10 Things We’re Doing Besides Getting Tote-ally Carried Away

Dec 16

erica’s things

Deciding that if I had gotten my act together to send holiday cards, they would have been ones by Aileen Cheng.
Wanting more gummy, pasta-y Korean rice cakes in my life—and looking for ways to make that happen.
Re-experiencing the amazingness that is F.A.O. Schwarz on Fifth Avenue. If you’re looking for a (weeknight) NYC activity, check out the Muppet Workshop or hit up the crayon bar.
Dying over the opening paragraph of this New Yorker profile of art dealer David Zwirner.
Understanding, for the first time, the sheer decadence of the everything bagel.

Thinking Letters in the Mail—a subscription service from The Rumpus that sends you hand-written letters from authors—might be just be the best gift idea I’ve seen yet. Especially the kids version.
Having a moment over head-spinningly amazing food art (art food?), courtesy of Flourshop, Mocomeshi, and my OG fave, Luxirare.
Dying over The American Reader’s “10 Under 10 Writers to Watch”—a hilarious send-up of age-festishizing lists, self-serious writers, and the like.
Discovering the wonder that is a jujube (yes, it’s a real fruit, not just a candy)—tastes like a cross between an apple and a date, and makes the perfect snack.
Wishing I could live inside a Brigitte Sire photograph—seems like a pretty dreamy and happy place to be.