10 Things We're Doing Besides Catching You Up

May 7

A handful of things we thought you might want to know about...

• We told the seven-minute version of the story of how Of a Kind came to be on Monocle’s Eureka podcast.

The creator of the Chemex set a really high bar for how braggy you’re allowed to be about your dedication to the device.
Of a Kind fan favorite Mary H.K. Choi came on the podcast to talk about her new YA novel that everrrybody’s reading.
There’s a seriously impressive roster of speakers coming together in NYC this June, and it’s quite FOMO-inducing.
Free domestic 2-day shipping on orders $150 and up through tomorrow! (What, with Mother’s Day and all.)

erica’s things

Successfully crisping fish skin for the first time in my life; accepting any and all praise for this tremendous achievement.
Coming to terms with just how much style inspo I’ve ripped from Sliding Doors.
Turning this into a where-to-donate-money cheat sheet.
Getting extra salty.
Applauding this restaurant sexual harassment poster...while wishing it didn’t have to exist in the first place.

Ordering this in bulk on the internet because god forbid the grocery store run out and I have to go a week without it.
Getting on board with any tofu-cooking trick that doesn’t require you to press it first.
Ogling a seriously beautiful mousepad that turned out to be $375 (LOL) and opting instead for this equally satisfying one that’s a tenth of the price.
Looking forward to feelings of profound inadequacy courtesy of The New Yorker’s newly introduced crossword puzzles.
Betting this one makes up her losses by selling her story to Hollywood.