{"id":8868,"date":"2026-10-17T00:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8868"},"modified":"2026-10-17T00:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:41:00","slug":"have-a-lovely-weekend-cup-of-jo-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8868","title":{"rendered":"Have a Lovely Weekend. | Cup of Jo"},"content":{"rendered":"


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What are you up to this weekend? We\u2019re going to watch the Valkyries basketball game<\/a> and are trying to come up with purple snacks to serve! (Any ideas other than grapes?) Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had sex and I\u2019m nervous.\u201d<\/a> Freddie and I answer nine reader questions about dating, divorce, parenting, and haircuts. (gift link)<\/p>\n

Would you ever try this moody lipstick trend<\/a> for fall?<\/p>\n

Where you should live<\/a>. \u201cYour 10-minute radius matters more than almost anything else about where you live: Think about what you can get to in 10 minutes without making it a whole thing. I can get coffee, get groceries, go to a park, and go to a friend\u2019s place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who wants to go to this tiny bookstore<\/a> in Maine?<\/p>\n

A fun fact<\/a> about Good Night Moon.<\/p>\n

Speaking of mattresses<\/a>, we have these incredibly<\/em> comfy ones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zac Posen\u2019s captain\u2019s cottage in San Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How cool are these lantern sculptures<\/a>? (via Youngna<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A company for lapsed ballet dancers who want to perform<\/a>. \u201cThere are relatively few designated spaces for serious former students to practice and perform at a high level, with no dreams of going pro\u2026Instead of holding an audition, Thai and Gramly asked dancers to write two personal essays \u2014 one detailing their history with ballet and another about their best friend from childhood ballet class. \u2018Hearing their stories,\u2019 Thai said, \u2018was so much more important than judging their dancing.’\u201d<\/p>\n

How great is the cover of Eric Kim\u2019s new book of essays<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Ruggable now makes all-wool rugs<\/a>! I have my eye on this<\/a> and this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No such thing as too many flowers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plus, two reader comments:<\/p>\n

Says Jocelyn on 10 fun questions to ask your significant other<\/a>: \u201cThere\u2019s only one question to be asked if you want to understand somebody else: bread or potatoes? As in, you can only have one, in any variation, for the rest of your life and can never again have the other. Technically there is no wrong answer, until there is! See also: tea or coffee? Music or books? Seaside or mountains?\u201d<\/p>\n

Says Susan on Sharon Beesley\u2019s colorful house explodes with Goodwill finds<\/a>: \u201cYes to not deadheading plants! Six years ago, I started leaving my flowers up over the winter and I love it. So many birds eat the seed heads, especially goldfinches on the purple coneflowers and dark-eyed juncos on the black-eyed Susans.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Photo by Igor\/Stocksy.)<\/p>\n

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