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HARLING ROSS ANTON, Gumshoe

WORK • Tuesday Routine

HARLING ROSS ANTON • writer and brand consultant • Gumshoe
Neighborhood you work in: Upper East Side

It’s Tuesday morning. What’s the scene at your workplace?
I’m usually at my kitchen table. I’ve been working for myself (and therefore at home) since 2020, and while I miss going into an office sometimes, I also love staying in my pajama pants for a bit longer than I’d be able to otherwise and eating my breakfast (oatmeal cooked with whole milk, drizzled with coconut oil and honey) at a less frenzied pace. The scene is — externally — quite peaceful, which is misleading. I’m usually panicking about trying to get as much done as possible while my son takes his first nap of the day.

What’s on the agenda for today?
I just started working again after a six-month maternity leave, and one of the main things on my agenda is the rather daunting task of making my way through the thousands of emails that piled up. The ultimate slog! On the more fun side of things, I publish a weekly shopping newsletter on Substack called Gumshoe, which takes up a big chunk of time every day as I’m sourcing mostly vintage and secondhand links, and I’m very particular about them. I’m also in the midst of a couple of copywriting projects, which have been a nice way of dipping my toe back into the brand consulting side of my work. 

What’s for lunch?
Lately my hyperfixation lunch has been the breakfast burrito from Hutch and Waldo, a cute little Aussie cafe in my neighborhood. With lots of Yellow Bird hot sauce.

Any plans tonight?
I’ll probably start prepping things for dinner before my son goes to sleep and then finish cooking with my husband once he’s home from work. I’m making one of our go-to recipes tonight — the Bon Appetit broccoli bolognese. We’re not the best cooks, but this recipe is foolproof, and we’ve made it countless times. We’ve been really into making hot chocolate after dinner recently, so I’ll probably do that for dessert. We received a tin of Flamingo Estate drinking chocolate discs as a gift which makes the process really easy — you just melt the discs in the milk of your choice (I like oat or whole) over the stove. I’m up early every day with the baby, so I’m usually pretty tired at this point, but I try to stay up at least until around 9:45 p.m. to pump before going to bed, so we’ve been (very belatedly) catching up on The Bear’s second season to stay awake. I’m happy to report that it does live up to the hype.

What store or service do you always recommend? 
I’ve been recommending Welcome Home, a NYC-based postpartum meal delivery service, to any pregnant person within earshot. Mandela (the owner and chef) runs the whole business out of her kitchen, and cooks the most delicious, nourishing meals.