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Urban Pharm Urban Pharm shrubs use good-for-you ingredients—ACV, honey, fruits, & herbs—to enliven the everyday.

Keep Your Eyes Open 👀Cambridge has the largest public art collection in New England, and Central Square seems to have ar...
10/26/2026

Keep Your Eyes Open 👀

Cambridge has the largest public art collection in New England, and Central Square seems to have art everywhere you look.

On a recent walk from Sidney Street and Mass Ave to City Hall, I started taking pictures of the art along the way. Murals, sculptures, commissioned works, and the smaller, more spontaneous things people have put out into the world.

So much color, creativity, and generosity in just a few blocks.

A good reminder to look up, look around, and pay attention. There’s a lot to appreciate when you do.

❤️ Anne

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10/25/2026

Since 1795, Arthur’s Market Arthur's Market has been nourishing its neighborhood.
Nestled in Schenectady’s Historic Stockade District, Arthur’s started as a place for local farmers to sell their produce. Today, new ownership is honoring that legacy and building on it, with a café, a fridge stocked with local milk, shelves of special, carefully chosen things, a bustling community board, and a gorgeous space made for gathering and lingering.

We love places that make connection easy and care for the people around them. Arthur’s Market is one of those places. 

Shout out some of your local community heroes below. ⬇️

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10/22/2026

It's soup season! And we've got a little secret ingredient for you.

A splash of shrub (also known as drinking vinegar) is one of our favorite ways to add flavor to soups and stews. Made with raw apple c***r vinegar, fruits, herbs, and botanicals, shrub adds brightness, balances richness, and brings a little something special to your favorite soup recipes.

Think of it like a squeeze of lemon, but with more complexity and flavor.

How to get shrubby? Start with a teaspoon or two stirred in towards the end of cooking. Taste, add a little more if you like. It's especially delicious in brothy soups, hearty bean stews, and anything that's been simmering away on the stove.

Looking for more ways to cook with shrub? We've got recipes for you on our site: www.urban-pharm.com. Link in bio.

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10/21/2026

What We're Reading: A Trip to the Library 📚

Anne's trip to library ended with 15 books in the stack! A little fiction, a little nonfiction, some cooking, some home inspiration.

Top of the stack: Land By Maggie O'Farrell and The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham.

Here's the full stack, all worth checking out:

📚 Love of Country: A Journey Through the Hebrides By Madeleine Bunting

📚 This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running.: Lessons for Between and Beyond the Start and Finish Line By Chris Bennett

📚 Villa Coco By Andrew Sean Greer

📚 Gather Around My Table: Simple, Flavorful Recipes from My Global Pantry By Kay Chun

📚 No One Succeeds Alone: Learn Everything You Can from Everyone You Can By Robert Reffkin

📚 Land By Maggie O'Farrell

📚 The Thoroughbreds By Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham

📚 Why Read Moby-Dick? By Nathaniel Philbrick

📚 Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI By Madhumita Murgia

📚 España: A Brief History of Spain By Giles Tremlett

📚 Food Is a Feeling: Recipes & Stories, with Love By Carla Lalli

📚 Happy Snacking, Don't Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with Black Forager By Alexis Nikole Nelson

📚 The Lost Kitchen: Recipes and a Good Life Found in Freedom, Maine By Erin French

📚 Nourish Me Home: 125 Soul-Sustaining, Elemental Recipes By Cortney Burns

📚 This Oak House: A Renovation Story with Interiors to Inspire Your Own Home By Annie Meyers-Shyer

What Anne really wants to do is clear the calendar and spend the next few days reading. ❤️

What's on your nightstand?

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10/20/2026

Volume on 🔊

A tiny hit of French bull dog hilarity, definitely good-for-you. Paired with a splash of Urban Pharm shrub in your sparkling water and a few laugh out loud moments and you are well on your way to a great day.

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10/18/2026

A tuna melt may not be “breakfast food” but it was exactly what Jill wanted at 10 am. Just some friendly encouragement to take a second to figure out what YOU want and go for it! Thanks also to Fishwife for the Spicy Tuna in Olive Oil that helped make this dream come true. Xoxo

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10/15/2026

Anne's October edition of pantry must haves!

The Top Eight

1. Cannellini beans.
2. Diced tomatoes.
3. Capers.
4. Anchovies.
5. Tomato paste.
6. Shrub!
7. Lemon.
8. Garlic.

Toss together with some veggies, maybe some grains, maybe some protein. You've got yourself a bunch of meal ideas!

Tell us some of your favorite pantry staples. 🥫

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Urban Pharm's Gift Ideas for Mother's Day ♥️ Mother’s Day is a good excuse to pause and think about the women in our liv...
04/28/2026

Urban Pharm's Gift Ideas for Mother's Day ♥️

Mother’s Day is a good excuse to pause and think about the women in our lives who have cared for us. Whether you’re celebrating a mother, honoring someone who’s been like one to you, remembering, or simply tending to your own heart, we’ve gathered a few things we love and think you will, too. Each one feels special in its own way.

1. Cotton napkins are such a perfect, quiet everyday elevation. Jill recently found these Everyday Napkins at Blanche + Mimi in Portland, Maine. If you don’t use cloth napkins regularly, consider this your signal to start.

2. An amazing candle is always a great gift. We love the Le Feu De L'Eau candle in all of its different scents (we originally found it at the incredible store Good in Beacon Hill and then at our fave Sunshine in Amagansett) and the Flamingo Estate Agrigento Olive Tree candle. Be sure to include a cute box of matches. (We love including one from our favorite restaurant.)

3. Fresh flowers are always beautiful, but we also love hand-made and hand-painted metal flowers from Gusto and paper flowers from John Derian. The craftsmanship is stunning. Anne keeps them around her house and appreciates them every day.

4. Doesn’t every mama need to get shrubby? Try to this delicious Urban Pharm collaboration with Curio Spice (and keep an eye out for another collab flavor coming soon!).

5. For a splurge, this beautiful Heritage Jewelry New York zodiac charm is next level.​​ Both Jill and Anne have one, with birthstones set in the star signs of their children.

6. Jelly shoes! High, Low. Always fun.

7. A beautiful table setting never goes unnoticed. This Felt+Fat 7-Piece Set is well-crafted and joyful.

8. We love Ballerina Farm’s products, especially their Protein Powders and Electrolytes. Everything they make that we've tried is delicious.

Happy Mother’s Day!
XO Anne & Jill

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