Morning Brew - ☕️ Magic show

I’ve recently hopped on the biker shorts bandwagon, and there’s no better WFH outfit. I’m on a mission to find the best pair—price, comfort, fit. Stay tuned for my findings. Any recs? 

— Rachel Cantor 

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I’m new to the whole K-pop trend, but with their triple threat of looks, choreography, and bops, BTS has won me over. Their hottest song, “Dynamite,” will 100% make my Spotify Wrapped later this year. At the same time, K-pop is still a mystery. Here are some of the most interesting things I found from my deep dive into the South Korean musical melange genre. 

• The only question that matters: Why is K-pop so big right now? 
• For a behind-the-scenes look at Blackpink, the K-pop girl group, watch their Netflix documentary, coming out next Wednesday. 
• A look into the success of “Dynamite” and how BTS beat the U.S. music industry at its own game. 

Hey Google: Google Drive is your friend who has it all—a personal budget tracker, a travel guide for every major city, and a moving checklist. Here’s how to optimize the most underrated personal development tool and simplify nearly every corner of your life. 

School from home: If you’re still sleeping through your 8am or scrambling to find the Zoom link 30 seconds before class, check out these tech hacks to stay on time and on task. 

Love in the time of corona: Swipe right (with a Clorox wipe) on this pandemic-friendly dating guide, and this time opt for a pre-date meditation instead of your typical shot of liquid courage.

We found our favorite field of science: sitting.

Yes, you read that right. Herman Miller has been perfecting the science of sitting for over a century, building office chairs worthy of classification as a legitimate scientific field.

What makes these chairs so advanced? Herman Miller takes your body into account when building these groundbreaking pieces of science. 

For instance, the body’s posture changes 53 times in an hour on average—so Herman Miller built chairs designed to support all those micromovements.

Science feels good on your back, readers.

Power your pursuits with one of Herman Miller’s iconic chairs.

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I’ve already carved my Halloween pumpkins (not well), stocked up on fun-sized candy, and scoured my college costume bin twice. Now it’s time to get this ghost party started. 

Hocus Pocus: Magic shows are hit or miss—you’re either watching a cheesy, cruise-ship version or one of Las Vegas’s hottest stars. But I discovered a captivating illusionist, Helder Guimarães. Tickets are now available for his mind-bending show after its entire 24-week run sold out. 

Eat, drink, be scary: 

• Eat: You’ll definitely find some Halloween-themed treats on Alton Brown’s Good Eats special, “The House That Dripped Chocolate,” which premieres tonight on Food Network. Or, boo someone sweetly with your three favorite Halloween treats combined into one magical cookie.
• Drink: It’s almost witching hour. Learn how to concoct potions and perform spells from the Sanderson sisters cousins in this Hocus Pocus musical cocktail experience.
• Be scary: Journey back in time to crack one of the world’s greatest unsolved murder mysteries on this Jack the Ripper Murder Mystery Tour. 

Dress the part: Win Best Costume at your office’s Zoom costume contest with these ideas.

Self-care: Exhale all your negative thoughts and launch them into space. 

Grab and go: If you don’t know how to eat a burrito without it falling apart on you, then you might want to invest in this burrito dispenser. 

WFH inspo: Curated workspace setups from real people sent straight to your inbox. 

Area 51: Here’s a cool way to classify conspiracy theories.

Animation nation: This is the holy grail of animation sequences. 

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That’s a beach in Nice, the capital of the French Riviera. What I wouldn't give right now to read The Three-Body Problem while drinking a glass of rosé under one of those umbrellas. With any luck, we’ll all get to elope there soon. 

Hope you all have a great weekend, and see you back here on Monday afternoon (in biker shorts, of course).