In this episode, Christy and Lynn chat about the inspiration we got from watching 80’s TV/movies like Full House and Desperately Susan, then Lynn describes her first medical pedicure, and Christy shares sunscreen picks that actually feel good on your body.

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In this episode, Christy and I chat about caring for aging parents, insomnia, bedtime rituals, security blankets, sleep paralysis, and a nail polish that will forever change your life.

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Show Notes:

Christy’s Cooling Bed System + Lynn’s Sleep White Noise Earbuds

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Swedish Death Cleaning

Department of Aging in your state (here is the LA site)

Dazzle Dry in “Lit” (see below)

Dr. Dana Hydrating Non-Acetone Nail Polish Remover

Lynn’s IG

Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site

Christy is back! After Lynn’s solo episode in the Fall, it’s great to have her back for the Winter 2025 kick off. We had some sound/microphone issues but hopefully the audio cleanup won’t make it too jarring for your ears.

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This season’s topic: Hair Styles of Our Youth

Show Notes:

* Lynn’s Vlogmas videos

* Wavytalk Thermal Brush

* HAIRMAX LaserBand 82 ComfortFlex Hair Growth Device

* Lynn’s IG

* Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site

And since recording… I got the bangs! It’s been quite a journey already, which I talk more about in my last vlog of 2024.

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This is the Fall 2024 Episode! I’m flying solo without Christy.

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This season’s topic: Concert Etiquette

Show Notes:

Copenhagen Trip

Perimenopause Woes

Teenage Fan Club — Bandwangonesque was the tour I saw them on

Wavytalk Thermal Brush

I forgot to mention it, but this scene from the 1995 film Mad Love was very influential for me in terms of how I learned to dance/behave/watch a concert in the 90’s.

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This is a mini episode of the podcast where I solo-interviewed my friend Saba Harouni Lurie about the eyebrow grooming she has done at STRIIIKE in Beverly Hills.

"They’re always sisters, never twins.”

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Show Notes

* Take Root Therapy (Saba’s psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles)

* The Streicher Sisters

* Anastasia Beverly Hills

* Epilator for the body and epilator for the face

* Ordinary Brow serum

* Glossier Boy Brown

* Castor Oil I’ve been using

This is our Summer 2024 episode and Christy and I are back! You can subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts; please leave us a kind rating/review you do!

This season’s topic: Lockers

Show Notes:

* Watch Christy on Station 19

* Mongolian Movie: The Sales Girl

* Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (aren’t these outfits straight outa DÔEN?!?)

* Chilipad Cooling/Heating Mattress Pad

* Kerry Washington’s memoir Thicker Than WaterLynn’s IG

* Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling site

* Lynn’s IG

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In episode two of the Gen X Taste podcast, Christy and I have a very special guest, !!! (The poet, not the dame!)

Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books of poetry and prose, including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Lamp of the Body, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, and Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change. Her newest book is My Thoughts Have Wings, a picture book for children, illustrated by Leanne Hatch. Smith’s poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, TIME, The Nation, The Atlantic, and The Best American Poetry.

I first mentioned Maggie (and how we met) in My Favorite Reads of 2023 post. This was our first time talking IRL and I was thrilled to chat about everything from her writing process to the benefits of bangs.

And of course… This season’s topic: Movies from Our Childhood

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Show Notes:

* Episode 1: Adult Friendships

* Reusable metal toothpicks

* Rideback Rise Circle rewrite class (and my own online writing course)

* The Goonies, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Better Off Dead, Ghostbusters, Twins, Junior, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken

* Stridex, Sea Breeze, Cover Girl Pressed Powder

* Dr. Elsa Jungman Cleansing Oil

* The People I’ve Slept With aka the movie where Lynn had bangs

* Actor Michael Earl Schoeffling

* Lives Less Ordinary podcast

* Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-by-shot remake

* Lynn’s IG

* Christy’s IG

* Maggie’s Website, IG and other links. Also, check out her Substack !

CW: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Cursing.

Show Notes:

* Reading Club Article (from NYT — gifted link)

* Front Load Washer Door Prop

* Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare DRx SpectraLite LipWare Pro

* Lynn’s IG

* Christy’s IG