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Nov 13, 2023 • 1h 11min

Gift Guide Part 1: Boyfriends, Husbands, Kids, and Pickleball Parents

Part 1 of our gift guide is here! We have an abundance of recs for stocking stuffers, boyfriends, husbands, moms, sons, and kids!  Share any gift ideas with us at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva! Gift yourself professional counseling with BetterHelp and take 10% off your first month with our link. Tackle all of your holiday shopping at MoMA Design Store and take 10% off your purchase when you use or mention promo code ATHINGORTWO online and in US MoMA Design Stores through November 23, 2023. YAY. Stocking Stuffers “We are only doing stockings for adults this year - all the fun stocking stuffers, please.” Opinel key chains Noso patches Scout Regalia sticky hooks Favorite musician merch - Olivia Rodrigo Perfect All-American Bitch hat Custom family matchbooks Nutscene Colorful Tiddler Twine Rose Los Angeles x Gossamer CBD Rosin Delights Redecker Hedgehog Table Brush Silk Daisy Chain Kit Nata Concept Store Farfalle Candle Hinoki Drawer Bag Lisa Angel bottle stoppers / Annie Raysee wine stopper TheWhiteStreetMarket wick trimmer Kahawa 1893 Single Serve Coffee Packs Brightland Olive Oil minis Sqwigl Straws Curaprox toothbrushes Boyfriends/Husbands My husband, 34. Senior web developer manager. Likes home projects, sci-fi books/tv, awesome dad to our 4 year old and 8 month old. He hates spending money and “doesn’t want gifts” but wants gifts. It’s historically been a damned if you do, damned if you don’t type situation. His favorite gifts from me ever have been a car washing kit, a woobles crochet kit, and a Dyson vacuum. Wtf do I get him now?! Sven-Saw Hoto Brushless Drill - .like the Dyson hairdryer of drills! Yuns Hardware gift certificate Singer Heavy Duty 4423  Open Studio: Do-It-Yourself Art Projects by Contemporary Artists by ​​Sharon Coplan Hurowitz and Amanda Benchley Harvest Label Sling Bag Slate Flosser Camper wool Wabi slippers Signed Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler My graphic designer husband who likes quality over quantity, is picky and lives in fear I might buy him clothes as a gift. An architecture or design book from a city you visited over the last year—make it an annual thing? A piece of art or a study from an artist he likes (for something more accessibly priced, depending) Marjolein Delhaas 2024/366 Planner Higonokami Knife Rose Gold wrench Balmuda toaster  Bruno Munari Pencil Holder (with a set of Blackwing or Pineider pencils) Saint Olio body oil Husband - new dad, hates buying himself anything. He's bookish and British, and his interests include cycling, cooking, video games, F1 and the Tottenham Hot Spurs. Everything nice he wears is because I bought it for him. Want to get him something good this year because he's been so underslept and overworked, juggling baby and a new job. Lewis Hamilton Almave Tottenham Hotspurs vintage gear Book repair (as recommended by Lauren in our Geneva last year) WhiteSpacePress on Etsy for vintage Penguin Classics, etc. Fog Linen Brass Cookbook stand or Puebco Cookbook Stand Persol 714 - Original (foldable) sunglasses Blackstock & Weber Loafers Asked for gift ideas for a quar romance a few years ago. We bought a house together this year. He's wonderful. His favorite drink is espresso. He loves Guy Fieri. He plays an Irish sport called hurling. We go on bike rides together and love exploring new places. We both lost our grandmothers this year.  Air Fieri crewneck sweatshirt PillowsPostersPapers Guy Fieri Fan Sequin Pillowcase -we all just need to know this exists Ivo Angel Italian splatterware espresso cups Oaxacan espresso cup Baba Tree bike basket Nocs Provisions Binoculars Wren Off-Road Growler Safety Pizzeta The Expert Grounded Gift Card Kabin Bonfire Builder A custom print of something meaningful to him of his grandmother’s from The Heirloomist Sons Help! I'm desperate for gift ideas for my 22-year-old son. He's a new grad; job hunting, close to securing his first job, just moved home from Montreal. Uni girlfriend relocated from overseas to our hometown Toronto. He's very private. Hates receiving gifts (?!!?). Is gracious at the time he receives but they always find their way to the return pile. Loves a good bargain, and hates that we spend $ on him. Sooooo hard to buy for. Best gift ever was 3 month cheese subscription sent to school last year. Makes fun of the various prints I've bought him. Lots of friends, but very introverted; sporty; foodie; funny; middle child; does not share info, let alone gift ideas; nothing to see here folks, just move-on kinda guy. Help!!!!!! Gift cert for an Island Creek Oysters party with friends (plus a couple of shucking knives) or tinned fish.  