The World’s Best
Coconut Water,

Next-Level
Earphones, and
13 Other
Things
We’re Talking About

1

PICTURE PERFECT

“Everyone I know is getting married, which means bridesmaids’ duties are in full swing. My Instax Square SQ6 camera from Fujifilm is a reliable presence at every shower, celebration, and beach party to capture each loving moment (erm, drunken group photo) and provides nostalgic gratification in a way a phone can’t.”
—Diana Ryu, director of content operations

FUJIFILM INSTAX CAMERA, goop, $135

2

NUTS FOR IT

“I’d always been a little turned off by some coconut waters because I couldn’t get

over how some of them smell. I also don’t like anything too sweet. Harmless Harvest Coconut Water tastes super fresh and smells exactly like, well, a fresh Thai coconut (that’s the only ingredient). It’s not too watery, either, and when I buy a pack of it, the light-pink color makes my fridge shelf look really fancy. (This happens because of the naturally occurring variations in the antioxidant levels. The coconut water is clear when it’s bottled and then can naturally turn pink.) Also, because it naturally has electrolytes, it’s one of my favorite ways to stay hydrated post-workout.”
—Samantha Saiyavongsa, assistant editor

“I’d always been a little turned off by some coconut waters because I couldn’t get over how some of them smell. I also don’t like anything too sweet. Harmless Harvest Coconut Water tastes super fresh and smells exactly like, well, a fresh Thai coconut (that’s the only ingredient). It’s not too watery, either, and when I buy a pack of it, the light-pink color makes my fridge shelf look really fancy. (This happens because of the naturally occurring variations in the antioxidant levels. The coconut water is clear when it’s bottled and then can naturally turn pink.) Also, because it naturally has electrolytes, it’s one of my favorite ways to stay hydrated post-workout.”
—Samantha Saiyavongsa, assistant editor

HARMLESS HARVEST COCONUT WATER, Harmless Harvest, $4.99

3

A Place to Call Home

“I recently stayed at the Hoxton and was sorely tempted to play hooky from the office and work from the lobby. Communal tables, rich velvet sofas (nab a seat by the fire), dependable Wi-Fi, and floods of natural light make the space a freelancer’s dream. As for the guest rooms, they are labeled as ‘cozy’ or ‘roomy.’ But size really doesn’t matter when you can lie in an insanely comfortable bed piled with pillows and stare at the Manhattan skyline (while devouring the chia puddings delivered every morning).”
—Rachael McKeon, editor

THE HOXTON WILLIAMSBURG, The Hoxton, rooms from $179

4

Caribbean Queen

“Years ago, a friend of mine eloped to Canouan Island. I’d never heard of it, but once I saw her pictures, it earned a spot on my bucket list. This fall I got a chance to visit Canouan
myself—finally—and stay at the new Mandarin Oriental. Instead of taking pictures with my new husband on the 13th tee, though, I hit a ball off of it—much more my speed. The eighteen-hole course (the only one in the Grenadines) has panoramic views, challenging play, and something I haven’t seen elsewhere: moving hazards, in the shape of hundreds of turtles that roam the fairways. (Don’t worry: Their rock-hard shells protect them from your drive.) There are also nine world-class restaurants, tennis, water sports of every stripe, a spa you’ll never want to leave, five beaches, and an infinity pool. I’d still be there if they hadn’t made me leave.”
—Aura Davies, copy chief

MANDARIN ORIENTAL CANOUAN, Mandarin Oriental, rooms from $1,300 a night

5

Style and Sound

“A good pair of earphones is essential when I’m traveling, and it doesn’t get better than this wireless Louis Vuitton Horizon set. The sound from these is amazing (LV developed its system with Master & Dynamic, an audio specialist), and they come with their own charging case. They work with all Bluetooth devices, as well as LV’s Tambour Horizon smart watch.”
—John Wogan, travel features editor

LOUIS VUITTON WIRELESS HEADPHONES, Louis Vuitton, $995

8

LOOKING AHEAD

“My job at goop has allowed me to explore things I’d never pursued before, like nutrition and energy work and astrology. I’ve become especially interested in astrology, thanks to Susan Miller. It is such an adventure to get Miller’s The Year Ahead—part book, part magazine—which predicts the upcoming twelve months. She recently created custom write-ups for goop, in partnership with Brooklyn-based fine artist Fernanda Uribe. These are the most beautiful horoscopes I’ve ever seen. I printed mine to keep at my desk. It’s a nice moment, in between calls and meetings, to remember my 2019 goals and all that’s possible in the upcoming months.”
—Leila Benischke, retail events and marketing manager

