A Thing or Two We’re Doing Besides Being City Kitties

So, so many of you are already massive fans of today’s podcast guest Caro Chambers, whose new book What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking goes above and beyond delivering on its promise. And the rest of you—you’re about to become converts.

erica’s things

• Cozying up with a biography of Judith Jones that does double triple quadruple duty as a primer on cooking in America, mid-century publishing, and women in the workforce.
   

• Acquiring an electric kettle in August. Listen, I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but *it* is perfect.
   

• Urging you to read this on the lasting impact of Mr. Baseball. The anecdotes, friends!!
   

• Buying these chips for the first time because of their mascot; purchasing them again for their ideal egginess.
   

• Picturing an adaptation of this Sammy Davis Jr. x Chuch of Satan story directed by…Barry Jenkins? Paul Thomas Anderson? (A fun game to play.) 

claire’s things

• Letting a story about the link between kidney-shaped pools and skate culture scratch my brain in a very satisfying way.
   

• And, speaking of skate culture: Adopting a new persona in service of these cuties.
   

• Touring a luxury cat hotel on Melrose…where two of the guests were in residence while their mom was winning gold at the Olympics. What a world.
   

• Noticing that all the LA hotspots are carrying this whiskey—one made by women, no less.