The Sunday Digest 064
Plus a special episode of The Sunday Scaries Podcast.
Welcome to The Sunday Digest — a free Sunday newsletter featuring long (and some short) reads, original columns, things I’ve saved over the last week, relaxing playlists, episodes releases, exclusive product drops, and more. Yes, you can reply to this email. I’d love to hear from you. Or, if podcasts are more your speed on Sundays, we’ve got that too.
Sunday Read › ‘She Eats, She Pays, She Gets the F– Out’
Servers, bartenders, and owners explain what happens when Taylor Swift visits their NYC restaurants.
by Rachel Handler for Vulture
If this year is anything like last year (and the year before that and the year before that), there’s a more-than-zero chance that Taylor Swift finds herself on my Spotify Wrapped. While “Cruel Summer” had a good run this June through August, the gaps were filled in with favorites from Folklore and 1989 (Taylor’s Version).
Given this information, you’d think the reservation we got at Via Carota in New York would’ve been because of her appearances there as of late. While we were lucky to score our reservation before she flooded it with people, it was clear the landscape of the restaurant had changed since her appearance there.
For reasons that should be clear by now, this week’s Sunday Read hit a lot of notes for me. Here’s an excerpt:
I tell our server, a lovely young woman, about my undertaking, and she sighs a polite but ancient sigh, a sigh that hints at a dark tale of hundreds of women who look exactly like me coming to Via Carota and asking her about Taylor Swift. “I wasn’t here when she came in last time, but I’ll see if her server is here or if my manager wants to talk about it,” she says.
Neither person ever appears. Near the end of our meal, we casually ask our server about Taylor’s order, her vibe, her tipping habits, where she sat, and the server shrugs with a combination of genuine disinterest and deep-state-level secrecy.
Read in full here.
New Episode › How My Dad Spends His Sundays
A long overdue guest joins us this week to discuss how he spends his Sundays: My Dad. From gardening to reading the newspaper to cooking comfort food, enjoy this week's special edition of The Sunday Scaries Podcast.
Listen to this special Sunday Scaries episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube (see above), and anywhere else podcasts are found.
New Episode › Retail Therapy 053: Manhattans and Airport Outfits
It finally happened for the Retail Therapy faithful: We hit temperatures in the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. And we have to admit, the sudden change in temperature kind of rattled us and inspired some discussion surrounding our fit paralysis. We also discuss early Drink of the Fall contenders, the rise of the Lapse photography app, Jacob Elordi’s airport style, my Skims boxer briefs review, wishlist items, and more.
Listen to Retail Therapy on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube (see above), and anywhere else podcasts are found.
The Sunday Haiku: Everyone Knows You’re Lying But We All Do This Song and Dance Anyway
I’m not hungover,
“I’m just tired,” is what I say,
I’m hungover though.
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