Fast & Loosies #1

Cigarette movies, things to read, and five songs to listen to this weekend

Happy Thursday from cold and rainy New York. I did not pack an appropriate coat. I did however have a delicious ice cream sundae at the Odeon last night with the brilliant Mary H.K. Choi (have you pre-ordered her new book Pool House yet? Because you really should).

I have been here five days and have somehow not bought anything but beef jerky sticks and some questionable moisturizer. The night before last I got rockegnized at Takahachi (still honestly love when this happens even though I am severely luteal atm) while eating sushi with Alexis Page, who finally heeded the prayers of thousands and joined Substack. She is a genius in beauty and beyond, and is really one of the only people whose opinion I trust on skincare (and honestly, everything else). Her post today both guided me towards mollifying my chronic overwhelm and informed me of a new sauna opening in my hometown (if anyone at Bathhouse is reading this, I live nearby and am very interested in becoming a sweatfluencer).

Trying out a new format title (as I’m wont to do periodically because who cares, let’s have some fun). A few things that delighted or interested me this past week, plus five fab songs to listen to this weekend:

• this Twitter account called CIGARETTEMOVIES which highlights “real smoker movies” and quantifies how many cigarettes per minute each film highlighted contains.