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Our Pop-Culture Guide Hunter Harris on Thingies and Afternoon Fruit Roll-Ups

A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica

Release Date: 09/16/2024

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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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A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica

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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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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 Thing or Two with Claire and Erica

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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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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!  ...

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We are THRILLED that cultural commentator/overall delight Hunter Harris—of Hung Up and Lemme Say This fame—is joining us today to share her Thingies! We couldn’t chat with her without asking for her takes on all the hot pop culture gossip, so unwrap your Fruit Roll-Up and enjoy!

 

Want more of Hunter? If you don’t already, subscribe to her must-read newsletter Hung Up and listen to her Wondery podcast Lemme Say This, which she co-hosts with Thingies alum Peyton Dix

 

Hunter’s Thingies are LMNT electrolyte drink mixes, Fruit Roll-Ups, lemon and orange essential oils in the trash can, Rhode Pocket Blush, washing her makeup brushes, iS Clinical Active Serum, and tennis.

 

She gets her news (aka celeb gossip) from Gossip Time, StraightioLab, Las Culturistas, Who? Weekly, and of course, Reddit influencer snark. 

 

Want to get in on the accidental Idiocracy x Crocs collab? Share your thoughts at 833-632-5463, [email protected], or @athingortwohq—or join our Geneva!