Stories by Jamie Wiebe : Contently

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New York Magazine

The Grown-up's Guide to Renting a Proper Party Venue

The Grown-up's Guide to Renting a Proper Party Venu...

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Eater

Amid Rising Egg Prices, Restaurateurs Bite the Bullet

What do you do with breakfast and brunch service when it stops being cheap to make?

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mental_floss

The Ultimate 3D Puzzle—The Rare, 20-Sided Dogic | Mental Floss

The Ultimate 3D Puzzle—The Rare, 20-Sided Dogic | M...

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Pacific Standard

Boom & Bust: Inside the Rapidly Expanding World of Subscription Services

Whimseybox, Julep, Wantable, Blue Apron, Glossybox, and many, many more: After the success of Birchbox, the subscription product industry exploded, but how many different products do we need delivered straight to our door? As part of our week-long series on booms and busts, Jamie Wiebe talks to some of the...

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The Atlantic

Psychology of Lululemon: How Fashion Affects Fitness

Does expensive athletic wear actually incline us to work out? "Enclothed cognition" proposes that the clothes you wear directly affect how we think and what we do....

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Eater

Is Blue Apron the Future of Home Cooking in America? - Eater

Is Blue Apron the Future of Home Cooking in America...

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realtor.com

Supply and Demand Doesn't Apply in NYC Housing

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The Billfold

Chatting With My Parents About How (And Why) They Paid For My College Education

When I was 18, my parents sent me 600 miles away to Northwestern University for a journalism degree worth nearly $200,000. Minus $50,000 in loans and grants, they paid for the whole thing out-of-pocket. I've never understood why. So I asked them....

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The Gloss

How Answering The Questions Behind “Needing Closure” Helped Me Heal More Than Getting Closure Itself - TheGloss

How Answering The Questions Behind “Needing Closure...

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Pacific Standard

Boom & Bust: How Big Oil Boomtowns Can Survive—and Thrive—for the Long Term

To kick off our week-long series on booms and busts, Jamie Wiebe looks to North Dakota, currently the fastest-growing state in the union, to see how local planners are preparing for what's widely considered to be an inevitable crash....

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mental_floss

The Sydney Opera House's Architect Never Saw His Design Completed | Mental Floss

The Sydney Opera House's Architect Never Saw His De...

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realsimple.com

9 Must-Have Halloween Apps

You might have prepared your costume for the spookiest time of the year, but is your smartphone ready? Fill up your device with these fun apps for kids and adults—some scary, some fun, and some just plain useful.