A Thing Or Two We’re Doing Besides Going Behind The Music
Two things we’re leaning on heavily: 1) books we can lose ourselves in 2) dresses that keep the 88-degree days as bearable as an 88-degree day can be. For the former, hit up our latest podcast episode, where we’re raving about some of our favorite novels by Black authors. Re: the latter, check out the latest installment of our monthly column for The Strategist, which is chock-full of swinginess by Black designers.
erica’s things
Harvesting an abundance of mushrooms.
Requesting a push alert whenever Merriam-Webster releases a new “Words We’re Watching” post. Come for Zoomer, stay for copypasta.
Pouring some ~very drinkable~ wine (with much label appeal!) from André Hueston Mack, who was the first Black person to win the Best Young Sommeliers Competition. On my bike-adventure agenda: a trip to his ham bar for picnic supplies.
Shipping off an old laptop to PCs for the People...which, I gotta be honest, felt like a massive decluttering victory.
Praising Curbed for giving the widespread embrace of kiddy activities a name: The Great Regression. Related: Do I need a Skip-It for fraught girl summer 2020? (Not the first time I’ve asked this Q in recent years.)
claire’s things
Winning the toddler sunscreen wars by brushing on a powder version that elicits giggles instead of struggles.
Anointing my home’s drink of the summer: a canned bitters-and-soda situation that is delightful with or without booze and perfectly primed for stoop hangs. (Also: this, from their CEO.)
Finding a lot of inspiration in music-biz documentaries lately, specifically ones on Blue Note Records (That album art! So good!) and Clive Davis.
Conceding that there was no way I was not going to like something called Mostly Olive Salad, but it was so good and had a whole lot of heft for something that calls itself a salad.
Scooping up a 10-free polish from Janet & Jo. that has a) perfect summer-neutral vibes and b) an exceptional name. Let the at-home manicure experiment begin.
