What to do this week

Ideal Week

What to do this week(end): January 8-14

  Happy first week of 2022 everyone! Anyone else just refusing to take down your Christmas tree, no matter how many loose pine needles you keep tracking all over the place? Based on the unofficial research I’ve been conducting on my nightly walks, on which I’ve been known to longingly stare into a brownstone window... Read more »

Ideal Week

What to do this week(end): Dec. 18-24

Oh, chickens, I wish things were looking a bit more cheery as we head into another terrifying COVID surge that seems pretty hell bent on ruining Christmas, or at least significantly f’ing with it anyway. A variant that spreads much faster than the previous ones AND is more adept at evading immunity feels like an... Read more »

Thursday, January 1

What to do this week(end): Dec. 11-17

Greetings, gang, and welcome to the weekend! It’s nice to be here with you all — a lovely respite from frantically checking tracking numbers for packages that all feel doomed to arrive on December 26 (related: when it just says “label created” for over a week with no other updates, is it safe to assume... Read more »

Ideal Week

What to do this week(end): Nov. 19-25

  We’re less than a week out from Thanksgiving, gang, so here’s hoping that you’ve got your tickets booked, your menus planned, and your streaming devices loaded up with stuff to pretend to watch while you pass out on your couch. It’s traditionally a bit of a wash of a week, and nobody here is... Read more »

Ideal Week

What to do this week(end): Nov. 12- Nov. 18

It’s Friday, everybody, and that’s something to feel good about, even if loss of Daylight Savings feels especially brutal this year AND I’m officially in the throes of my first cold in two years. To be honest, I sort of forgot what it’s like to be sick (which I know is a fantastic stroke of... Read more »