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Leanne Italie

Entertainment & Lifestyle Writer at The Associated Press (AP) - USA

I cover entertainment & lifestyles for the Associated Press.

Publications

  • The Associated Press (AP)
    6 articles
  • The Associated Press (AP) - USA
    2 articles
  • fortune.com
    1 article
  • Wise Bread
  • Associated Press global
  • Magnify Money

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  • So your home’s not social-media perfect? How to get over ‘house shame’ and invite people in
    14 Apr—The Associated Press (AP) - USA
    NEW YORK (AP) — Robbie Randolph is a real estate agent and interior designer for the rich, yet even he’s not immune from the anxiety of “house shame.” That’s the judged, bullied, defeated feeling you can get when Pinterest-perfect syndrome takes over, either in our own minds thanks to social media or fed by the side eye of a friend with impeccable digs. House shame can make you reluctant to invite people over, and in some cases lead to isolation and despair. “House shaming is actually how...
  • Role models. Peer pressure. Rewards. What really gets people to act more sustainably?
    26 Mar—The Associated Press (AP)
    NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Click founded a nonprofit a few years ago offering free composting education to schools around the country. Today, 112 schools participate, yet she can’t get her boyfriend to properly separate his trash at home in Scottsdale, Arizona. “Adults have more set behaviors than young kids. I try to model a behavior and hopefully he does it,” said Click, executive director of her Let’s Go Compost organization. “But it’s also like, I’m not his parent. I’m not going to berate him...
  • Day passes at hotels and resorts offer downtime, relaxation on the cheap
    7 Aug 2024—The Associated Press (AP)
    NEW YORK (AP) — As an independent business consultant, Jen Ford in Austin, Texas, is the master of her own schedule. Twice a month, she blocks out “me” time. In the sweltering summer, that means poolside at one of her hometown’s many hotels and resorts. Rather than check in, Ford relies on day passes, an increasingly popular option for locals and travelers alike in popular destinations around the U.S., the Caribbean and a range of other countries. She enjoys the experience so much she now...
  • —The Associated Press (AP)
  • What is ‘stealth wealth’? The trend rising in the wake of the COVID pandemic
    14 Apr 2023—fortune.com
    AP They’re the biggest of brands. But with no logos. And that’s the whole point. Call it stealth wealth, or quiet luxury. For the rich and those who aspire, logo-free fashion with outsized price tags is having a moment — at least among people who can spend in the face of higher inflation and a volatile economy. It’s a come-and-go trend that, while spiking in the pandemic’s wake, traces its roots as far back as the American industrialists of the 19th-century Gilded Age and France in the 1700s....