10 Things We're Doing Besides Talking About the Best Things
Happy MLK Day, guys. Have you seen the premiere of David Letterman’s new show on Netflix? There are some poignant and moving moments of reflection with John Lewis and Barack Obama on civil rights and how far we have and haven’t come. Elsewhere on the internet—specifically on this week’s episode of our podcast—we discussed things we have strong feelings about but that are perhaps just too obvious to put in this newsletter. Among them: Michael Jackson’s most underappreciated single, the most beautiful boarding pass in the entire airport, and the second coming of Bratz dolls.
erica’s things
Reading up on an aspirational-as-all-hell job I’d never considered for a minute: ski-map designer.
Getting a shiver down my spine every time I think about the dark, sorta mystical short stories of Her Body and Other Parties. If you really feel like falling for its author, listen to her here.
Appreciating this education in black women and traumatic birth experiences, sparked by Serena Williams’s openness about hers.
Marketing this cocktail to myself as suuuper healthy, what with its ACV and all. It’s like a wintertime whisky sour (esp. if you go significantly lighter on the maple syrup).
Trying out Ellevest, a platform that is working to help close the gender investment gap with an approach that feels welcoming and never condescending.
claire’s things
Remembering how easy and cozy and fun it is to just make your own damn pizza sometimes (hey, snow-day activity), helped along by this v. v. v. good jarred sauce.
Making a case (with the help of Janet Mock) that the most fascinating Jenner is actually Kris.
Deeming the wait times at L.A.’s Kang Hodong Baekjeong well worth it...and I say that as someone who used to think I didn’t even like Korean BBQ. (I imagine their NYC spot is deserving of the same praise.)
Making a promise to you that whenever a great interview with Terry Gross gets published, I’ll always make sure it shows up here.
Being surprised by just how much joy an Instagram account called @90smovieclips could bring me—this is no amateur internet nostalgia.
turn it up to 11 - from claire
Swooning over this whenever my husband wears it. (Is that a creepy thing to say? So be it.)
