10 Things We're Doing Besides Shopping our Big, Bad Sale (Duh)

Dec 30

erica’s things

Following a squirrel on Instagram...and trying to decide whether that’s a 2015 high or low.
Freaking out over these Home Adventures pendant lights that would make over any room like THAT.
Bragging about all the books I read over the last 12 months: I totally nailed my GoodReads Reading Challenge goal, and I’m not gonna feel even a little embarrassed that plenty of them were Y.A. (Psst, some that I thought were the tops are here.)
Celebrating a too-warm holiday season with loads of shrimp cocktail—festive-feeling always and requiring of no oven time.
Touring Villa Tugendhat, an off-the-charts, Mies van der Rohe-designed house in Brno, Czech Republic, and saving this directory of big-deal homes that are open to the public for future travels.

Having unexpectedly intense childhood flashbacks while reading a truly captivating profile of...Raffi.
Getting way better about my nighttime skincare ritual thanks to this (yes, really splurge-y) stuff that’s magical enough to make me want to smear it on my face even when I’m extra exhausted.
Listening my way through this so-far spot-on list of outstanding podcast eps of 2015. (This quickie is still haunting me.)
Rooting hard for the social article-sharing network This.cm—it takes the good, relevant parts of your Facebook stream and leaves out everything else.
Wondering why it took me so long to finally get orthotics for my running shoes. Total game-changers for my form issues—and they 3D print ‘em nowadays in no time flat. I got mine at Frontrunners in L.A., but I’ve heard good things about Sols, too.