affordable luxuries

I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts, and when I mention this, people often ask me for recommendations. In general, I don't think I'm a great source of podcast recommendations, because I'm extremely picky and have extremely specific tastes. For example, I can't listen to any of the most popular NPR podcasts because I find them agonizingly overproduced; you don't need to … [Read more...] about Podcast recommendations for January, 2018

Some people like luxury European automobiles, high-end kitchen ranges, and very old wine. As far as I can tell, these things are all outstanding, but they have one thing in common: they're expensive. When I say "expensive," I don't mean they're not worth every penny — just that they cost a lot of pennies. So as a person who doesn't have a lot of pennies, I … [Read more...] about Affordable Luxuries #1: candles, chocolate, car washes