Hawkins New York cheese knife set - under $40, looks fancier Ricki's Cheese Making Kits Sowaca Ceramic Cooking Pan The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook: A Cookbook by Sohla El-Waylly Restaurant gift certs—something fancy he and the GF would never do on their own like Prime Seafood Palace or just a favorite spot of two of theirs that feels like a treat Luggage! Like the Wallybags Travel Garment Bag, Patagonia Black Hole Duffle Bag, and Alex Mill Perfect Weekday Tote.  Moms/Mother in Laws  Quintessential Midwest mom of 3 adult kids who loves baking, reading, watching PBS shows, musicals, traveling, and getting her steps in walking her two black labs. Has been referred to as the "mommiest mom" in the past. Puts up with a lot of BS from her curmudgeonly husband (my dad). I've given her many kitchen items and books over the years. Favorite brands are things like Emma Bridgewater, Hanna Anderson, and Talbots. I recently moved to NYC, so I'm hoping to get her something that will make her feel less "abandoned" and more cared for. Thank you for any suggestions!!  Met Opera on Demand TEKLA bathrobe Lake Pajamas 50 States, 50 Pies by Stacey Mei Yan Fong  Fresh Midwest: Modern Recipes from the Heartland by Maren Ellingboe King Haden electric tea kettle Galley & Fen oven mitt Vintage PBS shirts Mom, in her mid-50s, a new grandma. Had a really hard year mental health-wise but making positive changes. Goes to therapy but new at it. Loves to be social, have dinners, see movies and Broadway shows. Loves 80s pop music and Jason Isbell. Enjoys trying new things but tends to move on to something else quickly. Molly Mahon block-printing kits Martha Mae How to Paint a Cloud Bundle Nora McInerny's “Don’t honk I’m already crying” bumper magnet - if she has the sense of humor for it! Semikolon 5-Year Diary / Midori 5-year Diary Loftie clock - because of sleep hygiene! Subscription to Mubi or Criterion Collection Subscription to Saipua TV…paired with Saipua Garden Tea that’s made by Deborah Needleman My Mom! She's 70. A former elementary art teacher...retired and living on a budget. We completely mis-gift each other every year. I try to give her nice (not overly luxurious, but nice) scarves, sweaters, earrings, etc and they always flop. My brother and his girlfriend gave her a plastic porch goose and it's her favorite thing ever. She doesn't read. She's crafty but her medium is always changing and usually something very specific like needle felting. Pink Picasso paint-by-numbers custom kits or non-custom ones by Paint Anywhere Art Life Practice Kit Melanie Abrantes DIY Wood Carving Kits Friendly Loom Black and White Potholder Loom Kit  Pattern and supplies to DIY her own porch goose outfits—there’s even a crochet one for making hair for them?! A duck candleholder to go with her porch goose Ok, how about my mom? I'll let you describe her though 😂.. something that's not a cookbook and also maybe not clothes because she buys those for herself anyway… In exchange, I'm sharing a brilliant gift idea (or at least I think so) for someone who likes to cook/bake a lot: mudaustralia.com. They have a line that you can not only bake on but then serve on because it's beautiful ceramic! Mom is a fancy Bay Area retired real estate lawyer w/ incredible taste, loves to cook and bake and is not intimidated by complicated recipes (has cooked basically everything from the Pok Pok cookbook), loves to entertain, has a fondness for cute animals and cute things in general. A good storyteller and letter writer, feels very strongly about thank you notes. A grandmother to two boys and a dog named Steve who dressed up as a martini for Halloween. Fashion sense errs towards high-end FUN— a think: Dries Van Noten, Commes des Garcons, etc. Is a very talented crafter with a whole room very chicly dedicated to it, has been very into needlepoint lately. Also a voracious reader.   