The Third One 💌
cheese, shackets, packing cubes, buffalo sauce, and sleep gummies
Dear readers, it’s been a minute. While I missed you all and this weird little publication, I was very busy eating a lot of potatoes. (AKA I was in the UK for two weeks, and I didn’t bring a computer - it was liberating.)
But first, if you haven’t yet, maybe:
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#1: Béis Packing Cubes
I only got luggage with spinner wheels a month ago so you don’t have to trust me on what I have to say about packing, but holy f*ck was I able to fit an entire vacation wardrobe into these itty bitty cubes. What I wanted to pack looked absurdly mountainous when I laid it all out, but it was no match for my little cutie cubies. Who needs that many outfits for two weeks? Me. I did. I was able to address both ends of the Cap-on-a-Trip fashion spectrum (the first being: what if I run into Kristen Stewart? And the second, of equal importance: What if I run into Hoda Kotb?) without sacrificing the space I needed to leave to account for the obscene amount of shopping I knew I would do while away. They also didn’t get too messy while actually on the trip either, and it was easy to reorganize things as I went.
This was not a fun thing to spend money on. It felt boring and annoying, like buying vitamins or dishwasher pods. The ROI though…she really hit! I’m a packing cube girlie now.
#2: Organic Valley Grassmilk Raw Cheddar Cheese
You know when you’re in Whole Foods and a force far beyond your understanding compels you to put something in your cart that you have absolutely no need for? This is how I ended up paying $10 for this small brick of this cheese last week. It is also how I once spent $70 on bee pollen, but that is a story for another day.
In 2017, I went to Seattle and tried Beecher’s for the first time. It was transcendent, and something I never thought I would experience again, especially in relation to cheese. Enter, almost seven years later: Miss Organic Valley Grassmilk Raw Cheddar, the prettiest girl at the party. I tend to like super sharp cheeses; this is sharp but not exceedingly so. It comes in a small brick, which is mildly inconvenient. I choose to look past it. I’ve been adding this to my eggs, making slices of cheesy toast, and honestly just eating chunks of it plain. It melts beautifully and would definitely be a superb addition to any mac and cheese. If you’re trying to avoid dairy for a reason other than an allergy, maybe just suck it up, take a Lactaid, enter a fugue state, and add this to your cart.
#3: Olly Sleep Gummies
I refuse to believe that there aren’t pharmaceutical drugs in Olly sleep gummies. Within 30 minutes of taking them, I become limp and incoherent. I took these (plus an edible) before my flight to the UK and not only do I barely remember takeoff, I also slept soundly throughout the entire flight (a first for me, The Worst Flier You Could Ever Imagine).
If you can string a sentence together after ingesting two, you should be studied! I’ve taken regular melatonin (which does nothing for me), and ZzzQuil (which really works but leaves me with a weird hangover)– both don’t hold a candle to these guys. Plus, they’re gummies, so taking them counts as having a little treat.
#4: Shackets (Specifically One I Found in London)
This is where the title of this newsletter really starts to make sense. Of course shackets are it. They’ve BEEN it. I’ve just never owned one until recently. When I was in London a few weeks ago, I wandered into Folk, a very Jakob-From-Sex-Ed-chic clothing store and immediately gravitated towards a men’s shacket (pic below)
Dresses have been making me gag lately; I’ve been gravitating towards oversized trousers and tees. Something about wanting to disappear but in a cool, street-style way, body image, yadda yadda yadda. I don’t know. This happens a few times a year and I always end up acquiring some great pants. And this time, a shacket! I got it off of the sale rack and I can’t find it online, but here’s one that’s similar. It goes with everything I own, and I will be happily swimming in it in every season.
#5: Noble Made Buffalo Sauce
Everyone with half a brain knows that solid food is just a vehicle for sauce. I love all kinds, but buffalo is queen. She sits on her throne made of wings (flats only) and benevolently rules her sauce kingdom (with her wife, ranch, and their baby, tzatziki). It belongs on almost everything: pizza, chicken, fries, nachos, grilled cheeses– if you slap the word “buffalo” on a menu item, there is a 106% chance of me ordering it. I am too lazy to make my own, though, and it’s been hard finding something store-bought that doesn’t have a ton of gross (IMO) additives. This one from Noble Made is perfect. It tastes like a buffalo sauce you’d find at Rock Bottom, or Hooters, or any other Michelin-Starred-in-My-Mind restaurant, but it’s made with ingredients that don’t make me feel like shit. Slather on, friends!
BONUS SECTION
Below please find a quick list of hyped up hotels, activities, restaurants, and places from my trip I thought were either worth it or not worth it with no further explanation.
Soho Farmhouse: worth it
Dishoom: worth it
Shoreditch House: not worth it
Afternoon Tea at Sketch: worth it
Big Ben: not worth it
Rochelle Canteen: not worth it
That’s all for today! Thanks for reading this far. If there’s a product you’d like me to try, let me know 🫡
Love u,
Cap
Packing cubes are honestly goated, I didn’t realize!