10 Things We're Doing Besides Listening Up

Jan 25

erica’s things

Putting this book on a list of "Things I'm Buying Myself When I'm Real Fancy."
Falling hard for the story of these beans, which were grown specially for everyone's Italian grandma Marcella Hazan and are very good on their own but even better like this.
Cheering on epicene (i.e., gender-neutral) pronouns. Because language is real cool...especially when it changes.
Adding "losing hours of my life on 1stdibs" to my list of hobbies. I keep telling myself it's kind of like visiting a museum, what, with its really important design pieces and all.
Taking advantage of an overlooked perk of owning a Nespresso machine: on-demand affogatos.

Finishing a workout with my ponytail still (mostly) intact thanks to this doodad. (This is my other longtime solution.)
Making short work of a bunch of leftover mushrooms in my veggie drawer by sauteeing them with shallots and dousing them in pickle brine...and then eating them all in one sitting.
Marveling at the fact that my two-year-old nephew's favorite Christmas present of 2015 was not only wildly entertaining, but also fiscally responsible. Okay, and stupidly cute, too.
Deciding that Lin Manuel Miranda's annotations of his own lyrics are some of the most worthwhile of the Hamilton DVD extras floating around the web.
Safeguarding my strands from the wrath of the curling wand with Living Proof's heat protectant, which doesn't do weird textural things like so many of the other solutions I've tried.

Commending my friend who had the smarty-pants idea to buy this amazing set and split it into two smaller gifts.