A Thing Or Two We’re Doing Besides Stepping Inside A Children’s Book

Mar 22

We’re frustrated, angry, and exhausted by the endless ways that white supremacy manifests in this country, including escalating racism and violence toward Asian communities. These are a few things we’ve found useful in processing last week’s murders in Atlanta and other recent attacks on Asian people: this fact sheet of anti-Asian violence resources, this Twitter thread on Asian-American history, this petition to stop the U.S. government from profiling Asian Americans and Asian immigrants, this bystander intervention training, and this list of places to donate to support Asian communities (which includes the wonderful Heart of Dinner, our March Secret Menu org). To anyone who’s scared for themselves, their families, or their friends, we’re sending our love, and we are with you in this

erica’s things

Getting my browser tabs in fighting shape by grouping them in folders with Chrome. Control-click your way to sanity, team.
Urging you to seek out a can of the pineapple-juice goodness that is Bit con Tajín (which is for sale at my local grocer but not on the internet). My next Tajín-related acquisition, which is online: these gummy peach rings.
Landing on a magazine subscription that’s full of surprises: one that sends you a different indie title each month.
Craving hoisin sauce even more now that this jar is in my fridge.
Lighting up over Rachel Antonoff’s prints—the food ones specifically. Olives on a skirt, toast on a tote, prawns on a dress!

Queuing up a very low-key, low-stakes nine-minute guided meditation.
Thinking a lot about children’s lit via an art show that puts you inside of the Goodnight Moon house (come on!) and a fascinating look back at Cricket magazine (embarrassed for my seven-year-old self that I never had a sub).
Feeling genuinely impressed anytime someone manages to make tech accessories chic.
Gearing up for The Met’s Alice Neel exhibition by re-watching the excellent 2007 doc about her by her grandson.
Hallelujah-ing that someone is keeping track (in one place!) of all the ultra-special NYC food purveyors that have been popping up of late.