Intro: Welcome to Spare Time, the pod where we recap the month 

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: SUMMERING: blueberry picking, weddings, capture the flag, cape cod, swimming, falling asleep on the couch 

* MM: flying across the world, realizing I am old (it’s not that I don’t feel good…it’s that I *can’t* feel good), becoming a mother

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: Indian food in India (mango lassis, chai, paneer), but since that is high-key a copout, Pride ~conceptually~

* Best AA: Friendship Bracelet / Chocolate Cream Pie from Flour Bakery 

* Worst MM: realizing I hate summer squash and losing our basic rights

* Worst AA: the VA tax office 

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: Picnicking: Halloumi with Corn, Cherry Tomatoes, and Basil, Ginger Dill Salmon, Kale and Sugar Snap Pea Salad

* MM: Muna’s self-titled album

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* Daily Harvest lentil gate

* The One That Got Away feat. Betty Who

* American Girl Doll meme explosion - thank you @hellicity_merriman

Look Ahead:

* AA: maintaining my Coastal Grandma Lifestyle, reuniting with friends in NYC and Philly, turning 31, reading outside, hanging with my babes 

* MM: a very chaotic July awaits: another Indian wedding (but this time in Virginia), a week long work conference in Orlando, another work thing in PA, and testing out my MOH skills at a bachelorette party

* Book club ep - discussing our June book, Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones, and our July book, We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

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