10 Things We're Doing Besides Keeping You Current

You know that book you keep hearing about on all your favorite blogs, newspapers, Instagram accounts? Little Fires Everywhere? We had its author, Celeste Ng, on the podcast, and damn is she a good interview. Tune on in—no reading required. 

erica’s things

• Keeping jars of this artichoke pesto on hand for days when boiling water is exactly as much as I’m willing to do to make dinner.

• Embracing the sheer stupidity of American Vandal. Sometimes sixth-grade-boy humor is just what you need, you know?

• Investing in a disaster kit because it sure feels like the sane thing to do right now. (I was only a tiny bit swayed by the cute branding and good copywriting, thanks for asking.)

• Accessing the National Archives...by way of its GIF collection.

• Playing Margo Price’s wonderful, twangy new album on loop. Start with a little ditty called “Pay Gap.”
  

claire’s things

• Nominating (former A Few Things guest!) @fransquishco for most innovative use of insta stories—his daily “Fran Digest” posts are an A+ guide to critical reading.

• Getting bored just *thinking* about shopping for wall-mounted towel bars and opting for a sleek and simple alternative instead.

• Spending a Sunday cozied up with the magical charm of Cipe Pineles, Condé Nast’s first female art director, whose artwork, style, and recipes are brought to life by a truly all-star team of design-world women in Leave Me Alone With The Recipes.

• Listening as two ladies I look up to for their business savvy and honesty about mental health talk about both of those things. Laura Miller and Jen Gotch, be my friends? Pls?

• Thanking the team at Architectural Digest for launching Clever right in time for me to realize that just because I know how to get dressed in the morning does not mean I know how to outfit a home.

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• Dabbing this on the zits that inevitably pop up during this weird-weather time of year.