If you are interested in celebrating one of the best made-up holidays (Q: Are they all made-up holidays?): Saturday, August 15, is Bookstore Romance Day. All you have to do to partake is buy a romance at a bookstore.
Spending some time in Andy Roddick’s lil corner of TikTok. (IT’S TENNIS SEASON CAN YOU TELL.)
Regretting to inform you that beef tallow chips are a top-tier snack.
Tearing through the forthcoming Emma Cline, which has no business being as gripping as it is.
Trying to make LOTD (lemonade of the day) happen. Cardinal Provisions in Asbury Park = my inspiration.
Not quite realizing how much I’d been mourning the death of the (good) personal essay until Annie Karni reminded us it does live on.
Encountering a new-ish thing that acknowledges expecting parents are just as in need of services (doulas, lactation consultants, etc.) as they are of stuff.
Wondering if we’re all on the same page about what a superior gas-station snack Chili Cheese Fritos are.
Making my first Artizia purchase and planning to run it back, too.
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