Escali Primo Digital Scale  Masienda gift kit Laetitia Rouget Butterfingers Butter Dish Michelle Kim Chicken Mitt Helle Mardahl Espresso Cups TheMagic5 Swim Goggles gift cert  Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect Lena Rewell Throw I need holiday gift help for my boyfriend's mother. A few details about her: She's a professor in the Boston area and an immigrant from a Scandinavian country. She has great taste (homewares, design) and a Scandinavian sense of restrained style -- she's a woman of a certain age after all, not a Copenhagen TikTok girlie. And she has nice-things disease. You know, the stuff in her house is nice. For a general sense of her style, she's always worn Birkenstock Bostons, carries an Everlane backpack to campus, and has functional and pretty cookware (like a beautiful espresso machine). I've struck out on all the gifts I've given her, and I thought I was good at gifting! They include a handmade and hand-painted pottery vase, artisan granola, and Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies (She said she liked her NYer stories, but alas the book didn't work, per her son) She has a dog she's obsessed with, and a beach house, though it's pretty outfitted. Maybe I could try something there? Food and wine/bev gifts are out because of health issues. Message Slides + Socks, for an alt to her Birkenstock Bostons Deiji Flannel Pajamas The Sleep Shirt Malaika x Kneeland Co. Seashell Towel Saint Olio Aromatic Dog Refresher Verloop dog sweater Pogo Pet Bowl Very Christian mother-in-law who writes historical fiction Judy Kim Gingerbread Cookie Wreath Flowers of Provence by Jamie Beck Powder Puff Pullover Bridie Hall Intaglio Soaps In search of gift ideas for my 83-year-old fancyish, but not fussy mother-in-law. Born and raised in DC, still rocks a blond bob, loves hydrangeas, obsessed with bunnies. Raised 5 kids and is over cooking but loves anything with cranberries, nuts and raisins. Hobbies include bowling, Irish dancing, shopping at Aldi, and finding a bargain. Very tech-challenged. Coral & Tusk Bunny Hydrangea Tea Towel Juliet Wine Block Shop Italian Cashmere Wrap Italian marquetry pieces from Litten Tree Antiques Mother Shrub in Cranberry Capital City Mambo Sauce Gift Set Mother-in-law, early 70s, notoriously difficult and anxious, prefers austere things, drinks a lot of black, understated-but-fancy tea, secretly addicted to watching Teen Mom Lea & Nicholas beautifully austere mugs Hot Cool Tokyo Tea Storage Container or Kinto canister Umezawa Hinoki Tissue Box Naoto Fukasawa for Onao Co. Siwa Carryall Bag Bare Hands Dry Gloss Manicure Kit Annie Ernaux books Mother-in-law has a big heart and a big personality. Is from Colombia. Likes blue, good food, and excellent tequila. Plays tennis and has picked up pickleball. Masienda mezcal cups / Kneeland Co. Rarities mezcal cups / Viski Himalayan salt shot glasses Verve Culture Mezcal and Tequila Infusion and Tasting Set Mi Cocina’s denim placemats/potholders/table runners Mark & Graham customizable pickleball bags Chefanie Tennis ball cocktail napkins Picnic Time Parisian Picnic Basket  Junedays cooler Tanchen Wine Bag Laines London tequila slippers Kids Impressing a 5-year-old on Christmas morning without a massive plastic Barbie house Haus or Follies playhouses SMOL bounce houses Wonder & Wise Theater Setup Gathre trampoline Lip Smacker Crayola 24-Piece Lip Balm Vault Eames Giant House of Cards Deck (and create-your-own ones) Ban.Do four in a row All my friends just started having kids. Best gifts for babies under 1 year Nothing - donate in their name to the National Diaper Bank Network Bath crayons Stapelsteins Custom name tags from Label Weavers or Name Bubbles A toddler whose parent wants "less stuff" in the house Consumables! Tattly x Richard Scarry  Twee sidewalk chalk name sets Soap Dough Co (℅ Kyra on IG) Supernatural sprinkles/baking sets The Dough Project Make Your Own Playdough Kit Two nephews, 2nd grade and 4th grade. Live in the Midwest. They both like video games. My sister-in-law and brother are recently teaching them that "expensive college isn't worth it" (even though my brother went to two expensive colleges and is a successful lawyer). I adamantly disagree. They play soccer, and violin (I also play violin). They don't seem to like sweets or treats unless it's pure sugar. They visit us and my parents in the mountains in Colorado often so they appreciate the outdoors but try not to go into it very much unless my parents force them to go backpacking. I don't want to buy them anything they expect, or that my SiL might throw away or think is too expensive. This is also kind of a gift guide request for my SIL if you're catching on to what she's like, too… Anyway Mag Subscription  Junior HappyMe Journal, for ages 6-12 Bo and Mei Lunar New Year Celebration Boxes Custom Chuck Taylors Stylophone S1 Pocket Synthesizer and e-Blox Circuit Blox 120 Build Your Own Sound Machine and Radio  Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Flik Flak Watches MMX Marshmallow Crossbow Who’s She? Board Game See you next week for part 2! 
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Nov 6, 2023 • 54min

