A Thing Or Two We’re Doing Besides Taking A Closer Look
A Guest Thingies treat for y’all this week: We’re chatting with Lauren Sherman, the chief correspondent at The Business of Fashion and the host of The Debrief, a podcast that’s making us feel more in-the-know about the big fashion news than we have in years. Ooh, also: Do you need some new reading material? You can browse all our book recs in one Bookshop.org place.
erica’s things
Anticipating the rise of the after-dinner candle as a category, and this is the perfect one.
Strategizing a transition from Goodreads to Italic Type—an important step in the de-Amazon-ification of my life.
Participating in baseball season by way of a TV show. Let’s put Kylie Bunbury in more things, let’s relish 10 eps of Mark-Paul Gosselaar as an aging catcher.
Gasping at this egg-floating trick for making at-home sorbet.
IDing the optimum art for those with an interest in both surveillance capitalism and Polly Pocket.
claire’s things
Stumbling upon a treasure trove of travel guides specifically focused on shopping and sourcing. Yes, please!
Giving an oral book report on Margiela’s years at Hermès to anyone who will listen after pulling this off a shelf at our Airbnb. (Yes, I bought my own copy.)
Impressing everyone from my toddler to my dinner guests each time I transfer a pack of these from the freezer to the oven.
Coveting a v. good collab (all made from vintage scraps)—is it too early to start buying holiday gifts?