10 Things We're Doing Besides Getting Down

Aug 15

erica’s things

Flashing a glowy smile: This teeth-whitening situation is the easiest I've encountered—no strips, no lasers!—and it doesn't make your chompers sensitive, either.
Using the soupy weather as an excuse to spend a Sunday with some A/C and an awesome novel, The Unseen World, about virtual reality, Alzheimer's, identity, and the experience of being a teenage girl.
Thinking about the I-can't-believe-it's-not-gluten banana bread from Two Hands in Tribeca, oh, daily—and the espresso mascarpone that tops it, too.
Posing a question to the fitness gods: Why hasn't some boutique studio concept popped up around the Skip-It? In the meantime, do I buy one or just hum the jingle? (Ok, two questions, turns out.)

Cheering on the launch of Ladies Get Paid. The name says it all.
Plotting how to get away with planning a company retreat in the South of France—this dreamily designed, absurdly charming little spot could sleep our entire team for a dime.
And, in the meantime, channeling my inner Francophile with a newly developed taste for pastis, a refreshing, not-to-sweet (and anise-y!) aperitif that tastes like summer. Give Henri Bardouin a try.
Finding solutions to a perplexing interior-design riddle: Where does one find a good-looking shower curtain? The answers are Coyuchi and Quiet Town.

Solving our "How can I possibly use up this much kohlrabi?!" dilemmas with The CSA Cookbook, stuffed with brillz recipes (like tomato-leaf pesto!) to make the most of everything in that weekly haul. Discovered by Jori.

Dressing-up my humidity hair top-knot by slapping on these guys where I'd usually put a few bobby pins—makes it look like I tried, right?