Deep Dives

A Mom's Guide to the Flower Fields: The Flower Remedy x Handpicked

A flower nerd with four kids goes to Carlsbad

Apr 21 •

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A Handpicked year

Kind of a tl;dr of all the 2024 newsletters

Dec 18, 2024 •

City Guide: Manhattan Beach, CA

My favorite shops and restaurants in our little beach town, plus a few other Los Angeles gems

Nov 7, 2024 •

An Offering to First Time Mothers

Handpicked readers share their wisdom

Jun 19, 2024 •

Deep Dive ~ Please Don't Talk About Motherhood

What Harrison Butker got wrong in his speech (tldr; everything)

May 24, 2024 •

Deep Dive ~ The Best Pages of My Favorite Children's Books, Part 2

Mom's turn to pick.

Apr 18, 2024 •

Deep Dive ~ The Best Pages of My Favorite Children's Books, Part 1

Mom's turn to pick!

Mar 14, 2024 •

Remember date stamps?

An accidental Deep Dive! Also in here: Maggie Rogers and a tantrum

Feb 28, 2024 •

Deep Dive ~ Our first Super Bowl

All about our trip to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII

Feb 14, 2024 •

Deep Dive ~ The Very Best of Handpicked 2023

A year's worth of newsletters, distilled neatly. ALSO: all about *you*

Dec 20, 2023 •

Deep Dive ~ How to Ace Family Photos

What this photographer says matters most (and what doesn't matter at all)

Sep 21, 2023 •

Deep Dive ~ Why I quit Instagram

The ugly truth of what I was doing to myself for years

Aug 24, 2023 •

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