The White Album

“No more stylish list than the ultimate cool girl’s packing guide.”

“A perennial fave”

“I love Joan Didion’s writing. I know myself and I know my tastes and sensibilities would have had similar reactions to the zeitgeist of the 60s and 70s. I’m still in my chronological read through of all her work that I started last summer.This was a reread and it’s still excellent. Her take down of the pointless and tacky Reagan governors’ mansion is a national treasure.”

“intriguing in its simplicity. getting ready/packing is something i find challenging (ADHD), even day-to-day, so having a list such as this would probably be life-changing. I can attest to the power of costume—an outfit repeatedly turned to (or iterated) is now symbolic, is now armour, is now “yours”.”

“My Notes app is filled with iterations of this for every trip, none deleted so they can be reused for future trips of similar ilk.”

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”