We get all our best Gen Z intel from Casey Lewis (you subscribe to After School, right?). This week, we’re getting it straight from her mouth. As the 27-year-olds we know say: galactic slay.
Asking what it would take for this little character to get a whole animated series.
Dressing up tinned sardines.
Breezing through a novelization of the heyday of Jacqueline Susann and Jackie Collins that reads as satisfyingly as their books.
Changing the color of fire.
Hyping the various perfect spaces at Botanica for your LA party-planning needs.
Watching in awe as my kid falls in love with chess.
Learning that a rather unassuming bottled salad dressing called Garlic Expressions (what a name!) has earned itself a cult following.
Deciding that among the many things to love about Alec Egan’s brain-massaging artwork, the pattern-mixing is what really makes it for me.
Dipping my toes in the Notion waters. I’m cautiously optimistic that it might completely change my life (?), and I welcome tips on its best features.
Sharing Liberty Graphics in case you are in the phase of parenting (or your own life) where every shirt must have a picture on it. (Some favorites: brontosaurus, Sal, strawberries.)
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Garlic Expressions is the GOAT, also amazing as a marinade for shrimp
Claire! I am a huge Notion enthusiast and so excited for you to dip your toes. I do a lot of different things (#creativemultitude) so the ability to view what I'm working on in a variety of ways is a game changer. I use the relations feature A LOT which lets you connect information across databases...I could go on forever, but would be so happy to geek out, I mean, chat through with you if you bump into questions or just want a general point of view on where to start. It's so customizable, which is amazing but also overwhelming.