Weekend Recs #35: Feel the love (and the chocolate cake)
You’re currently a free subscriber to Downtime. If you love what you read and discover here, please consider upgrading to paid. It’s what allows me (literally!) work on the newsletter. Thanks for reading, either way! Weekend Recs #35: Feel the love (and the chocolate cake)A special guest edit by writer, editor, and podcast host Aliza Abarbanel.There’s a fresh thread in the subscriber chat for February recommendations. Share your current obsessions and/or ask for recs. Paid subs can see it on the web here or in the Substack app.Happy Friday and happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! 🐉 We’re heading to a friend’s place this weekend to make dumplings and usher in a year of good fortune. We have a special guest curator of the newsletter today. Long-time readers may know Aliza Abarbanel, who edited Downtime while I was on hiatus. Aliza is a writer, editor, and podcast host living in Brooklyn. She's also the co-founder of the (super cool) Cake Zine and is a regular at the farmers' market, where she's “already counting the days until strawberry season.” Take it away, Aliza! Today’s post has…
—Alisha Hi! It’s Aliza here, so happy to be back in your inbox with some recs for your weekend…
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