Reading: Megan Abbott, Give Me Your Hand

Audio: Reviving my early love for The Police

Art: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power at the Brooklyn Museum

Video: The documentary film “Basquiat: Rage to Riches”

Eats & Treats: Heirloom tomatoes from the farmers market…petit kouign pastries from local French bakery Choc-o-Pain (pictured above!)

Drink: Coconut water

Garb: Ugh, is it fall yet? No. Still wearing black summer dresses with light scarves. Oh, and a new necklace from Arcos.

Beauty Products: LUSH Birth of Venus facial mask. I bought it for the name, but now I don’t actually love the product itself. Live and learn.

Pleasure: My upcoming class at the Brooklyn Brainery is sold out! So glad there’s interest.

Displeasure: More sad news about the loss of a few good people who should have lived longer.

Image: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection, The New York Public Library. Detail of “September.” New York Public Library Digital Collections.