SUSAN MILLER HOROSCOPE CARDS, Susan Miller

9

ALL COMING BACK TO ME

“I have a special place in my heart for Céline Dion. (I blame Titanic and the boy I had a raging crush on in 1998, whose name may or may not have been Leonardo.) And never in a million years would fourteen-year-old me have guessed I’d be buying Céline-designed children’s clothes for my own kid. Célinununu is her collaboration with nununu, the super comfortable, kind-of-punk, blessedly frill-free line out of Israel. It’s also all gender-neutral, which beyond the obvious benefit of knocking down gender stereotypes also makes passing the clothes down to the next kid twice as easy.”
—Kate Wolfson, executive editor

CÉLINUNUNU KID’S SWEATER, Célinununu, $87

10

THE DREAMERS

“Karen Thompson Walker’s second stunning novel (after The Age of Miracles) is set in a small college town in Southern California where a mysterious illness begins to spread. It starts on one floor of a freshman dorm. Students fall asleep and can’t be woken up. Their brains, doctors discover, are showing higher levels of activity than ever recorded before in humans. They’re dreaming superdreams. Told from the perspective of several different characters affected by the phenomenon in Santa Lora—a first-time father, a seasoned professor, a freshman falling in love, two sisters—The Dreamers is a book of ideas. What lives at the edges of our minds, beyond our understanding of the world? How many possibilities of what was, what is, and what could be exist in our dreams? And how might we wake up to any of them?”
—Kiki Koroshetz, senior editor

THE DREAMERS BY KAREN THOMPSON WALKER, Amazon, $16

11

GOOD FACE

“When detox January arrived, dry-brushing alone wasn’t enough. One of Anna Zahn’s Endermologie treatments had long been a dream LA pit stop for me, and one recent rainy Saturday, the self-care gods beamed down a cancellation. Inside her sanctuary, Zahn brought my lymphatic system back to life with a triple-punch combo of gentle suction, LED light therapy, and pressotherapy. Between the cool modern art, the mind-blowing aromatherapy (even my husband noticed afterward), and the bloat-flushing results, I will be praying for a cancellation every January.”
—Charlotte Ross Canet, creative copywriter

RICARI STUDIOS 90-MINUTE FACIAL, Ricari Studios, starting at $225

12

GOOD BREW

“My new favorite downtown LA spot is Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea in the redone Mayfair Hotel. It offers multisourced coffees, kombuchas, and teas so you can get a Blue Bottle latte and Verve pour-over at the same time, if there’s some reason you want to. The same goes for its bagged coffee beans, which includes Adelaide’s Blend, a blend named in honor of two-year-old Adelaide Cervantes, who suffers from a rare childhood epilepsy syndrome. Every bag sold raises funds for Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy.”
—Stacey Lindsay, editor

ADELAIDE’S BLEND COFFEE, Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea, $21

13

WELL MATTED

“In my search for a new yoga mat, I had two musts: It had to be sustainably made, and it really had to stand up to sweat. My new mat from 42 Birds is made from cork, so it’s
eco-friendly by default. And it actually gets grippier as I heat up. That means I can press further into downward-facing dog and focus on asanas, not slipping.”
—Kelly Martin, assistant editor

42 BIRDS YOGA MAT, goop, $100

14

HELLO, DUMPLING

“I’ve been gluten-free for fifteen years, and I have never once seen a gluten-free dumpling out in the wild. It was one of those things I had just resigned myself to. But
last month I finally went to Stuff’d, which serves a seasonal rotation of Eastern European dumplings done with a Californian bent. Everything on the menu is gluten-free(!), but most importantly, everything on the menu is really effing good. It’s a dream.”
—Jessie Geoffray, associate editor

STUFF’D CO DUMPLINGS, Stuff’d Co.

15

DEEP ART

“In my dreams, I own a piece from Oliver Jeffers’s Dipped Painting series. He creates a portrait of someone who has experienced a loss, then partially submerges it in paint, obscuring the majority of the subject. I love the way he melds old-school portrait painting with modern performance art. But for now, I’ll settle for a trip to his first solo show at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in Chelsea. Titled For All We Know, this collection closely resembles the work in his dreamy children’s books that are filled with astronauts,
deep-sea divers, constellations, the earth, and space.”
—Margaux Anbouba, assistant editor

OLIVER JEFFERS PAINTING, Oliver Jeffers, price upon request