I hear you — it’s that dead zone between Christmas and New Year’s, and ideally it’s either very slow at work for you or you have some time off, and need to entertain yourself. Or you are, say, an EMT or a firefighter and you’re VERY busy and need something to decompress with. Catch up with one of this year’s Afternoon Chats:
What’s Your Favorite Book of 2025? Always a banger. Come make your library list!
I’m Panicked, What Do I Get For This Person?!?!!? This was a holiday shopping-focused piece, but it’s always fun to read gift ideas (and you might have some hard-to-buy-for birthdays coming up).
Giving Tuesday We love reading about the philanthropic organizations you support.
Help During the Holiday Season This was focused primarily on finding ways to help fight food insecurity.
What Do You Craft? Some of you are CRAFTY, I am IMPRESSED.
What Are You In the Market For Right Now? I hope you’ve all found what you were looking for.
What’s Your Game-Day Go-To? This is snack-focused, not game-day superstitions (although we also covered that this year at Drinks With Broads).
What’s Your Comfort Watch? Self-explanatory.
Your Unsolicited Recommendations The comments on this were especially fun.
What’s Your Go-To Lunch? As you’ll soon see, I really am fixated on lunch. But it’s helpful to know what other people are eating! Lunch gets repetitive!
Give a Rec, Get a Rec! The classic!
What’s Your Potluck Go To? This is very entertaining. And perhaps educational!
What Podcasts Are You Listening To? Always looking for someone new to keep me company while I drive around town.
What Are You Reading? (7/30) We always want to know.
What’s Your Dream Vacation? Take me with you!
Your Best Stay-Cool Tips! As you might have surmised, this ran during a heatwave.
What’s Your Current Project? Did you complete it?
Share Your Fun Summer Plans! I hope they went really well.
Airplane and Beach Reads Recommendations Bookmark this one! (No pun intended.)
Happy Earth Day My intro to this was, I am duty-bound to report, sort of a downer.
Random Delightful Things The comments on this one are SO pleasant to scroll through.
What’s Your Plane Uniform? I believe this is where one of you enabled me to buy those Ruti pants I love so much. Thank you!
What Things Are Irresistible to You? (This is about shopping, not, like…sexy forearms.)
What Are You Reading Right Now? (2/20) As always!
What’s Your Go-To Comfort Food? This ran in the wake of the Eaton and Palisades fires, during which we Southern Californians REALLY needed some comfort food. (The fires were also the same week as my mother’s funeral. 2025 had a very bleak start for me. Knock on wood 2026 is better.)
Mocktails and Other Treats for Dry January (and Beyond) A friend of mine was just telling me that our town has a new non-alcoholic liquor store! Isn’t that neat?
The Perfect Packed Lunch. Apparently I love to talk about lunch. Frankly, this tracks.
What Are Your New Year’s Resolutions? And did you keep them?
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