Oops...I did it again
Re-re-started this newsletter, that is.
I’d like to take a moment to introduce my new media venture: ROOM TEMP. It’s backed by copious amounts of Venture Capital (obviously) and powered by an AI chatbot I developed myself and trained to simulate some “frequently asked questions” I asked it to imagine getting from my audience while I watched Heated Rivalry. The results are deeply compelling…
What is ROOM TEMP?
ROOM TEMP is a cultural micro-climate where taste thrives, discernment scales, and the water, for some reason, turns everyone queer…
Sorry, my husband had House Hunters International on too loudly in the background. What did you say?
I said that ROOM TEMP is homosexualist reportage from the front lines of decorative intrigue.
I don’t understand. Has there been another scandal in the rose garden?
No, no. I said you should read ROOM TEMP—it’s award-adjacent journalism about STYLE, CULTURE, and THE WAY WE LIVE NOW.
And are you some sort of expert?
And how! I was the deputy editor of ELLE Decor from 2021-2025, interviewing international tastemakers like Jennifer Coolidge and Jonathan Anderson about their taste. (She loves a bath; he loves a basket.)
Before that, I developed the FANCY THAT column and social series for Architectural Digest; produced and hosted THE HAUTE SEAT for West Elm; and was the founding home editor for Refinery29.
I’m sorry, I was watching conspiracy theories on TikTok. Can you say that again while doing choreo to Sabrina Carpenter’s “House Tour”? I might pay attention then!
Sorry, I have to get this newsletter out!
Another newsletter? Oof. Good luck.
^&@$*!#$.
In all seriousness, ROOM TEMP is very genuinely all of the above (even—nay, especially—choreo to Sabrina Carpenter’s “House Tour”), all of which I wrote with my wittle human brain in my silly wittle Notes app while my dumb ugly human body hurtled through time and space…sad!
This newsletter is (or will be) my wittle way of maintaining, scaling, and leveraging the Sean Santiago brand in our Instagram Teen Account of a media landscape, diving deep in key verticals including but not limited to DESIGN, FASHION, JETSETTING, and GAY. I’m so glad you’re along for the ride.