Brookelynn Darwin
The Thing about the Dollhouse
I’m currently occupying a peculiar space on my timeline. You know the one I mean... That time in every young woman’s life where she...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- May 9
- 2 min
Thrifted Picnic basket afternoon
Picnics are the sort of thing people should do more often. No one really talks about how much better things taste when eaten on a blanket...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- May 7
- 2 min
Gum Ball Machine Thrift Flip
I had passed up the same gum ball machine at the same thrift store last fall. I think the bright red color through me and though I can’t...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- May 5
- 5 min
Sucked Into a Bagel
There are only two acceptable reasons for any sane person to do background work in Hollywood; the paycheck being an obvious list topper...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
Brooke's Ultimate Halloween Watch List
When you are past the age when traipsing to strangers’ homes to beg for pitifully tiny candies inspires excitement, how does one conjure...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
Paper Moths
I don't like bugs. It's a learned phobia I've tried unsuccessfully, to break. To see my mother and I, take on a mosquito hawk was a...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
DIY Butcher Block Kitchen Counter
When you live in a 600 square foot apartment, the balance between function and style is a delicate art. I’m constantly wracking my brain...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Jun 26, 2021
- 7 min
A June Bride on a Budget. Or, how to do a $30k wedding for $15k
Chase and I were married 5 years ago on June 25th, 2016. At least once a week since, one of us will turn to the other and say, "Remember...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
A Guide to thrifting a Gallery Wall
My walls have been through many iterations. In fact, all photos featured here are from the last 15 months alone, but you know what they...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
DIY Cake toppers
Chase turned 35 a few weeks ago. He's never been very enthusiastic about his birthday, typically opting to stay in, see a movie, and/or...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Jun 8, 2021
- 3 min
A Pandemic Baby Shower
I remember attending baby showers as a little girl. They were nothing like the Pinterest spectacle they’ve morphed into today. In the...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
The magic of Brisby
"Once a King in Narnia, always a King in Narnia. But don't go trying to use the same route twice. Indeed, don't try to get there at all....
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
The Ultimate Chewy Sugar cookies
I was talking to my friend Jenni this week, about how in school, we had such extravagant, unfettered dreams for ourselves. I told her...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
Mushroom and Goat Cheese Ravioli Filling
"I am writing these poems From inside a lion, And it's rather dark in here. So please excuse the handwriting Which may not be too...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
Goat Cheese. An Old Friend.
Sometimes, over the incessant noise of my brain, the running recitation of to-do lists, and self critiques, I notice goat cheese. The...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
Cherry Child Cookies
Oh..... sweet (cherry filled) child of mine. How much strife you've caused me. How I wish you would have been pie. How in the world did I...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
Shoot for the Stars, you may land on the moon...Cookies
I don't think that's how the saying goes but it should be. Everyone knows that the stars are farther out than the moon. I digress. I've...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- May 24, 2020
- 5 min
New Orleans...Land of Po' Boys and Jazz
The first big trip Chase and I took together was to New Orleans, nearly a year after our wedding. A sort of late honeymoon. We'd decided...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
DIY Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant Dupe...That's really nothing like it.
I ran out of exfoliant in quarantine. On my list of worst things to run out of, this ranks in the top 10, just under food, coffee, and...
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Brookelynn Darwin
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
The Avocado Fridge
We live in a vintage one bedroom apartment in Toluca Lake, a tiny borough of LA between North Hollywood and Burbank. When we first moved...
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