A Thing or Two We’re Doing Besides Staying in Bed

Feb 8

Don’t know about you all, but there are a lot of quar (coronial?) babies in our lives—and more to come!—so we’re taking the opportunity to chat baby registries, almost upsettingly chic carriers, the best of the bouncy chairs...and, oh yes, Craigslist scams on the podcast. If listening makes you want Claire’s ~extremely thorough~ registry rundown, Secret Menu members can get the motherlode here.

Erica’s Things

Finding—miracle of miracles—a TV show as soothing as a shoulder massage.
Shipping some not-right-for me personal-care products off to Project Beauty Share.
Developing a soft spot for extremely focused home retailers. First up: lighting supplies. Next: shelving.
Taking in a gripping personal history that includes the intersection of incarceration, maternity, and art.
Getting all in my feelings over Old Gap. Who knew an ad for Dream perfume could evoke so much?! Oh, also: Naomi.

Clocking the (free!) courses in Slow Factory Foundation’s Open Education program with much interest—it’s got a superstar instructor lineup featuring the likes of Erica Chidi and Tracy Reese.
Going googly-eyed over Rosita Studio, especially the bed linens—like, don’t you think this is what Daphne Bridgerton slept on as a child? Also, the monogrammed napkins would make an A+ wedding gift.
Urging you to watch that Britney doc, whether or not you think you care.
Top-shelfing the first cannabis-infused beauty product that hasn’t felt like a gimmick to me: an extremely rich oil that gives very good glow.
Developing a fascination with the inventor of Liquid Paper, now the only girlboss I acknowledge. (This rabbit hole, and many others, inspired by the delightful Stationery Fever.)

Scoping the horchata body scrub and the pan dulce mani bombs from Loquita, a Latinx-owned, California-based line of handmade vegan bath products (that sure knows how to deliver the nineties vibes). Is there an up-and-coming biz you want to tell us about? Do share!

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Claire Mazur