If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what famous people add to their carts. Not the JAR brooch and Louis XV chair but the hair spray and the electric toothbrush. We asked Candace Parker, a forward with WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces and the subject of the new documentary, Candace Parker: Unapologetic, about the bracelet she never takes off, the grill she uses for Hawaiian rib eyes, and her go-to Starbucks order.
This bracelet is my reminder of Coach. She was like a second mom to me, so I always want to carry her with me and remember all the things that she taught me. And I think sometimes when things are hard, I definitely look down at that bracelet and know that I’m representing more than just me and continuing to carry on her legacy.
I use Google Calendar for my family, my work, everything. I have hangouts with friends in Google Calendar. My daughter, Lailaa, has her entire schedule on there. My son’s doctor’s appointments and activities are on there too. I don’t know how I lived before Google Calendar. We have it all color-coordinated. My wife will plan date night, and I’ll get a notification that’s, like, Will you accept? And I’m like, yeah!
My wife gave me this necklace — she has the key to my heart — and I wear it pretty much every day. I have to tell myself to take it off at times. It’s really pretty but simple, and I can dress it up or wear it with any type of outfit.
[Editor’s note: The key necklace that Candace wears is currently unavailable online, so we linked to Tiffany & Co.’s key collection.]
I wear these sweats a lot. Whether I’m working out, whether I’m traveling, I’m wearing them. I’m in sweats right now. They’re my go-to for their comfort, and especially now with all the Zooms at home and meetings at home, I’m in them all the time.
I get excited about Christmas, but really I get excited about the Christmas drinks at Starbucks. The gingerbread latte is my go-to, and then I feel just so empty after the holidays are over because I don’t know what my drink at Starbucks will be after that. And then I have to go through this process of trying to find my drink again, and then wait for the fall basically. My go-to order is a (hot) venti oat-milk latte with one pump of pumpkin-spice syrup. I will drink hot coffee when it’s 95 degrees outside. I cannot drink iced coffee.
This is my favorite tequila. Reposado is my go-to, and I just drink it real easy on the rocks with an orange slice. My claim to fame with my friends is that I put all of them on Clase. I feel like I have so many pictures in my phone, when people were first starting to be on Clase, of people sending me pictures of the bottle in bars, and now they’re everywhere. I collect the bottles too. I have all the Halloween bottles; I have the Dia De Los Muertos bottle and the specialty anniversary ones as well.
My mom did my baby hairs when I was younger, and I’ve always had them even through high school and college. I used to get made fun of for having them. And now I guess it’s the in thing? In the morning, I always have my baby hairs done. You will know if I’m sick — that’s the only time I don’t have them done. My makeup artist in Atlanta, who does my makeup for television, doesn’t even touch my baby hairs. Nobody touches them but me. I use this baby-hair brush, and then I use pomade to smooth them down.
I love grilling. I think it’s super-fast and efficient, and there’s not a lot of cleaning up, so I’m kind of the griller in the family. My dad is actually the grill master, and I’m learning from him. I can do all red meat and stuff like that, but I’m working on perfecting my barbecued chicken, my cedar-plank salmon, my beer-battered chicken. I love grilling Hawaiian rib eyes and lamb chops.
I love a big, bold Cab. I’ve kind of gotten more into Burgundies lately. Nothing beats a good bottle of red wine with my steak off the grill. I actually had that last night! My wife and I just went to Santa Barbara, and we learned that Crown Point is trying to be the first hundred-point Cab in Santa Barbara. I like being early on stuff, so I don’t really go with the big vineyards that have more overproduced wine. I kind of go more low-key — not VIP — but exclusive type of stuff.
In Los Angeles, if you’re going to get around, you’re going to have to use Waze. I use it all the time. It’s faster! And it uses back streets and things like that. I don’t use any of the voice guidance, though — I don’t even have the sound on. I have my music up and I’m just looking at the map.
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