What We're Doing

 
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Dear friends,

Like you, we at Brand33 are following the mandate and sheltering at home. We hope you’re all safe and healthy, and we’d like to offer a few suggestions for making the best of this situation. Of course, it’s not our place to offer tips for people to follow when, say, venturing out to the grocery store for essentials, but if you’re looking for ideas on how to keep your spirits up during this time, allow us to share some of the things our team has been doing when we’re not working on your projects.

Catching up on feel-good movies, such as:

  • When Harry met Sally

  • Big

  • Liar Liar

  • Caddy Shack

  • Love Actually

  • Crazy Stupid Love

  • 40 Year Old Virgin

  • Silver Linings Playbook

Binging on great TV series, such as:

  • Game of Thrones

  • Breaking Bad

  • Ozarks

  • Madmen

  • The Handmaid’s Tale

  • The Sopranos

Listening to fun or informative podcasts, such as:

  • Stand Up w/ Comedy Central

  • Short Wave

  • The Moth

  • This American Life

  • Radio Lab

  • Serial

Staying in shape with free online classes, such as:

  • Peloton spin classes

  • Nike Training Club

  • Corepower Yoga

  • Zumba

  • Online classes from your local gym

Catching up on our reading with classic books like:

  • The World According to Garp

  • The Hobbit and/or Lord of the Rings

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone

Finishing those home projects we’ve been putting off, like:

  • Going through closets and starting a Goodwill bag

  • Cleaning out the rain gutters

  • Dusting ceiling fans

  • Painting the bedroom

  • Reorganizing the garage

Another suggestion we’d like to make is, whether you leave the house to buy takeout meals or use a no-touch service to have them delivered to your home, try to patronize the local small businesses you value. The big chain restaurants will weather this storm, but some of our favorite mom & pop shops may not. Again, in times like these it’s important that we support each other.

In case you live in the south bay, some of the small business we’re supporting are:

  • Friends of the Vine

  • The Crest

  • The Green Temple

  • La Capilla

  • The Torrance Bakery

  • Japanese Restaurant Honda

  • Barans 2239

  • Mickey’s Italian Delicatessen

We hope these ideas help you make it through the coming days in quarantine. From all of us at Brand33, be safe, be healthy, and be kind to one another.

John Diggins
Copywriter Brand 33

 
Tammy McNair