Crowd Favorite: Morning Baths, Workout Wear, Butter Money, and Kale Phones
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
Release Date: 09/02/2024
Our Top Thingies of Last Year
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
Before diving into the newness of 2025, we wanted to reflect on our top Thingies of last year. Fashion, framing, food, and a full-blown flurry of favorites ahead! Claire’s best-of Thingies include , , , , , and . Erica’s Thingies of the year include , (specifically their Laura style), , , , and, of course, . What were your 2024 Thingies? Let us know at 833-632-5463, , , or in ! Download the free app and book that doctor’s appointment now. Launch your store on and get a $1-a-month trial with our link. YAY.
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Goop Kitchen, Isitpacked.com, and the Slow Death of Ellemenohpee
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
It’s time to let your inner Larry David out because we have THOUGHTS to SHARE! Gen Alpha has a new (jarring??) way to learn their . We were suspicious of for planning a Disneyland trip, but we’ve changed our tune. Things we won’t shut up about include and . Let’s discuss , shall we? Do you/kids in your life have daily affirmations? If so, send them in at 833-632-5463, , , or pop them in ! Learn from the best with and get up to 50% off when you use our link.
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Crowd Favorite: Olsen Oracle, Holiday Cards, and Inspiringly Nutty Ways to Use the Notes App
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
Call it a classic grab bag from this time last year! Please note that we are still in the market for your Notes App intel… Gained some wisdom from , a perfect fan account (that is maybe even ???). We’re having a Marcella Hazan moment, thanks to, as Food & Wine put it her Some recipes we’ve been cooking: , , , , and . Speaking of cooking, we must discuss , which pairs well with which she wrote for Mother Jones. Your Notes Apping!! See: (um, ). We also love . What weird things are you up to in the Notes App? Let us know at...
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Crowd Favorite: Alison Roman’s Thingies and One Last Kid Gifting Idea
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
In a rerun of an *absolute hit* episode from last holiday season, we’re talkin’ Thingies with Alison Roman, the woman behind a SLEW of recipes we cook all the dang time. We know you know her, but JIC, she’s the author of NYT bestselling—and gifty!—cookbooks , and , she doles out the most delightful kitchen content in and on her YouTube channel, and she delivers guidance of all kinds on her podcast. In essence: She’s full of thoughts, and we want them all. First things first, what we would bring to a pilot kid-gift swap (thx, Leslie!): , , , , and . Alison’s...
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A Double Dose of Eighties Content and Pizza Hut Wine
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
Are a majority of today’s topics serendipitously eighties related? Yes. Are we inadvertently excited about that? Indeed. Pizza Hut updates! Tomato-basil and . Someone barefoot 24/7: . And spotted! Cutie eyes on . We are loving , which is based on a novel by Dame Jilly Cooper. See also: her takes in and . If you’re in NYC soon, check out at , and read for more backstory. Share your follow-ups and/or recommendations at , , , or our comments! Count on for all your ecomm needs and get a...
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Animal Updates and Thingies with Sanjana Basker, Romance Thinker Extraordinaire
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
You ready to talk about romance, feminism, and monsters? We sure are, and so is Sanjana Basker, a psychology PhD student and bookish content creator who we’re obsessed with (in a totally normal way). Also: some animal updates, thank goodness. Animal Updates! Kacey Musgraves is an NYC rat defender (join the club), has captured our hearts, and Claude has arrived at Erica’s house (by way of )! Sanjana’s Thingies are , mass-market paperbacks, , (see also: ), and . Some authors mentioned in this ep include and , and books mentioned include , and by Katrina...
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Where to Gift Guide and Photo-Dissecting Icon Emily Keegin’s Guest Thingies
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
We are so excited to chat with photo director/visual cultural commentator/incredible Instagram follow about her Thingies! Also: some thoughts on where to get your gift guides this year, should you not be overwhelmed with them already. Thank you for respecting our decision not to do 2024 gift guides! If you want past installments, we have . For the freshest stuff, check out , (the modern Neiman Marcus catalog?), , , , The Strategist’s searchable , and (that’ll point you toward this year’s too, certainly). Emily’s Thingies include polychoral music from the 1500s (Fifty...
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Good Bitchy Bosses, the IG Comment Section, and Book It!
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Welcome to Article Club! A few that require our attention this week span topics from an important anniversary to management tips to recommendation culture. Now off to go eat a personal pan pizza… Is it an overstatement to say that Book It! is one of our generation’s premier cultural references? commemorates the 40th anniversary, and made us feel nostalgic. See also: and of . We loved . Here’s to intergenerational slaying! is a tribute to physical guidebooks of yore featuring 670 NYC shops. It has a too! Relevant: . Does anybody have any intel on Cutie Eyes? Please share with...
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Minimalist Shoes, Eat/Pray/Love, and Wrinkle Makeup
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
Another day, another kookalook collection of topics from us, including new lingo care of (honorary Bob) Jack Schlossberg, wrinkle makeup, minimalist shoes, LaGuardia Airport, and a straw cupdate. Wrinkle makeup—not what you think, probably! Check out a couple of looks by and . Related: . In which we dip our toes into the minimalist shoes conversation: , , and are all relevant on the content front. Some brands of interest: , , and . They kind of remind us of , , and ballet flats with wide toe boxes from and . Also: Let’s take this opportunity to shoutout . ...
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Farmonious Sounds and Hardly Strangers Author A.C. Robinson’s Thingies (Shoulder Pads Included)
A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
We are DELIGHTED to have on today to share her Thingies from her perfect, wood-paneled home (more on that, clearly). She’s the author of the 831 Stories release , out tomorrow, and, wow, we can’t wait for you to read this one. Alana’s Thingies include shoulder pads, thrifting (see: !), her home in Century City, and Irish culture (shoutout to , and ). Want more Alana? Check out , her premier collection of personal poetry. Also, that is (somehow) a follow-up to our milk.com conversation. What are *your* Thingies? Let us know at , , , or our comments! ...
info_outlineIn a true throw-back classic episode from last year: Make sure to double-knot your shoes because we’re running through a bunch of activewear brands, morning baths, kale phones, butter money, and COTC (corn on the cob, clearly).
You can read more about Vuori’s lore in Courier (and try out their Pose fitted polo, Daydream drew, and All the Feels bra for yourself). Other workout wear of interest: Splits59 (specifically their Raquel flared leggings), Wilson (how ‘bout these Wynne pleated pants and the pleated court short?), Tracksmith ( their Article One running sunglasses collab!), District Vision, Satisfy, On, Tory Sport, and Sweaty Betty. Curious about cool sports stores? We’ve heard good things about Distance in Paris, we love FrontRunners in L.A., and we have to hand it to Pete Carlson Golf and Tennis in Palm Desert for going *deep*.
The everything shower! Consider this reel from The Everygirl your primer.
If you’re looking to limit your oblivion time, check out the OneSec app…or consider the cocaine/kale phone, via George Mack by way of Trung Phan. Also, the to-google notepad, ℅ Courtney Martin.
Butter sculpture season, our Bama Rush? A great read: "The Secret Feminist History of Butter Cows” by Lyz Lenz.
What activewear brands do you like, how do you morning bath if you do such a thing?! Share with us at 833-632-5463, [email protected], or @athingortwohq—or join our Geneva!
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