Downtime Notes #55: Shopping as fantasy, girls who grill, and a beach read

This is weekend recs, just with a new name!

Hi, happy Friday!

A quick programming note before today’s post:

I’ve been doing a bit of thinking on how to allow for more creativity and flow with Downtime, so I’m trying something new here. What was “Weekend Recs” is now just “Downtime Notes.” I might have enthusiastic and lengthy recommendations one week, while other weeks I may just have a quick bull…