The Domino Design Magazine Lament…
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 7:41AM 
Dear Domino,
I miss you.
I’ll never forget the first time I saw your glossy little face. You were so beautiful, so full of promise. You even had stickers! (I have long believed that stickers are the best way to demonstrate one’s approval and affection. It doesn’t matter that I will never actually get off my ass and make my own throw pillows. Marking the page with a pretty project sticker is more than enough to make me feel accomplished. You instinctively understood this.) Clearly, we were meant for each other.
Our first year together was amazing. You made me smile. You made me laugh. You made me believe I could re-upholster furniture with a staple gun. We had some good times, right? So why did you leave?
I think I need some closure. What happened? I mean, you didn’t even write me a letter to say goodbye. You just left me pining away by the mailbox. I had to learn the cruel truth from the Internet! THE INTERNET!!! I just don’t understand. Was it something I did? (Oh, why didn’t I buy that I HP Mini-Clutch Computer designed by Vera Wang!?! WHY!!!)
And why on Earth did you choose Glamour to take your place? She’s nothing like you! No class! I could never have what we had with a magazine like her. She doesn’t even know the difference between floor trim and crown molding! I just don’t understand.
It’s been almost a year since you left. I pick up other magazines from time to time, but I never take them back to my place. I can’t. I’m just not ready. Sure, I occasionally surf the latest design.com site sometimes late at night… (Hey, a girl’s got needs!) But it’s not the same. I just can’t commit.
I pull out your old issues time and time again – flip the pages, move some stickers around, but it only make me miss you more. I know I need to let go. It’s time. I need to say goodbye and accept that all that remains between us are memories…
You remember the time that I accidently subscribed twice, and you canceled the second subscription and let me keep the free gift anyway? That was a beautiful moment.
We’ll always have that.
Love always,
Kitty Lascurain
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Reader Comments (11)
Now I feel like I've been deprived. I never knew Domino! I mourn the loss I never knew! Stopping by from SITS to say hi.
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I'm really sorry for your loss! :p
Hello fellow SITSta! I need your help!
Could you vote for me in Iron Cupcake?
(I am campaigning for votes….because I put a lot of time and effort into this)
If there is anything I can do for you in the future don’t hesitate to ask!
Here is the link: http://mamanandgourmand.blogspot.com/2009/11/please-vote-for-me-iron-cupcake.html
Hi Kittie. I am a friend of Jeff's from high school and he shared your blog with me. It cracks me up. I seriously love it. I even read this one aloud to my husband. Thanks for the fun reading! :)
Awww, I'm sorry for your loss :(
You must have been really in love to have double subscribed!
I never knew Domino, but I wish I did. She sounds like she was a wonderful person... erm, magazine.
How DO they choose replacement magazines? I can't get TeenVogue to stop sending me magazines and I NEVER subscribed to them; I was subscribed to a much more substantial teen magazine TEN YEARS AGO that, like Domino, got sucked into a publishing black hole.
This is fabulous! Keep it up!
I just stumbled upon your blog. Domino is gone? Tell me it isn't so. I let me subscription lapse. House Beautiful is nice but it is no Domino. So sad...
Your blog is great! I look forward to reading more!
Magazines that come with stickers are the best! I'm sorry for your loss though. ;)
You coming back to blog-land any time soon? Miss your posts!
Hope y'all are doing well and enjoying sunny Florida!!!!!!!