Last week was the official start of the 2025-26 school year, which brings with it much harried work and fewer boundaries and edges around the work day. Comes with the territory! I’m back to a five-day workweek, which of course is tough to adjust to compared to the more languid rhythms of summer, but the longer days and weeks will certainly give me more time to get stuff done. Execute on the vision, as it were.

Here are some things to check out.

TabTab

In my quest to find an analog for Chrome’s tab search view for Safari, I stumbled upon TabTab. Like Witch, TabTab can replace the default command-tab application switcher feature in macOS, but adds a cool search option (also like Witch).

Unlike Witch, however, TabTab has a bespoke design that is all its own. You can search through open tabs, browsers, and application documents, or focus on one in particular (ie Safari). It’s pretty great and I’m excited to have finally purchased the pro license. In addition to searching open applications and browser tabs, TabTab can act as an app launcher as well. It’s a swell utility.

Bellview Winery’s Adella Blend

Rhonda and I met my former boss at Bellview Winery recently, and she tried some of their excellent Astraea, which I’ve gushed about here. Bellview describes it thus:

A beautiful dry white blend of Gruner Veltliner, Viognier, Vidal Blanc, and Cayuga. This crisp white is light and refreshing to enjoy on a warm summer weekend.

I can’t argue with any of that. Astraea replaced the excellent Hyacinth, which replaced their Perseus. My understanding is that they use the wines on tap to test blends to see if they would be worth bottling.

Gone is my beloved Astraea, replaced by a new blend– Adella. It’s a blend of their Viogner and Traminette, if I recall correctly. It’s very light and crisp and will carry us nicely into the fall.

We took our own cheese and salami, as we have a decent stash of cheeses and a big salami from both Baglianis and Appy Hour.

Chole Bhatura

We nipped out to Royal Spice, an Indian restaurant in nearby Millville. We went for a long time without an Indian restaurant nearby, and we’re glad to have a decent option locally now.

Rhonda and I first stopped in there on our annual Anniversary date: we usually take the day off, have lunch out, and go shopping. I had tried the dish for the first time at the now-shuttered Indeblue in Collingswood while I was working in Camden County, and fell in love with the dish (they still have a location in Philly). Indeblue’s version was a fiery affair, with a rich red sauce and the namesake fried bhatura flatbread. Royal Spice makes a good version as well, and I suggested we try it back in 2022 when we first went. She loved it too, and subsequent visits revealed the dish to both Joey and Aaron, who similarly enjoy it. Even Joe, a more selective diner, finds himself scooping up some with the fried bread.

Chole bhatura is a great dish in that it’s vegetarian but still wholly rich and satisfying in a way that doesn’t rely on jacking the star of the show with cheese or anything. The chickpeas shine in the stewy, fiery sauce, and the puffy bhatura is at once visually arresting and wholly pleasing in texture and chew.