Janurary 2024 Spare Time the Pod

Celebrating the first ep of 2024, an amazing new song, an anniversary weekend, and much much more, but, most insanely of all: celebrating five years of the Spare Time Pod--in all her iterations
How did you spend your spare time this month:
* MM: wintering (real) and wintering (Miami), making some treats, getting engaged again, watching movies
* AA: anniversary weekend, Fam, playing in snow!, willing myself to knit, going to the theater!!!, seeing JOSEPH Best/Worst:
* Worst:
* MM: sorry but Hannahs sweet potato mantou (from Tenderheart)
* AA: the obvious (honorable mention lutèce) 
* Best: 
* AA: TBIL / Rasika 
* MM: spontaneous dim sum at China Garden Han Gong (highlights: shumai, green beans, chow fun)
Spare Time Rec:
* AA: The Curse? Good Material by Dolly Alderton 
* MM: “Right Back to It” by Waxahatchee (also…Fool Me Once??? sorry)
Culture / 3 Things You Need to Know: 
* Oscar Noms / The Grammys 
* The new Fletcher album / the new MR album 
* Mean Girls movie and any other films 
Look Ahead:
* MM: Leap day!!!! Shoemaker family gathering, Lunar New Year, Miami…the dawning of Marie’s Busy Time™️
* AA: Boston/Cape time, new music I think, Portland Maine, bubby time basically 
Spare Time Sundries are here!


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