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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: In NYC! With friends! On my couch! Listening to so much music! 

* MM: music things! Several dope concerts (All Things Go, Fletcher, the Killers, Charlotte Sands) and huge month for Swifties the world around.

* Some bonus content because we really went off book here:

* Spicy ranch pretzel thins

* Marie’s punk daughter Charlotte Sands

* The bubble song in question

* Digital wellness and hating our phones! 

* 2 tips: never set your phone down face up on a table & move your phone charger out of arms reach 

* Spoiler alert: Marie bought a flip phone immediately post-recording

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: life altering pandan filled donut from Gwenie’s Pastries

* Best AA: vanilla bruleè ice cream flavor Morgenstern’s 

* Worst MM: Fly By Jing chili crisp there I said it

* Worst AA: Betty Who’s new album :( 

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: The Mole 

* MM: If you have leftover halloween candy, make these cookies

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* Midnights 

* ICYMI, Miss Kim K wore an insane costume to a decidedly non-costume party.

* The Watcher OG article

Look Ahead:

* AA: same and I guess the holidays and more travel 

* MM: Honestly feeling shook by the fact that it’s November

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: September was legitimately 5 seconds - socializing, rock climbing, September at the Farmers Market 

* MM: having some poems published *humble brag*, watching my best friend get married, thinking and writing about myself A LOT which is weird!

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: rediscovering pierogies

* Best AA: Atwater’s Brown Butter Pumpkin Bread /charcuterie cone

* Worst MM: sports misogyny at H Street Biergarten Haus / Dear Evan Hansen

* Worst AA: Timber Pizza 

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: Dear Sundays polish

* MM: MUNA live in concert / Do Revenge

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* Lesbian TikTok Drama: the JoJo Siwa & Avery Update

* AliRO (More Than) A Cooking Show *queue eye roll* / Molly Baz Youtube channel

* ICYMI the Queen died lol OR Butter Boards

Look Ahead:

* AA: FALL <3 running again, NY, small business stuff! The release of BIG and Midnights 

* MM: FALL THINGS! Yard sale! Being in DC for more than a week at a time!

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: vacationing, transitioning, Brandi Carlile-ing, relaxing??, cleaning

* MM: Big working remotely moment, visiting some new states for the first time in a long time!

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: Whidbey Island and Greenbank Pantry & Deli

* Best AA: Chocolate Cherry Cake by Eric Kim

* Worst MM: The Bob Evans Experience™️

* Worst AA: What do people that are cool wear when they are wearing Business?

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: the Peloton lol

* MM: Lost & Found by Kathryn Shultz

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* Leonardo DiCaprio refuses to date anyone over 25 and the tweets are important

* The bon appetit series “The Receipt” - here is the latest for your eye roll 

* TS10

*Bonus: Olivia Wilde drama

Look Ahead:

* AA: committing to moving my bod daily, investing in my ~Spare Time~, maintaining space and boundaries through a new phase of *work*, embracing the back to school vibes

* MM: being a no person, fitness journey which obviously always leads to a mental health journey, poetry publications (!), sitting on my butt on my couch with my cats at last!!!!

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: enjoying my life???? Cape cod, concerts, being outside, being in water, visiting friends, going to the farmers market, making salads

* MM: not believing it was actually the month of July, working, wedding-ing!

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: Extremely life-altering fried chicken at Toyko Record Bar (honorable mention maybe I like sake now??)

* Best AA: eeva in Philly 

* Worst MM: CAR

* Worst AA: ears

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin / The Bear 

* MM: Hold On Baby, King Princess’ Sophomore album

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* Oatmeal Arancini–the culture has failed

* Our IG food fave follows are officially Lame Now (@ BA, Food52, Feed Feed) - BA ‘receipts’

* The soul cycle / peloton marketing thing 

Look Ahead:

* AA: PTO, Brandi, more friends, more outdoor time, Being a Summer Girl???, new beginnings 

* MM: Work from Road August™ –exploring some new states and seeing friends! Farmers market!!!

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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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Show Notes⬇️⬇️⬇️

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

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: feels like absolutely nothing, some music some comedy some friendship times, workout routine, feeling incredibly stagnant 

* MM: ~vacation~, so much reading, listening to Bad Bunny’s new album 

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: Unexpectedly hanging out with friends 

* Best AA: maple bagel w/ candied salmon cream cheese / Two Boots Farm

* Worst MM: $6 vegan banana bread / free breakfast, La Finca Victoria, Vieques 

* Worst AA: Erika potentially having to be a Grand Juror 

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: Claire Saffitz’ funfetti cake (confetti cake)

* MM: The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan / Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* Hayley Kiyoko and Becca Tilley CONFIRM RELATIONSHIP

* Korean American 

* New Kardashians

* Harry Styles Album

Look Ahead:

* AA: finally leaving Washington DC; hopefully other things changing too!!!! Vacation, healthy journey 

* MM: More vacation! YOLO; adopting kittens!