French Cuffing, Biz Rizz, and I’ll Have What She’s Having

French-cuff your pants and open your Notes app because this week we’re diving into some cooking thoughts, new vocab, Nora Ephron lore, and more!  Cookbooks! S/o to this tweet from Jen Rose Smith and Ali Slagle’s I Dream of Dinner, which has been Claire’s dinner salvation of late. As for the It veggies of the season, we present Grub Street’s “When Did Cabbage Get So Sexy?” and T mag's ”Radicchio Is in Season — And in Style.” New terms to use in a sentence: biz rizz, friend-in-law, and RFP, as applied to dating.  Fall reading material: I’ll Have What She’s Having by Erin Carlson. See also: I Shock Myself by Beatrice Wood and No Crying in Baseball about the making of A League of Their Own. Now a question: Is “How ‘bout that?” a thing outside of the Travis Kelce cinematic universe? Let us know at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva! Find more weeknight dinner recipes at Pillsbury.com.  Discover so many more natural diamond truths at naturaldiamonds.com/thankyou. Learn from the best with MasterClass and get an additional 15% off an annual membership with our link. YAY.
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Oct 30, 2023 • 59min

Doppelgänger and Thingies c/o Karah Preiss, Our Pop-Culture North Star

We’re back to talk Thingies with Karah Preiss, the co-founder of Belletrist, an online reading community and production company she started with Emma Roberts. She’s an executive producer of Tell Me Lies and First Kill and so many things you will watch IN THE FUTURE, and she’s also just an absolute delight.  First things first, we gotta discuss Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein.  Karah’s Thingies include The Cockmark (somehow reading-related), May December (out November 17), Rosie O'Donnell (and the taxi announcements of yore and her Friend of Barbie doll), Jenna Lyons, and Tumblr (and, related, the Pop Culture Died in 2009 account and the Swipewipe app).  Share *your* Thingies with us at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva! Count on Shopify for all your ecomm needs and get a free 14-day trial with our link. Give your hair a boost with Nutrafol. Take $15 off your first month’s subscription with the code ATHINGORTWO. Start professional counseling with BetterHelp and take 10% off your first month with our link. Discover so many more natural diamond truths at naturaldiamonds.com/thankyou. YAY.
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Oct 23, 2023 • 47min

Scary Stories, True Citrus, and the Dangers of Flossing

We’re pursuing some new interests this week including picking apart oral-care TikTok, attending monster truck rallies, and finding angry aunts that give incredible advice. OOOH, and don’t forget to hit us up with your gift-guide requests—the phone lines are open! Need noise-cancelers for your next monster truck rally (or Eras viewing)? We’re fans of Loop Earplugs. And! Zach Helfand on Monster Jam for The New Yorker. Highly recommend The Brooding column by Kathryn Jezer-Morton for The Cut,  Especially the pieces "Raising Kids Is the ‘Best Job in the World.’ Why Is Caring for the Elderly the Worst?" + "My Mom Is Selfish. Do I Still Have to be a ‘Good Daughter’?" + "Are Helicopter Parents Actually Lazy?" Kathryn Jezer-Morton is also behind Joanna Goddard’s post-divorce Q&A and "What If You Just Didn’t Clean That Up?" Related-ish: Tamar Adler’s food scraps advice newsletter The Kitchen Shrink, Maddie Coleman’s newsletter Wait Have Your Read This?, and the site Girlhood. For oral-care recs, we were inspired by this Claudia Sulewski TikTok, Curaprox toothbrushes (this travel set!), and the Slate Flosser.  Which True Citrus are you? Did The White Gown traumatize you as much as it traumatized us? Please let us know at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva! Discover so many more natural diamond truths at naturaldiamonds.com/thankyou. Look into an MBA from The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Join Book of the Month and get your first book for just $5 with the code SPOOKY. YAY.
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Oct 16, 2023 • 40min

