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1 day ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
There’s something so, so satisfying about peeking into the way someone else organizes things. I want to know how you stock your refrigerator, how you’ve laid out your closet, and what your to-do list looks like. Give me your digital systems, your handwritten lists, and your tracking apps. I need to know why you chose to put glassware that cabinet or where you keep your backstock of beauty products. A few weeks ago, wrote a newsletter about how she organizes her monthly to-do list in the Notes app.
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4 days ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
Snacks are short-form, midweek drops featuring brands I just discovered, shops I stumbled onto, artists I think you’ll love… little odes to the things I find that I’m sending straight over to you. This week’s Brand Snack is Serviette, a fragrance brand doing something truly exciting in the scent space, the brand space, and my personal space (because I’ve become a superfan). In fact, I love Serviette so much, I’m willing to tackle a creative challenge I tend to avoid: writing about scents.
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1 week ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
Welcome back to Room Recipe, a column on À La Carte where we stare at an image of a room we love for a very long time, then break down its “ingredients” into specific items and themes. The goal is never to copy, but instead to get to the bottom of why certain rooms just *work* and to understand how we can translate that inspiration into real life. I know for a fact that I’ve used an image of a room at Hotel Peter and Paul in a mood board (or five).
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1 week ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
At The Table With is a monthly interview series that explores the ideas of creativity and personal taste through the eyes of my friends (or people I would like to be friends with). This month’s guest is—I kind of can’t believe I’m saying this—the truly iconicLeanne Ford. Leanne Ford really needs no introduction, but I’ll do my best.
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2 weeks ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
Real quick, before I dive into a bunch of frivolous content, I just wanted to acknowledge the cruel and depraved mass deportations taking place here in Los Angeles and throughout the rest of the country. All week, we’ve heard stories of immigrant members of our community being torn from their families, detained without due process, and living in fear of going to work or taking the bus.
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2 weeks ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
Snacks are short-form, midweek drops featuring brands I just discovered, shops I stumbled onto, artists I think you’ll love… little odes to the things I find that I’m sending straight over to you. This week’s Brand Snack is Dou So, a candy-colored glassware company founded by Haitian creative Sasha Tesserot. It seems that Dou So is just a baby brand, having recently launched their first line, The Helena Collection, in April.
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2 weeks ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
So, as you know, I’ve declared it the Summer of the Sidewalk Café. Ideally this means we’re spending our afternoons crammed together outside chic little bars located in places like Biarritz and Mallorca and Taormina, sipping Cynar spritzes or Kir Royales well into the evening. More likely, we’re spending them in our own backyards. As you know, I’m a big proponent of making being at home feel like a vacation.
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3 weeks ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
Let’s set the scene. You’re sitting on the sidewalk in front of your favorite neighborhood spot for a drink and a snack. The sun is hanging a little low in the sky, hitting everything with a hazy golden light. Brightly covered café tables are strewn with spritzes and cappuccinos and bowls of olives and ceramic ashtrays. (I don’t smoke, but we’re establishing a vibe here.) The sound of clinking glasses and bursts of laughter can be heard over a soundtrack of songs that feel like a vacation.
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3 weeks ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
My spirit for summertime is fleeting—the second it hits 85 degrees here in LA I become summer’s biggest hater. But for now, while the weather is nice and the potential for summer plans is ahead, I’m focusing on the things I’m looking forward to over the next few months—in, once again, A to Z format. A — Arnold Palmers. I’ve been on a huge AP kick lately, especially with a twist. The best is at Amara Kitchen in Highland Park: the Rose Palmer, a rose-infused, iced green tea mixed with lemonade.
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4 weeks ago | 
alilabelle.substack.com | Ali LaBelle
In reality it may be spring for another three weeks, but in our hearts, we’ve made it to summer, baby!!! The beaujolais is chilling, the vacation requests are pending, and the impulse Memorial Day sale purchases are delivering to our doorsteps. There’s a real “school’s out for the summer” vibe out there, and I, for one, am relishing in it.
