tiny newsletter #51: grab bag recs

hello hello!

hi from home! i flew back to michigan last night and am v excited for some quality family time. plus, all the dr appts i lined up since my healthcare is still here lol.

before leaving, this week i…

🗞️ read this illustrated article on nyc salaries. it’s from one of my fav nyt columns, scratch, that is supposedly about money but rly about people's lives. each installment is a result of teamwork btwn artist julia rothman and writer shaina feinberg, two total mavens. 

🎧 listened to this fake id x walking on a dream remix. i feel like a middle school boy, can't believe i'm sending you a soundcloud link?? but i’ve been trying to keep an early wake-up time and this is what's getting me up and out of bed by 6:30am. 

🏓 played pickleball. s/o to fotn haley shanahan and jessica lee for teaching me! it felt like a mix of ping pong and tennis – i forgot how fun sports can be. tons of parks offer pickleball equipment to rent for free, but if yours doesn't, haley's net and paddles come highly rec'd!

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📦 neighborhood news 📦 this week, my street's ups delivery driver tony viera retired after 29 years. i can't imagine working somewhere that long and i'm a bit heartbroken i never got to meet him. by the time i come down from the 4th floor, he's always already gone. ty for your service, tony!

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