Chicken Salad, Gas-Station Shopping, and Sandra Boynton After Dark

We’ve got a grab bag for you today featuring tampon testing, Boynton Blends, Chicken Salad Chicks, and capturing the elusive joy of shopping while at the gas station.  We were blown away by this Mother Jones article “​​Wait, Tampons Weren’t Being Tested With Human Blood?” We’re back on our Sandra Boynton beat! See Audrey Gelman’s piece for The Strategist about  Boynton Blends coffee, Anne Diven's Gaga x Sandra TikTok, and an eBay trove of vintage wallpaper. Friends, we had to do a deep-dive on Chicken Salad Chick (thank you to this How I Built This ep for much of the intel!).   Jacob Gallagher's "The Hottest Shop in America Is Your Local Gas Station" for the WSJ is very quotable—and about the state of shopping, really.  Have you eaten Chicken Salad Chick?! Tell us everything at  833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, @athingortwohq, or in our Geneva! Find more weeknight dinner recipes at Pillsbury.com.  BOTM YAY.
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Oct 9, 2023 • 53min

Rats, Rain Clogs, and Romance

Finally, it’s time to talk about our current favorite Rs: rats, rain clogs, and romance!  Our rain-clog conversation has reached new heights! As in: We have a Calzuro review for you.  Holiday shopping season is starting early because the Staten Island Pizza Rat hats are back in stock.  Now onto romance! For an IRL one, try Julia Allison and Noah Feldman. Fictional romances we love include You, Again by Kate Goldbeck (bonus read: this Vulture story about fanfics-turned-bestsellers by Elizabeth Held), The Art of Scandal by Regina Black, Tessa Bailey’s books including It Happened One Summer, Hook, Line, and Sinker, Fix Her Up, and Chase Me, and Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. Re: sports romances, see Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, The Deal by Elle Kennedy, Kennedy Ryan in general, and this GQ interview with Phillies player Bryce Harper. Also! Let’s talk about Danielle Steel’s desk—Samantha Leach did a good profile of the icon for Glamour—and Rachel Antonoff’s fall fashion campaign (completely unrelated but we love her email roundups to her vet).   Share the romances you’re into with us at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, @athingortwohq, or our Geneva! Try professional counseling from BetterHelp and take 10% off your first month with our link. Take care of your hair with Nutrafol. Take $15 off your first month’s subscription with the code ATHINGORTWO. Learn from the best with MasterClass and get an additional 15% off an annual membership with our link. YAY.
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Oct 2, 2023 • 49min

Tattoo Season and Music, Music, Music

Question for you all: Is tattoo season a thing? Follow up: Are tattoos cooler now than they used to be? Please think about your answers while listening to country artists we’re loving right now (and Post Malone while you’re at it).   On country music having a moment: Vulture and Rolling Stone.   Here are some artists (and their songs!) to dig into: Luke Combs (“When It Rains It Pours” and his cover of “Fast Car”), Zach Bryan ("I Remember Everything" featuring Kacey Musgraves, “Something in the Orange,” and his All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster live album), Kane Brown (“Nothing Compares to You” with Mickey Guyton), Midland (“Cheatin’ Songs” and “Burn Out”), Maren Morris (“The Bones,” “My Church,” and “Rich—and this Diary of a Song on her pop hit “The Middle” and everything The Highwomen), Kelsea Ballerini (“If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too),” “Hole in the Bottle,” and a special shoutout to her CMT Awards performance), Mickey Guyton (“All American” and “Black Like Me”—she was a judge on the Apple TV show My Kind of Country, too) Lainey Wilson (“Things a Man Oughta Know,” “Heart Like a Truck” and “Straight Up Sideways”), Hailey Whitters (“Everything She Ain’t” and “I’m In Love”), and Brooke Eden (“Sunroof”—video with her then-gf, now wife!). For further women-in-country reading, we re-recommend Her Country by Marissa R. Ross.  An artist we hope doesn't disappoint us: Post Malone. Let us know what music you’re loving right now at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, @athingortwohq, or our Geneva! Find more weeknight dinner recipes at Pillsbury.com.  Discover so many more natural diamond truths at naturaldiamonds.com/thankyou. Head back to school with an MBA from The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Find wellness on your next stay at Westin. Listen to Bad on Paper—if you like this podcast, you’ll like that one. YAY.
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Sep 25, 2023 • 47min

