The great people from the Minneapolis-based paper company Brown Ink created an exclusive National Park Stationery set ($19) for us at The Reed. It's a handsome set of six letterpress flat cards pressed with vintage blocks on an antique letterpress. The set aims to harness an era when American families would spend their summers touring the country, seeing the continent out of a station wagon window and landing at one of the trusty national parks where they'd set up camp.
Summertime is supposed to be all about idle time, right? Long days followed by hot nights followed by the smell of breakfast in the morning. Idle time is something the Brooklyn-based duo behind RUDAS take very seriously, it's the point of focus for their unisex line of robes, lawn jackets, and dressing gowns. Launched this Spring, the collection is American-made using luxury fabrics from Belgium, Japan, and North Carolina. Whether you're lounging at home or half a world away, each piece is expertly constructed to encourage slowing down and enveloping yourself in stylish comfort. You can find RUDAS online, in Amagansett, and all summer-long at The Pennyweight Pop Up in Nashville. 
As part of an ongoing series on The Reed, we're creating travel guides for destinations all over the world. The first two to launch were a road trip from Boston to Mid-Coast Maine and an Escape to Santa Fe. The idea of the guides is to point out some of the most distinctive and unique spots that help define a place and let you get a real taste of something the destination has to offer, maybe that's an ice cream cone or a spiced hot chocolate, maybe it's a rug shop or the L.L. Bean HQ in Freeport.
Last week my friend Dana gave me the new book Snapshots of Dangerous Women by Peter Cohen. What a collection of photographs! The author spent decades (decades!) combing through estate sales and flea markets building a collection of found photography of women who are taking part in unconventional activities (for women, and especially for the time), like boxing, swigging booze, shooting rifles, or just have a certain rebellious gaze. If the dangerous label seems patronizing or makes you scratch your head a bit, think about the lens that these women were viewed through 60-80 years ago—not dangerous, but definitely "dangerous".
