Urban Outfitters & A Human-Sized Shipment of Packing Peanuts
Plus links to my current (healthy) obsessions
I’m Tawny, author of Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze, co-host of the Recovery Rocks podcast, and co-founder of the vinegar-based botanical beverage, (parentheses)
Happy Monday! This human-sized shipment of compostable packing peanuts just arrived. Just another day in the startup life.
Here’s what I’ve been up to…
Humpy’s at Urban Outfitters
Teenage/20-something me who shopped at Urban Outfitters relied heavily on liquid courage to navigate dating, communication, and intimacy. She NEEDED a book like this, a book that helps readers connect with one another without liquid courage. She’s actually the person I wrote Dry Humping for.
If you see Humpy at your local Urban Outfitters, please send me a pic!
(parentheses) is Now at Spirited Away
My new NA drink, (parentheses), is now available at Spirited Away in NYC. Ordering from specialty bottle shops helps us because it shows retailers that they should keep our products on the shelves. The same thing goes for buying books from stores like Urban Outfitters! The more you request our products/books, the better chance we have to succeed. Authors are entrepreneurs, too!
What I’m Drinking:
Good Time Non-Alc IPA
For Bitter or Worse Eva’s Spritz
Corona NA - It’s so freaking delish! Bonus points for adding spicy salt to the bottle for a little extra zing with each sip
(parentheses) - OK yes this is my drink. #shamelessplug
What I’m Reading:
Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn - This book should be required reading for anyone who loves. Each chapter serves as a stand-alone interview between the author and her subject. They talk about everything from intimacy, grief, friendships, boundaries, and anything else that consumes us as we love one another. She interviews Esther Perel, Dolly Alderton, Sarah Hepola, Emily Nagoski, and more.
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova - If you’re looking for a strange body horror novel about grief, love, and art, you want Monstrilio. Córdova does a brilliant job of showing how desperate we feel when grieving. I couldn’t put this book down.
Articles/Videos That Stuck With Me:
Dating with Autism by Morgan Mandriota
My heart broke when I learned how SEO and Algorithms impact job applications and resumes. If you want some additional heartbreak, read the comments to hear about how hard it is to find a job right now.
I’ve been obsessed with Denisovans since reading Sapiens.
My friend
got penis fillers and wrote about the experience here.
What are you reading/drinking/obsessed with lately?
XO,
Tawny
Congrats on Humpy’s arrival at Urban Outfitters and (parentheses)’s arrival at Spirited Away, Tawny! I’m a big fan of Partake AF beer here in Canada.