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What are you up to this weekend? Toby and I are meeting a friend for Cantonese food<\/a> tonight, and tomorrow Anton<\/a> 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\u2026<\/p>\n Eight things I\u2019m into right now<\/a>. (Big Salad, free for all to read)<\/p>\n How gorgeous is this wild park in London<\/a>?<\/p>\n \u201cI survived a cold plunge, and all I got was everything I ever wanted<\/a>.\u201d (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n My travel uniform: skirt<\/a> and shirt<\/a> and shoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Intrigued by the new novel Miss Bates<\/a>, which reimagines Emma\u2019s<\/a> friend (and \u201ciconic bore\u201d)\u00a0Henrietta Bates from a wildly different angle<\/a>.<\/p>\n How millennials\/Gen X leave a voicemail.<\/a> Hahaha, have we all been using the same script since 1996?<\/p>\n Good news: J.Crew is offering up to 50% off select cashmere<\/a>\u00a0until July 20th. I love\u00a0this striped number<\/a>, and how timeless is this cardigan<\/a>?<\/p>\n Yum, a no-cooking summer appetizer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Are you going to watch the new Little House on the Prairie<\/a>? This New York Mag write-up<\/a> got me curious: \u201cWilder\u2019s 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\u2026Its greatest strength is that it often feels like a show at war with itself.\u201d<\/p>\n The Warby Parker quiz<\/a> is really fun, and I found my perfect glasses<\/a> (truly).<\/p>\n \u201cI would never paint a wall white<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Hahahahha<\/a>.<\/p>\n Plus, three reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Christie on have a great weekend<\/a>: \u201cToday I was working at my local caf\u00e9 (Liz\u2019s Book Bar<\/a> in Brooklyn), and two friends were opposite me, catching up. One woman said to the other, \u2018You look amazing!\u2019 and the other responded, \u2018Thanks, I dropped a man.\u2019 I wasn\u2019t trying to eavesdrop, but I couldn\u2019t help overhearing. I wanted to go up later and tell her how amazing my life has been since my marriage ended, but I didn\u2019t want to be weird. I\u2019m thinking of her, and sending her \u2018best summer of my life\u2019 vibes \u2013 and same to anyone else who needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Kristen what funny things have you said as a parent<\/a>: \u201cMy three-year-old son loves Beauty and the Beast<\/a>, especially Lumi\u00e8re and Cogsworth. After watching the movie several times, he picked up on calling people, \u2018overgrown pocket watches.\u2019 At one point, I had to sit him down and tell him, \u2018We do not call people pocket watches out of anger.\u2019 I never imagined that would be a phrase I\u2019d use!\u201d<\/p>\n