10 Things We're Doing Besides Lightening Up

erica’s things

• Dipping my toe in the world of Korean beauty, starting with this Be the Skin toner (that smells almost too good) and this Touch in Sol mascara that leaves me with no end-of-the-day under-eye smudginess—a June miracle.

• Showing up all the takeout Thai joints with this way fast and healthy spin on drunken noodles.

• Needing more baby goats in my life. Thanks for getting that, @mcgoaties.

• Reading aloud far too much of Station Eleven, a brilliantly gripping apocalyptic novel that feels real in ways that are mind-bending, funny, and horrifying.

• Spending some time with the fashions of the NBA Draft. See: Racked, which really nailed that headline—LOLZ.

claire’s things

• Thanking Sloane Crosley for so articulately crystallizing something I knew to be true but needed to hear: I say sorry too much. (And I’m cutting way back! Already!)

• Using up my dad’s home-grown bounty of rhubarb on this A+ take on chicken tagine that tastes even better as leftovers.

• Excitedly backing a documentary about Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s seminal opera Einstein on the Beach. I used to work in Wilson’s archives and still miss poring through all the insanely entertaining footage and imagery.

• Chuckling and squirming in equal measure at the darkly hilarious short film Actor Seeks Role, which feels like the pitch-perfect vehicle for the talents of Alex Karpovsky (of Girls fame).

• Not caring that my desire to try out these DIY cardboard cacti makes me sound like a full-on Pinterest cliche...so damn cute and probably easy enough for kids, too?!

P.S. For those of you who are more advanced in your crafting skills than, um, cardboard cacti, definitely consider getting involved in the American Craft Council Shows.