambridge, Greenwich, museums, bookstores, The Den, meditation, Chicago Cubs, baseball, Dodger Stadium, birthday, Button Mash, Le Petit Paris, Don't Breath, Santa Barbara, cycling, The Wallace, real estate agent, apple picking, donuts, personal trainer, Sugarfish, Odys + Penelope, date night, poké, Big Sur, Big Sur Lodge, Pfeiffer Beach, elephant seals, sea lions, Deetjen's, Henry Miller Memorial Library, Scout, San Luis Obispo, Hearst Castle, Friendsgiving, Thanksgiving, Idyllwild, hiking, Christmas Market, Theater, homeownership, house hunting, Amelie, Arrival, New Jersey, Manchester by the Sea, holidays, electionComment

2016

The year that everything happened.

Los Angeles, lifestyle, recommendations, travelAddie Manisyear end, 2016, yoga, Liberation Yoga, Open Sesame, Palermo's, Clifton's Cafeteria, London, New York City, Philadelphia, Gjelina, La Brea Tar Pits, Topanga State Park, David Cross, Ex-Machina, OJ Simpson, Playa Provisions, Valentine's Day, Top Round, Space Horizons, The Hudson, brunch, The Butcher's Daughter, family, Terroni, Neptune's Net, Vernetti, Milk, Umami Burger, Farmer's Market, Mapplethorpe, LACMA, Pasadena, AKA, Batman, Superman, engagement, Amalfi, The Rain Room, Midnight Special, Paris-Roubaix, Osteria la Buca, Stir Market, Midnight Texas, Silverlake, funeral, City Winery, wedding, The Penrose, Malibu, Bloodline, Kyoto, Tokyo, Japan, Outcast, Lost in Space, Salt & Straw, bikes, The Lobster, Trejo's Tacos, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Upright Citizen's Brigade, The Greek Theatre, The Lone Bellow, The National, Cambridge, Greenwich, museums, bookstores, The Den, meditation, Chicago Cubs, baseball, Dodger Stadium, birthday, Button Mash, Le Petit Paris, Don't Breath, Santa Barbara, cycling, The Wallace, real estate agent, apple picking, donuts, personal trainer, Sugarfish, Odys + Penelope, date night, poké, Big Sur, Big Sur Lodge, Pfeiffer Beach, elephant seals, sea lions, Deetjen's, Henry Miller Memorial Library, Scout, San Luis Obispo, Hearst Castle, Friendsgiving, Thanksgiving, Idyllwild, hiking, Christmas Market, Theater, homeownership, house hunting, Amelie, Arrival, New Jersey, Manchester by the Sea, holidays, electionComment
2016
recommendations, entertainment, lifestyleAddie Manispodcasts, Bon Appétit, Foodcast, Marissa A. Ross, Food52, Burnt Toast, Molly Yeh, Call Your Girlfriend, Dear Sugar, Tiny Beautiful Things, #GirlBoss, Sophia Amoruso, happiness, Gretchen Rubin, Radio Cherry Bombe, Cherry Bombe, Slate, Double X Gabfest, Culture Gabfest, Mom and Dad Are Fighting, Refinery29, Strong Opinions Loosely Held, Tiny Spark, philanthropyComment

10 Podcasts I Am Currently Digging

Ten podcasts to keep you digitally engaged and aurally distracted.

recommendations, entertainment, lifestyleAddie Manispodcasts, Bon Appétit, Foodcast, Marissa A. Ross, Food52, Burnt Toast, Molly Yeh, Call Your Girlfriend, Dear Sugar, Tiny Beautiful Things, #GirlBoss, Sophia Amoruso, happiness, Gretchen Rubin, Radio Cherry Bombe, Cherry Bombe, Slate, Double X Gabfest, Culture Gabfest, Mom and Dad Are Fighting, Refinery29, Strong Opinions Loosely Held, Tiny Spark, philanthropyComment
10 Podcasts I Am Currently Digging