Nyming, Labor Musicals, and Autograph Books

We’re *nyming*! This week we’re covering the new era of nyms (acronyms): LIWMs (Laura Ingalls Wilder Museums), ABs (autograph books), LMs (labor musicals), SKSs (squeaky kids shoes), and CPAs (co-parenting apps). TTYL! Our new nyming era is inspired by one of our greatest TikTok minds, Jake Shane (see the toks here and here). We also reminisce on Erica’s chronicles of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Nancy Meyer’s Instagram post about her daughter’s autograph book, and we can’t get over the Ikiki kid’s shoe lore, specifically the stories of Gina the Giraffe, Rafiq the Rhino, and Brittany Eversweet. AND! Give us all the intel on OurFamilyWizard—we’ll start with celebs that use the app and the company’s new offices. If you’re looking to observe strike season, check out our favorite labor musicals The Pajama Game (1957) and Newsies (1992). Queue up “Carrying The Banner” and “Seize the Day”; cackle at the signs from a Newsies-themed WGA picket at Disney.  We will hear any and all of your favorite nyms at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, @athingortwohq, or our Geneva! Turn to Shopify for all your ecomm needs and get a free 14-day trial with our link. Find wellness on your next stay at Westin. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions with Rocket Money—and manage your money the easy way. Get  50% off your first DoorDash order up to a $20 value when you use the code ATHINGORTWO at checkout. YAY.
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Sep 18, 2023 • 56min

Alpaca Fashion Shows and Beauty Insider Priya Rao's Thingies

A new day calls for new Thingies with Priya Rao, executive editor of The Business of Beauty at BoF and creator of the Glossy narrative skin-lightening podcast Unfair. But first: a camelid costume contest. Priya’s beauty-centric Thingies include 111 Skin Eye Lift Gel NAC Y²™, Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream, Ilia Limitless Mascara , and Half Magic’s Glitter Pill. Her non-beauty Thingies? Cadets shorts for her kiddo (Claire also loves Billie Blooms), Lovevery Play Kits, The West Wing (and, ok, Felicity, Joy Ride, and Past Lives). Bonus reccomendations: the Sherri Papini story (coming soon in doc form), Scamanda, My Husband by Maud Ventura, and The Retrievals.  Do you have new Thingies? Share them with us at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, or @athingortwohq—or join our Geneva! Help out your hair with Nutrafol. Take $15 off your first month’s subscription with the code ATHINGORTWO. Find wellness on your next stay at Westin. Head back to school with an MBA from The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Rocket Money YAY.
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Sep 11, 2023 • 48min

Same Grade, Mood Boards, and Why We Don’t Get the Good Ice-Cream Bars in America

The oddness of mood boards, some back-to-school content, and one heck of a food journey, featuring international ice cream, dream potato-chip collaborations, and dip delicacies worth dealing with baggage claim. Buckle in!  Erica loves Word. notebooks, and Claire is all about the MochiThings checklist ones.   Some foods discussed: Magnum Double Starchaser, Jon and Vinny’s house salad, the 40 Aprons creamy clam dip recipe, Tenayo bean dip, Brothers Products black bean chipotle hummus, NYT's vegan onion dip recipe, and Gwyneth’s black bean recipe. This AIGA Eye on Design story by Elizabeth Goodspeed had us reconsidering the mood board.  Decoupage! Some of our favorite pieces are ones by Michelle Kim (see also: Kneeland Co.), John Derian, Joseph Heidecker, and Quintana Partners. See also: all the good stuff on Chairish. And, PSA: Mod Podge makes dishwasher-safe gloss and has incredible branding in general. Share how you do your to-do lists with us at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, or @athingortwohq—or join our Geneva! This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode. Try professional counseling from BetterHelp and take 10% off your first month with our link. Discover so many more natural diamond truths at naturaldiamonds.com/thankyou. Find wellness on your next stay at Westin. Embrace BTS season with an MBA from The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Start hiring now with a $75 sponsored-job credit to upgrade your job post at Indeed. YAY. Produced by Dear Media

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