10 Things We're Doing Besides Partying with Gronk

Jul 20

erica’s things

Counting down the days to any ol’ event—it’s good to have things to look forward to, right?
Tuning into the chatter about country music and women and ‘Murica happening here and here.
Talking my husband into evicting the CDs and DVDs that had taken up residence under our bed. The fix: Selling them off to Decluttr.
Praying that bunnies secure installment #2 of “The Verge Review of Animals.” WHO’S WITH ME?
Trying my hand at making a plum shrub—just great in a cocktail or with some seltzer. Oh, and I very much recommend consuming the resulting pickled fruit with some tomato, burrata, and olive oil.

Re-reading Power of a Positive No because it really is that good. It bills itself as a business-advice book, but it’s definitely a life-advice book.
Fearing I’ve become a walking infomercial for The Bar Method because I swear I saw results after one class, and now I’m hooked. The Brooklyn studio is really pretty, too.
Giving two thumbs up to the seriously happy-making Everyday People: Any party that takes place before my bedtime, serves food, and celebrates nineties music is hitting all the right notes in my book.
ID-ing the most delicious, flavorful, and hard-to-eff-up way to cook chicken other than roasting. It is also a welcome discovery for someone (cough, myself) who cannot properly brown a bird for the life of her.
Feeling totally inspired by the late television reporter Marlene Sanders, who I had never even heard of until reading her wonderful remembrance.