Hello, beloved paid subscribers!

I am reaching out to let you know the winning theme for this month’s Recommen-DAMES-tions: Culture to Sustain Morale During Winter, which took the day with 59% of the total vote! We get it— we all need as much help as we can surviving what we’ve been calling “still also winter,” i.e. the long months where Picturesque Festive Winter is replaced by Slushy Grueling Winter.

If we were RICH, this is when we’d all relocate to our second homes in Boca Raton, Puerto Rico, or other suitably sunny climes. But since we are not (by and large) Second Home Rich, instead you’ll be receiving a recommendation from each of Your Dames for culture to carry you through. Recommendations will arrive this Sunday, 2/25: we hope you like what we pick!