tiny newsletter #36: feels like fall

hello hello,

tgi freakin f! how's everyone doing? here in nyc, the mornings are cooling down and the leaves are juuuust starting to change. my fav season is here!

this week, i...

🍠 roasted honeynut squash. this is my fav trick to extend the life of a sweetgreen salad – i roast an extra veggie and throw it in the mix. you can eat the skin of a honeynut just like delicata, big fall energy! 

📺 watched how to with john wilson. recommended by fotn eliza cuevas, this heartfelt docuseries is an education in social behavior conveyed through clips of nyc and its inhabitants. loved it!

🎧 listened to i've got a friend. i think this is my #1 pick on maggie rogers' new album surrender. “i've got a friend who's been there through it all / talked me out of jail / talked me off the panic rail." i've been playing it on repeat after hearing her sing it earlier this month irl.

~ bonus section ~ 

🔨 how to fix small holes in your walls 🔨 did you move into an apartment that had holes and chips from the previous tenant like i did? here's how to make your walls look good as new. 

1. gather supplies. you'll need a putty knife, spackle, a sanding block, primer, paint, and a paintbrush. a little bucket or tray to catch drips is helpful too. 

2. before you put any spackle on it, use the clean putty knife to scrape off any chips on your wall, getting the surface as smooth as you can.

2. then, let's get to business. open up the spackle, take your putty knife and scoop some of it up.

3. maneuvering it like icing on a cake, use it to fill the hole – keep layering and scraping until the hole has been filled and the area around the hole is as clean as you can get it.

4. wait! it takes 1-2 hrs for spackle to dry, and sometimes it shrinks. give it 2 hrs and then re-apply if necessary. repeat til the hole truly has been filled up. 

5. once the spackle is dry, use your sanding block to sand any uneven dried surface. you want the wall to be as flat as possible. 

6. brush off any spackle dust and use your paintbrush to apply a thin layer of primer over the hole. try to not go crazy, keep it close to what you're covering. 

7. wait! once the primer is dry, paint over it with your wall's paint color. you may need 2 coats but be patient and wait for it to fully dry inbetween coats, else it won't turn out as nice.

et voila! you'd never even know there was a hole. warning - you may become addicted to this process and go around your apt filling up every tiny little thing. it's ok if you do. 

💌 and that's the tiny letter! thank you for reading, xo aud