I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing long weekend. Mine was mostly spent nursing a hangover and my period, twisted up on the couch with a heating pad stuffed in the waistband of huge sweatpants. Such is the glamorous life of a washed 29-year-old who parties too hard and refuses to take birth control.
It’s 10:45 PM and I’m back in my spot on the couch “watching” basketball with Andrew. Now is as good a time as ever to share my weekly musings with you.
Eating: Ben & Jerry’s Salted Caramel Core. I try to limit dairy ice cream to special occasions (like a trip to Franklin Fountain), but Andrew surprised me with this one the other day and who am I to say no? My super power is that I can actually stretch a pint of ice cream well beyond it’s three servings.
Just Read: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. You can read my review here.
Just Watched: Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold because, of course, the Joan Didion experience isn’t complete until the reader spirals into temporary obsession. This documentary, directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne, was a fragmentary (but still entertaining) look at the literary giant then and now: a gorgeous, scrupulous journalist covering 1960s counterculture behind dark glasses, and a shaky, frail, 80-something woman reflecting on her intriguing life and career. Writer or not, you can’t help but want to spend a day in her shoes.
Loving: Biking. Almost four years in Philadelphia and I’m just now learning the beauty of the city’s share program, Indego. For $17/month, one gets unlimited 60-minute rides ($.15 per minute after that). The app is a bit of a shit show, but the experience is making me feel like a kid in a candy store, especially on these breezy, hot evenings as summer flickers out.
Wanting: A really good pair of sneakers for fall. I have a bid active on StockX but I’m not sharing unless I get them because I don’t need any of you swaggerjackers out-bidding me.