> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fugs & Pieces, September 12, 2025 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-pieces-september-12-2025-09-2025/ - Published: 2025-09-12T19:00:08.000Z - Updated: 2025-09-12T19:48:22.000Z - Description: Moats! Lightbulb hunters! Malört ice cream! IRAN-CONTRA GOSSIP?!?! Come read something diverting. - Author: Jessica - Tags: fugs, Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:29 Let's just get right into it! This week at Drinks With Broads, [we covered the VMAs and I told everyone how I lost my shit at two guys at the Oasis concert](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/the-brief-bests-worsts-mosts-and). Then, yesterday,[ I advocated for justice for Nina Dobrev (the CW screwed her financially) and Heather shared the sincerely unhinged AI movie posters that Facebook keeps giving her](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/justice-for-nina-dobrev). AND! [Our *Only Murders in the Building* recaps are back!](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/p/the-most-murderous-building-in-new) Speaking of the VMAs, we [had full red carpet coverage here -- catch up if you missed anything](https://www.gofugyourself.com/tag/2025-vmas?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)! Sunday is the Emmys; we'll be hosting [a live chat at DWB for paid subscribers and we'd love to see you there](https://drinkswithbroads.substack.com/subscribe). We'll also have complete red carpet coverage here on Monday, so make sure to come by. SCANDALOUS: [Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/trees-poison.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.lE8.TJAk.2WlQQtOrmcXt&smid=url-share&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Really good read: [A Britney Anniversary: Revisiting the 2000 VMAs and Britney Spears’s coming of age](https://thesquawk.substack.com/p/a-britney-anniversary) This is so interesting: [The Lightbulb Hunter of East 58th Street](https://www.curbed.com/article/where-to-buy-incandescent-lightbulbs-nyc-david-brooks.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). (I have my own source for those light pink incandescents but they are getting hard to find!! I spent an insane amount on my current stash.) Trump and I agree on two things: I hate LED bulbs and I also hate paper straws. The Ringer has produced another list for people to argue about: [The 101 Best Movie Performances of the 21st Century](https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/25/movies/101-best-movie-acting-performances-since-2000-21st-century?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I got the new Boden catalog this week and whoever their art director is, she deserves a raise, because[ I wanted to buy EVERYTHING](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25113128?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). They have [a ton of cute tartan ](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25201204?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)(I cannot resist tartan), I [love all these Fair Isle sweaters](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25113272?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), and I dig[ their corduroy suits](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25113364?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). (Corduroy is definitely back; [Banana has a lot of it too](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25113854?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). I dig [this skirt. It's very 1970s Collegiate Preppy](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25113912?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).) This Reddit thread is such a hoot:[ Starting my junk drawer in my first apartment. Finally feels like home. What else do I need?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Apartmentliving/comments/1nbbxby/starting%5Fmy%5Fjunk%5Fdrawer%5Fin%5Fmy%5Ffirst%5Fapartment/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Bookmarked a bunch of these:[ 12 of Our Staff’s Favorite Restaurant Recipes That You Can Make at Home](https://cooking.nytimes.com/article/staff-favorite-restaurant-recipes?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) [This house has a moat](https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/hindringham-hall-garden-norfolk?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)!! The gardens are spectacular. Karen Duffy reposted [this lovely remembrance about 9/11](https://www.centiday.com/p/engine-company?utm%5Fsource=post-email-title&publication%5Fid=5960393&post%5Fid=173387030&utm%5Fcampaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDc0NDcyOSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTczMzg3MDMwLCJpYXQiOjE3NTc2MjEwNjAsImV4cCI6MTc2MDIxMzA2MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTU5NjAzOTMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.3hMEMJgswTW-KrmPkyAY8w1N5%5FvNqUrvuuoUQmmtN2A&r=6eaop&triedRedirect=true&utm%5Fmedium=email) on her new Substack, The Centiday. This will only be meaningful to those of us of a certain age but this is gossipy!!! [Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Key Figures in Iran-Contra Scandal, Are Married](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/us/oliver-north-fawn-hall-married-iran-contra.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.lE8.FiHs.jQOFLZ7YuBu5&smid=url-share&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) [One of my favorite lip glosses is 50% off right now](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25189087?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). If you are old, like me, it might also remind you of Wet & Wild, just better. In my heart, I will always love a gloss. (I actually really like DIBS, and the prices are good. [Their lipliners are excellent](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25189274?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) and this [lipstick was my summer go-to](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25189518?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). I don't know if it REALLY plumps but I love the color.) At Elle: [New York Fashion Week’s Most Exciting Designers Are All Women](https://www.elle.com/runway/a66038931/new-york-fashion-week-spring-summer-2026-women-designers/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) Uh: [Raising Cane’s Had a Chicken-Finger-Inspired Fashion Show](https://www.thecut.com/article/raising-canes-fashion-show-chicken-fingers.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I guess [Zoe Kravitz and Harry Styles are for real](https://www.laineygossip.com/does-harry-styles-meeting-with-lenny-kravitz-really-support-idea-that-he-and-zoe-kravitz-more-than-casual/84738?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- Harry allegedly hung out with Lenny recently. Belinda Carlisle [has a new album!](https://socialitelife.com/belinda-carlisle-revisits-her-roots-with-once-upon-a-time-in-california/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) [How Could HBO Max Be Worse than It Is Under David Zaslav? This Is How](https://www.pajiba.com/news/paramountskydance-making-a-bid-for-warner-brosdiscovery.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) I was at Nordstrom for a totally other reason but I noticed that they have[ a sale on the Elemis marine cream](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25124930?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), which I LOVE. They have a[ similar one on Elemis facial wash](https://go.shopmy.us/p-25125091?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), which I have not used but if you do -- FYI. (It's one of those deals where you get a set of two, so this is mostly useful if you already know you want to stock up.) Texas Monthly wonders, [Can Houston Remain “Space City”?](https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/houston-space-city-nasa-johnson-space-center-axiom/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) There [is MALÖRT ICE CREAM](https://chicago.eater.com/restaurant-news/164869/i-tried-malort-ice-cream-from-van-leeuwen-wicker-park-chicago?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)?!?! Speaking of stuff to eat: [The Best Meal I Had in Copenhagen Was an Airport Hot Dog](https://www.bonappetit.com/story/the-best-meal-i-had-in-copenhagen-was-an-airport-hot-dog?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) *Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images*. *Like most websites, GFY uses affiliate links where available, and may benefit from brand partnerships. If you buy something using our links, we could earn a commission. Affiliate links help keep us in business! Thank you so much for supporting us!*