10 Things We're Doing Besides Resolving to Keep Podcasting

Jan 9

We get that you’re trying to leave a lot of shit behind in 2017, but our podcast definitely deserves a spot in the “keep” pile. There’s so much good stuff happening for the year of the dog, starting with this you’re-definitely-gonna-love-it ep featuring the amazing Jen Gotch. And if you were too busy doing, ya know, holiday stuff in December, catch up on our thoughts on charities, curries, pilates, and parties.

erica’s things

Resurfacing this workplace-sexism romp that came out during my movie-consuming heyday but that I managed to miss.
Obsessing over two New Mexico café-slash-shop thingies: Modern General in Santa Fe and Manzanita Market in Taos.
Struggling to put into words exactly what I found to be so downright charming about How to Behave in a Crowd, about the youngest sibling in a family of overachieving French intellectuals and the only one who cares about people more than books.
Doubling down on pears for dinner. With salmon! With brussels sprouts!
Relying on something called a pimple patch when a zituation gets really gnarly. I hear they’re pretty fantastic no matter what brand you go with, but I can only vouch for the gunk-absorbing powers of these ones.

Cutting out alcohol for January but downing so much hot fudge in its place—specifically this Nancy Silverton recipe. (Sans the coffee bit, but you do you—the only thing I insist on is Häagen-Dazs Vanilla Bean as a base.)
Remembering what it feels like to never want to leave a bookstore thanks to Arcana in Culver City, California.
Answering the question of WTF to wear over your shorts for the five-minute, five-degree walk to the gym. Key character trait: no shoe removal required to put ‘em on or take ‘em off.
Going deep on Tiffany Haddish because she makes me happy. I endorse: her book, her NYTimes interview, and especially this acceptance speech.
Wishing it hadn’t taken the occasion of her death for me to learn about Zubaida Tariq, aka the Martha Stewart of Pakistan.

Taking this beauty with me on my holiday travels and vowing to never vacation with anything other than a crossbody bag again—it makes everything immeasurably easier.