A Thing or Two We’re Doing Besides Putting Flowers Anywhere We Can

Feb 16

How do we set goals, uh, now? (Aside from, say, finishing the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy?) What should we do when we miss our friends’ friends? We dive into all that ‘n more during our podcast chat with Dr. Ben Michaelis, who’s been nurturing our relationship and contributing to our sanity for the last five years. Also, can we just take a sec and thank you all for leaving us such heartwarming reviews?

Erica’s Things

Disecting happiness—or, maybe more importantly, contentment—with a cast of characters that includes Chelsea Manning, Roxane Gay, Mookie Betts, and Drew Barrymore.
Getting in a tennis-season mindset with (gasp) everything-bagel grip tape. In other everything-bagel developments…
Queuing up the brilliance of the Celebrity Book Club podcast. When the Jessica Simpson ep drops, I’m going to cancel all my plans (lol, plans).
Stocking up on olive oil from Séka Hills, owned by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation in Northern California.
Wishing for spinoffs for all of the characters in this novel.

Offering up a solution for anyone wanting to get a little extra about their in-home floral displays...or even just their lighting.
Discovering that I have it in me to feel passionately about a makeup brush.
Greedily consuming any new fiction from Kiley Reid.
Eyeing (hungrily) the designy, delicious goods from Conserva Culture.
Gifting my guy some sneakers that I liked so much that...I also bought them for myself. Sorry? (Wow, all these Adidas collabs.)

Wondering if now is the time to buy a keyboard and start playing the piano? Kelsey Georgesen’s (online) classes “give history and context to the music, and she has created a space where folks can donate free lessons to Black and Indigenous students.” (Her scales books are cute, too.) If there’s a small biz you love, we wanna know!

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Claire Mazur