...is a writer and photographer who likes the well-made, the ingenious, and the shiny. Since she likes more material things than any one person can reasonably consume, she's done what those with a computer and an obsession do these days: start a blog. Shoppista enjoys Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar, trade paperbacks over hard covers, lomo photography, and the em dash. Occasionally, she refers to herself in the third person.
Sure, your kid forgets his umbrella. But what if his umbrella had ears? Who can forget an umbrella with ears? Also available in yellow and blue, from Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop.