Janurary 2024

Celebrating the first ep of 2024, an amazing new song, an anniversary weekend, and much much more, but, most insanely of all: celebrating five years of the Spare Time Pod--in all her iterations

How did you spend your spare time this month:

• MM: wintering (real) and wintering (Miami), making some treats, getting engaged again, watching movies

• AA: anniversary weekend, Fam, playing in snow!, willing myself to knit, going to the theater!!!, seeing JOSEPH <3 

Best/Worst:

• Worst:

  • MM: sorry but Hannahs sweet potato mantou (from Tenderheart)

  • AA: the obvious (honorable mention lutèce) 

• Best: 

  • AA: TBIL / Rasika 

  • MM: spontaneous dim sum at China Garden Han Gong (highlights: shumai, green beans, chow fun)

Spare Time Rec:

• AA: The Curse? Good Material by Dolly Alderton 

• MM: “Right Back to It” by Waxahatchee (also…Fool Me Once??? sorry)

Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know: 

1. Oscar Noms / The Grammys 

2. The new Fletcher album / the new MR album 

3. Mean Girls movie and any other films 

Look Ahead:

• MM: Leap day!!!! Shoemaker family gathering, Lunar New Year, Miami…the dawning of Marie’s Busy Time™️

• AA: Boston/Cape time, new music I think, Portland Maine, bubby time basically 

Spare Time Sundries are here!