April Recap

Finding new sparks of creativity

• Returnist Recs: 31 | Some Interruptions Are Meant to Stay

• The Returnist, IN PRACTICE | with Stacie Tabarez

• Originality, Under Review | When easier to produce means easier to mistake for the real thing

• Returnist Recs: 32 | Leveraging stubbornness and celebrating progress

Object in your home you’d rescue first in a very calm fire?

• Stacie Tabarez: Objects I’d save are photos and art projects the kids made for us as gifts.

What small upgrade improved your daily life more than expected?

• ST: Ummm, not so small… but adopting our 2 cats, Mitzi & Babs. They are sisters and couldn’t be more different. They are weird and funny and have improved our lives in the best way!

Your current favorite smell?

• ST: My current favorite smell is the jasmine blooming everywhere around LA. It’s intoxicating! Ask anyone and I’m sure they’d agree! But I also love fresh ground pepper, specifically black!

Are you minimalist, maximalist, or emotionalist?

• ST: I am an emotional maximalist! Haha for better or worse!

Or, at least the standouts: steamed Japanese sweet potatoes loaded with miso butter | the earliest of stone fruits | beyond juicy rotisserie chicken and potatoes from Chicken Guys at the famers’ market | an epic dinner at Marvito complete with crispy beef tacos, chicken piccata, shrimp enchiladas, and mezcal Negronis | protein style smash burgers at home | real deal delicious burgers at Amboy | hokkaido milk soft serve at Indigo Cow | novelty chips and a pastrami sandwich from Galco’s | the atelier plate aka perfect breakfast at Broome St General

April Flea and Farmers’ Market Hauls

Robocop | Sorry to Bother You | Say Yes to the Dress (the more recent seasons) Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere | Lots of Dodgers baseball | Jeopardy, as always | Snowfall | Summer House (yowza)

Plenty of Clairo | Narco by Timmy Trumpet (the ultimate hype song) | Door by Conan Grey | honey thighs by strongboi | Better Hate by Jessica Pratt | Ghostride by Crumb | Don’t Delete the Kisses by Wolf Alice | Run Baby Run by Sam MacPherson | Easy Does It by GoldFord | Losing Focus by EXUM

Coffee catch ups with friends | Longer walks | many projects around the house, including some woodwork | flea market rambles | meeting Substack writer friends IRL | brand new washer and dryer, at long last | extra snuggles from Olive when she wasn’t feeling well | donating things we no longer need and subsequently making space | going to Ontario Tower Buzzers AND Dodgers games in the same month | an attempt at being more witchy woo woo for the full moon | fringed tulips