miso soup and ginger salad
this is true bounty. going to an average sushi spot and getting the soup and salad placed down when you didn't realize it came with your meal is one of the top 5 best feelings in the world. bonus if they have the soy green sauce too
cigar boxes as a key tray
everyone needs a little tiny tray or box to put your keys in, and mine for as long as i can remember has been a cigar box. they are so beautiful! i don't smoke them, but my local store (and yours too, probably) sells them for a dollar. they have a beautiful scent and you feel cool and strong
a dark beer and a lollipop
a dubious but amazing classic from kikuya, in florence. you take a beer, bitter and strong and preferably cheap, and steep a lollipop in it by crooking the stick so it hangs on the rim of the drink like a tea bag. bonus: you get to have four lollipops in one sitting
risotto club!
the best subscription i have: a glasgow print shop that ships you four hand pressed risograph prints (which deserve their own rec) from commissioned artists around the world every month. they are so vibrant and amazing and fun and are great for slowly filling a home with beautiful art you feel cool about
