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Recs #100: Mood lifters, delicious pasta, and travel prep

Plus, readers' pantry favorites, lots of links, and something I do before I travel anywhere...

Alisha Ramos

Aug 1

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Happy Friday! How was your week? I’ve been wearing nothing but linen in this brutal heat wave, and we’ve gotten into a new fun show (more on that below).

In today’s post:

The 5-star dish we made this week I want to eat again and again
Sharing a simple packing ritual I follow before traveling
An under-the-radar brand making gorgeous hair accessories
A recap of Downtime readers’ pantry favorites

Next week, I’m excited to share reviews of all the books I read in July (weirdly, it was a lot of books this month), plus an AMA edition of the newsletter. Hugs! —Alisha

FIVE FEEL-GOOD RECS

Make: This angel hair pasta. My husband made it this week, and I requested that he make it again because it was so good. So we had this twice in one week. How is something so simple so delicious?! We added sautéed shrimp...

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