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How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: listening to podcasts, being a single dog mom, seeing Joseph 2x, pelotoning, making peanut butter rice crispy treats

* MM: having covid —> watching stuff. Twilight movies!

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: brussels gnocchi from NYT

* Best AA: Salad I made 5x in a row - 365 sesame ginger dressing

* Worst MM: having covid

* Worst AA: No Goodbyes 

* Shared Best: Eric Kim / Korean American

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: Las Cultch / Everything Everywhere All The Time

* MM: Okay, Boomer the pod & Severance

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* A - Audrey Gelman Pivots to CottageCore

* B - CNN+ to shut down

* C - Elon Musk buys Twitter

Wild Card:

* AA or MM - Her Country by Marissa R. Moss / cottage cheese hot take

Look Ahead:

* AA: more live music, celebrating Erika, getting a new job, picnics 

* MM: leaving my home lol

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Show Notes⬇️⬇️⬇️ 

Intro:

* Welcome to Spare Time - where we endorse spending your free time however the fuck you want!

* Book Club - stay tuned for updates about our first Spare Time Book ep ~coming in April~. Speaking of April, our book is Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: being an auntie, family dinners, music (lizzy/holly), making the carolina gelen salmon, professional mask

* MM: turning 30, having guests in my home, meeting co-workers in person

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: birthday lunch: Ekiben the Neighborhood Bird sandwich (ft. Rich As Fuck by Lil Wayne)

* Best AA: torched salmon sushi / the pancake song

* Worst MM: feeling depressed and having memory loss (~vulnerable~)

* Worst AA: none of my pants fit me lol / I need a brand new wardrobe

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: Maren Morris new album Humble Quest / bring back the honeybar

* MM: @crispyegg420

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* A - the slap heard round the world 

* B - Taylor Swift backlash Where the Crawdads Sing

* C - Joe Harding, who crafted the Don’t Say Gay Bill in Florida, had his house destroyed by a tornado. I’m no expert but…seems like a sign from a wrathful Old Testament God.

Look Ahead:

* AA: Whole food journey (so no croissants) 

* MM: deleted instagram; digital wellness journey? Fitness journey???

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Show Notes⬇️⬇️⬇️ 

Intro:

* Welcome to Spare Time!

* What does Spare Time mean to you right now? - kicking things off with a little existential crisis!

* Book Club - Feb update + March announcement 

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: cds, feeling blah, traveling a little, listening to music a little, making froyo (finally)

* MM: Grocery shopping too much (see: AA’s budget journey). Planning so much travel! What the 

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: strawberry cream cheese frosting & boxed brownies–go off queens!!!

* Best AA: rock climbing

* Worst MM: ikea……again

* Worst AA: zucchini falafel 

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: Inventing Anna? But actually Love is Blind 

* MM: Sorry but…all the wordle spinoffs?! (quordle, octordle, worldle, wordle espanol, nerdle)

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* A - Hot milk in cereal? 

* B - The president of Ukraine has the most outrageous backstory

* C - Euphoria really happened this month and I am shook

Look Ahead:

* AA: croissants or cook from a book?

* MM: yard parties! Landscaping? What is the normal amount of time/money/labor to invest in the yard of a rental property?

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Show Notes:

* Welcome to Spare Time!

* What does Spare Time mean to you? 

How did you spend your spare time this month:

* AA: Listening to Lizzy McAlpine an unhealthy amount, re-learning to knit, dreaming, finding clarity, watching Insecure 

* MM: Facebook marketplace, prepping LNY menu, watching yellowjackets, dopesick, journaling, cooking a lot of food

Best/Worst:

* Best MM: feeling cozy and at peace at home

* Best AA: Apple Pie / Mushroom Sandwich @ HMC

* Worst MM: so fucking unfocused! Also ikea errand 

* Worst AA: Omicron lol

Spare Time Rec:

* AA: Yerba Buena / Something I vehemently do not recommend is A Little Life

* MM: resin making but do it better than I did lol

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know:

* New Music we are manifesting this year 

* Inventing Anna - discuss Anna Delvey 

* Ina Garten & Martha Stewart beef

Wild Card:

* MM bathtub? Yes you got it

Look Ahead:

* AA: Not working past 6 / Creating work boundaries + My home budget / cooking journey + my workout journey + music 

* MM: going outside into the park more, maybe getting a cat???

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