Have a Stress-free Weekend. | Cup of Jo
What are you as much as this weekend? We’re going to our good friend’s birthday dinner, and our job is to carry a pitcher of margaritas. She’s additionally letting me arrive early to rock her child to sleep, eeeeeps! Hope you might have a superb one, and listed here are just a few enjoyable hyperlinks from across the net…
Is this movie good or is it just French? Haha.
LOVE these photos of ladies cold-swimming in Maine. They name themselves “ice mermaids.” (NYTimes, reward hyperlink)
Laughed by way of this podcast episode with Conan O’Brien and B.J. Novak.
Such a pretty skirt.
Photos of a young Black boy in America. “In my photograph Deep Sleep, it seems to be like my son is sleeping, and it’s lovely. However for me, the picture additionally has this postmortem look. It reveals my fears of him not coming dwelling sooner or later and having to bury him, like so many different Black dad and mom have. There are issues I’m already instructing him that different youngsters his age usually are not considering of. Like, Hey, we most likely shouldn’t put on a hoodie at evening. On the identical time, he’s just a bit boy in america.” (The Atlantic)
Would you paint your living room ceiling?
This Instagram account made me chuckle out loud.
Our partnerships director Maureen has seemed insanely glowy on our latest calls. When requested for her secret, she revealed she’s been utilizing this moisturizer. Have you ever tried it?
Yum, a very crouton-y salad.
Never Have I Ever’s Maitreyi Ramakrishnan shares her beauty routine. She talks about nostril rings, colorism, and her grandma’s eyeliner recommendation. (Vogue)
Is lingerie coming into an age of innocence? (Elle)
Plus, three reader feedback:
Says Emily on 5 issues in your kitchen that you just’d by no means be caught with out: “My expensive husband who brings his personal lime to Chipotle. You learn that proper: he takes a whole lime as a result of ‘generally they are often stingy.’ As soon as I requested how he cuts it and he confirmed utilizing a plastic knife, which had me in stitches. Are you able to think about sawing away with a plastic knife to chop a lime? In a Chipotle!? I die. Couldn’t love him extra!”
Says Andrea on what are your day by day rituals: “My Serbian grandparents lived with us whereas I used to be rising up, and their morning ritual was what they known as an ‘open eye’ – a scorching wax pepper, cooked and sliced; a clove of garlic; and a shot of whiskey. It was regular to me in each means till a good friend spent the evening in highschool. She requested, ‘Are your grandparents doing photographs for breakfast?’ I had by no means considered it that means, however I couldn’t assist laughing. Sure, I assume they’re. They handed a very long time in the past, however from time to time, on Serbian holidays, I’ll have a shot of whiskey and a clove of garlic with my husband, and it jogs my memory of them sitting on the kitchen desk every morning, making time for one another. And the way what some may even see as odd, and even choose, is a pure and delightful a part of one other’s life.”
Says Alyssa on what are your day by day rituals: “I don’t know why, however studying the feedback on this publish made me teary! Persons are so foolish and great and complex and lovely.”
(Picture by Yossy Arefi for Jenny’s tomato sandwich recipe.)