Much like my beloved LL Bean Signature, Lands’ End Canvas is a classic, New England-y brand’s attempt to shed its boxy, stodgy, anti-sexy image with a line of clothing aimed at a somewhat younger demographic: grown women who value comfort but could never imagine being the kind of person who owns mules, mock turtlenecks, or any of the other usual and unfortunate Lands’ End staples.
Read MoreScrolling through the massive swaths of Pinterest inspiration, I was reminded of a classic literary figure who would have been all over Pinterest had it existed during her time: May Welland, wife of Newland Archer in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.
Read MoreEver dreamed of slaying orcs in Middle-earth? Befriending a talking beaver in Narnia? Well, I’m here to tell you that such things are far better left in the abstract.
Read MoreRoger Ebert’s autobiography, Life Itself, champions two institutions that are rarely championed: the Catholic Church and the public university. He loses his faith in the former as a teen and it gives way to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which cemented in clearly detailed episodes Ebert’s picture of intellectuality, his public-mindedness, his humility and depth.
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