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Catherine Kast

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Senior Editor at Wirecutter

Everything about it is appealing! Everything that traffic will allow! Senior Editor @wirecutter // @nytimes. Past lives chit chatting @nypost @people

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  • Nov 22, 2024 | nytimes.com | Catherine Kast

    New York City in the late aughts was the city of dreams, where gals on the go commuted to bustling pre-pandemic offices uphill in high heels both ways, and you could order perfectly ripe avocados on demand.

  • Nov 8, 2024 | nytimes.com | Catherine Kast

    In this edition of The Gift, we’re making the case for a DIY Advent calendar—and sharing our favorite adorably tiny gifts. Plus: the best presents for grown-ups who don’t want to grow up. I don’t have any specific memories of opening an Advent calendar daily in front of a roaring fire or anything like that. As far as holiday traditions went, I was more taken by my grandmother’s ceramic Christmas tree that had removable Lite-Brite-style twinkly lights than anything else.

  • Sep 11, 2024 | nytimes.com | Catherine Kast

    When my daughter was about 3, she started asking for ice pops at every meal. I’m not sure how I did it, but I’d created a pop-ster. And though it’s probably not a good parenting practice to simply hand your kid what they’re asking for all the time, it was easy enough to do. I started with one of Wirecutter’s pop-mold picks, the Zoku Fish Pop Molds, in 2022.

  • Jul 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Catherine Kast

    The image of a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader is something many Americans can conjure up in their minds: the cobalt-and-white uniform with flowing sleeves and skimpy shorts (it now has a spot in the Smithsonian); shiny white cowboy boots punctuating the end of very long, thin legs; maybe a voluminous mane flashing through the air. And though the cheerleaders make it all look effortless when they’re dancing on the sidelines, the routine is grueling.

  • Jul 2, 2024 | people.com | Catherine Kast

    Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders perform before a game against the Chicago Bears at AT&T Stadium on October 30, 2022 in Arlington, Texas. Photo: Wesley Hitt/Getty Scoring a spot on any NFL cheerleading team is a big achievement, but only the best of the best have a shot at becoming a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Even more eyes are on the cheerleaders now that the organization is the focus of a new Netflix docuseries.

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Catherine Kast @TheUsualCk
15 Jul 22

Guess this means I need to start participating on this here website again??!!

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Catherine Kast
Catherine Kast @TheUsualCk
19 Feb 21

RT @GlennonDoyle: I still have not resumed exercise postpartum and my son is 18 please look at Alex Morgan running so fast what is happening

Catherine Kast
Catherine Kast @TheUsualCk
30 Sep 20

K A R S Kars for Kids