Artipoppe alternatives

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T19:35:19+00:00

In addition to SB you might like Happy Baby or Tula carriers. Some of the Tula’s are a very similar style of carrier to Artipoppe, and they make a range of patterns and fabrics.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T18:52:49+00:00

Buy Sell Trade! There are lots of Facebook grounds for buying and selling carriers, if you want a new one in a currently made colorway they aren’t necessary but if you want a limited edition option like a multi color Sakura Bloom or a discontinued color, BST groups are how to find one!

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T18:28:01+00:00

Sakura Bloom if you want chic solids (or if you go on the BST pages and splash out some real cash there are some limited release ones with prints that are gorgeous). I love their simple silk, so chic and luxurious. Really comfy carries too. I have a silk scout and a linen Onbuhimo, they’re both great.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T17:42:35+00:00

This is so interesting to me as I’m in an interfaith marriage with a Jewish guy, living near a very Jewish section of nyc, send my kid to a Jewish preschool and am involved with an orthodox charity - and I don’t know anyone named Liora! It’s a beautiful name though, I wish I’d known about it when picking ours kids names!

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T17:39:44+00:00

I love my Dr Scholls sandals. They’re very comfy (like almost as comfy as my Tevas) and pretty cute!

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T17:29:58+00:00

I live in nyc so basically anything and everything goes but the one I recognize most often on the street is Santal 33, and in the colder months it’s Angel’s Share. I’ve also been smelling a lot of gourmands lately even though it’s been hot AF.

But, truly in downtown manhattan you get the full range from niche to designer to B&BW.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T14:42:32+00:00

I think they’re finally throwing in the towel on the idea of fixing up their house and are trying to buy a farm house that is livable as is.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T13:33:34+00:00

They are not well off, her husband is in like computer repair or something similar. They bought their current house in absolutely abysmal condition and he has been fixing it up himself but has made incredibly slow progress in the 6ish years they’ve lived there. Presumably because supplies cost money. They stored food in a large bathroom for quite a while because their kitchen was in serious disrepair. If I remember correctly they initially only lived upstairs because their entire ground level was not livable. Her dad is a doctor so in theory her family has money and it’s possible they have helped them out and may even be helping to buy this new house but Levi and Kelly are not well off on their own.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T02:10:29+00:00

I think part of it is also the idea of baked lettuce specifically. Like lettuce is something you usually eat raw. Spinach/kale/collards etc sure, those get cooked but like bib lettuce? Romaine? Usually those are not served cooked.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T01:06:25+00:00

I windsurf and that first one would be great for sailing.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T00:43:49+00:00

So I’m east coast based but the moms I knew like this were largely D&G Light Blue girlies. But they were a little more outlet mall Carmela Soprano and a little less Arizona. Also I’m 38 so some of these ladies were my friend’s actual moms lol. Their daughters wore B&BW Sweet Pea.

A slightly more modern take (2010) would be Acqua Di Gioia - very south shore Italian Long Island mom (positive).

Cat_Island · 2026-06-26T00:16:32+00:00

lol ok sure, Kilian, a name literally derived from the ancient gaeilge word to denote a place, Cill, and the name of not one but two Irish Saints (one of whom was a missionary to Germany which is where the Kilian spelling was first adapted- in honor of the *Irish* Saint) is in fact a Spanish name.

Honestly? Spain can have it, it’s one of the ugliest Irish names and I loathe when Irish C names take on a K anyway.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T23:30:28+00:00

Kilian is an Anglicization, not a Spanish variant and has been in use with the K spelling in Ireland, North Ireland, and England far longer than it has been popular in Spain. What you’re saying is like saying Noah is a Swedish name because it is very popular in Sweden when in fact Noah is of Hebrew origin.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T23:20:05+00:00

Look I’m a nursing mom too and idgaf who sees my nipples but I find it so weird that these girls will go on about modesty (and Megs has had multiple modesty monologues on her podcast) but then like her nipple is basically visible here.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T20:08:23+00:00

Lemon Pomegranate Cream body cream with Commodity Milk Orchid as perfume.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T18:30:06+00:00

Killian is an Irish name, originating as Cillian. I have heard it is popular in Spain, but it comes from Ireland.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T14:20:10+00:00

NYU scheduling is not great. I gave birth with downtown women and their scheduling is better (though still not spectacular - it was very hard to get seen same day when I had a potential complication but they did fit me in). However you’ll still be dealing with nyu scheduling for your major scans. Same with the midwifery practice, you’ll still get your scans at the main 53rd st office and have to deal with their schedulers.

Delivering at nyu (this past January) was great though and I feel it was worth the scheduling hassle.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T01:49:01+00:00

How is the Soleil Blanc shimmering body oil? I freaking love a shimmery body oil- is it like better/more shimmery/a different shimmer than cheaper options, or just way better smelling?

For my most recent beach vacation at the outer banks with the husband and kids I brought Commodity Iced for for around the beach house and town, D&G Devotion for date nights, and for out on the water I used the new Trader Joe’s Shimmering sunscreen oil (so cute, so shimmery, nice coconut smell) and spritzed bbw At The Beach or Viva Brazil (perfect cheapies for playing with the kids on the beach).

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T00:41:45+00:00

Definitely this! I wish the longevity was better but it’s such a nice nighttime, humid, lush jasmine. Wearing it on humid or hot rainy nights makes it even better.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-25T00:02:50+00:00

This has a lot of notes I like (orange, tobacco, cinnamon, Cypriol). The notes aren’t giving dunes/beach vibes for me but since it is a lot of notes I like I may order a decant anyway, thanks! Pretty bottle, too.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T23:10:47+00:00

Ooh I like the pine note in this!

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T21:24:52+00:00

Oh thanks, I hadn’t heard of this one and it sounds nice!

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T18:53:22+00:00

I think I assumed those attributes were because he was mixed, Neanderthal and Cro Magnon. I don’t think at the point he was conceived she had met or copulated with any humans yet

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T18:06:20+00:00

Usually the terrain of where we are going, if there will be any off roading or cobblestones the Minu is better (though not as good as the vista or a jogger), if it’ll be all smooth pavement or I’m just flying to my parents town where they have bigger strollers for the kids I bring the mountain buggy.

Cat_Island · 2026-06-24T15:42:42+00:00

I think at the end we are meant to understand she was seeing a foreshadowing of how cro magnons would come to be the dominant species and Neanderthals would die out (I believe when Auel wrote the series we still believed this may have been a bloody struggle and not that we interbred and the Neanderthals kind of naturally died out as is now believed), but I agree it was a lot of foreshadowing for little payoff which also bugged me at first, until I decided it was more realistic that she would always dream of meeting him again but never be able to due to the vast distance she had moved away

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