The Sunday Digest 118
"It took me back to somethin' that I'd lost somewhere, somehow along the way."
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Sunday Read › The Onscreen Apartments That Made Them Want to Live in New York
by Catherine Hong for T Magazine
My favorite thing about 90s sitcoms is the way main characters would have loud conversations in the kitchen as if the people in the living room can’t hear a thing. This particularly stuck out in Frasier whenever Frasier and Niles would have a dinner party, but this practice was also found in other favorites of mine: Friends, Home Improvement, and the list goes on.
My second favorite thing about 90s sitcoms? Well, the apartments. Obviously, my heart lives in Seattle in Frasier’s penthouse but I’ve still always enjoyed the nostalgia of watching an old show and over-dissecting their living space.
And this week’s Sunday Read does just that. Here’s an excerpt:
I grew up in Brazil and, like many middle-school-aged millennials around the world, I religiously watched “Friends” to learn English. The décor of the apartments — the purple walls in Monica’s apartment, the La-Z-Boy chairs in Joey and Chandler’s — didn’t exactly provoke design envy. But I loved how the spaces were a safe, warm environment for these six friends to be themselves. I moved to Williamsburg after grad school, and funnily enough, it was much like “Friends.” Me, my then-husband, my best friend and her then-boyfriend shared a unicorn of an apartment: a rent-controlled three-bedroom, three-bathroom with a private rooftop. We hung out, ate our meals together and threw a few parties. I still love the idea of having friends over, ordering Chinese food and sitting around the coffee table while we eat from takeout containers.
Read in full here.
The Sunday Haiku
Cannot understand
why Apple made their snooze
nine minutes, not ten.
New Episode › Retail Therapy 103: White Table Clothes and Pool Chairs
Why we may start using "white table cloth" as an adjective rather than a noun, the race for pool chairs on vacation, Wedding Ins and Outs from The New York Times, and more. We also go through the disappearance of the viral Charli XCX record, some footy apparel pieces, bath house Justin Bieber, Arc’Teryx beanies, why there are bidding wars for a Martha Stewart cookbook from 1982, and wishlist items.
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