What are you up to this weekend? Toby and I are meeting a friend for Cantonese food tonight, and tomorrow Anton gets back from a two-week trip with his dad! I cannot WAIT to see him, I will be waiting on the stoop. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web…
Eight things I’m into right now. (Big Salad, free for all to read)
How gorgeous is this wild park in London?
“I survived a cold plunge, and all I got was everything I ever wanted.” (NYTimes gift link)
My travel uniform: skirt and shirt and shoes.
Intrigued by the new novel Miss Bates, which reimagines Emma’s friend (and “iconic bore”) Henrietta Bates from a wildly different angle.
How millennials/Gen X leave a voicemail. Hahaha, have we all been using the same script since 1996?
Good news: J.Crew is offering up to 50% off select cashmere until July 20th. I love this striped number, and how timeless is this cardigan?
Yum, a no-cooking summer appetizer.
Are you going to watch the new Little House on the Prairie? This New York Mag write-up got me curious: “Wilder’s story is either a grand, hopeful saga of how this country was built or a fraught piece of American propaganda, full of convenient gaps and racist descriptions of the Native Americans whose land the Ingallses are claiming for themselves. The adaptation holds both perspectives, reaching for sweeping romanticism in one moment and somber reconsideration in the next…Its greatest strength is that it often feels like a show at war with itself.”
The Warby Parker quiz is really fun, and I found my perfect glasses (truly).
“I would never paint a wall white.”
Plus, three reader comments:
Says Christie on have a great weekend: “Today I was working at my local café (Liz’s Book Bar in Brooklyn), and two friends were opposite me, catching up. One woman said to the other, ‘You look amazing!’ and the other responded, ‘Thanks, I dropped a man.’ I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop, but I couldn’t help overhearing. I wanted to go up later and tell her how amazing my life has been since my marriage ended, but I didn’t want to be weird. I’m thinking of her, and sending her ‘best summer of my life’ vibes – and same to anyone else who needs it.”
Says Kristen what funny things have you said as a parent: “My three-year-old son loves Beauty and the Beast, especially Lumière and Cogsworth. After watching the movie several times, he picked up on calling people, ‘overgrown pocket watches.’ At one point, I had to sit him down and tell him, ‘We do not call people pocket watches out of anger.’ I never imagined that would be a phrase I’d use!”
Says Emily on how beautiful is this opera singer’s Paris apartment: “That is the chicest apartment on the internet. Maybe the kitchen is my favorite? I love to see a home that is really lived in. Come to think of it, all the home tours on your blog are like that, Joanna! Dude, your whole blog is like that! Anxiety-free. I think that’s why it’s so beloved! For its sense of acceptance and calm curiosity.” [Thank you so much, Emily!!!]
(Photo by Giulia Squillace/Unsplash.)
