10 Things We're Doing Besides Notifying You about the New

Aug 13

Have you poked around your favorite website recently? We’ve added newness in personal care and paper goods, and we’re even starting to pull together our transition-to-fall look because how else to distract ourselves from this humidity? And, speaking of planning ahead: We’re pitching a panel for SXSW 2019 all about **work wives**—head on over and give it a thumbs up, will ya?

erica’s things

Falling fast for 1) this woman and 2) her flower fossils.
Dramatically improving my smoothie-drinking experience with a metal bubble tea straw.
Considering the existence of tear-stained PlayStation controllers: There is crying in video-game playing, turns out. (But still not in baseball.)
Finding two new Minneapolis favorites—the delicious ‘n cheery Hai Hai and the charming ‘n prickly Madre Cacti Co.—which happen to be four blocks apart.
Counting down the days ‘til I can see Bel Canto in theaters. That Julianne Moore!!!

Recommending a trip to Paris purely for a tour its fancy groceries, which are truly one of the more inspirational feats of retail I’ve witnessed of late. Start with Le Grande Epicerie, Printemps du Goût, and Maison Plisson.
Experimenting with phasing out coffee (yeah, I don’t know who I am anymore either) and helping things along with this equally craveable tea blend.
Saving sanity in spades by adding a second time zone to my Google Calendar. How’d it take me this long?
Identifying an acronym that perfectly captures the stupidly painful process I go through when it comes to furniture-buying, vacation-planning, menu-ordering, etc.: FOBO.
Finding out the bad news about the subway wait time before I even leave the house—but at least having the option to hike to the express or jump in a cab if necessary?

Upgrading to a jumbo bottle of this wondrous stuff because it really is so good for everything—even, if you ask my husband, as aftershave.