What are you as much as this weekend? My sister despatched me this birthday current right now — we flip 44 on Tuesday! — and I’ve by no means felt so seen, haha. Tonight a couple of household buddies are coming by for lasagna and sprinkle cake. Hope you’ve an excellent one, and listed here are a couple of enjoyable hyperlinks from across the internet…
The trailer for Succession season 4! Can’t wait.
The one appropriate exercise to do on a primary date.
The blue kitchen makes this 500-square-foot condo.
How fairly is this nail polish colour?
The Monterey Park I keep in mind: “In Monterey Park’s bustling Chinese language neighborhood, my mother and father and I discovered a confidence we lacked in predominantly white areas. My mother remodeled right into a sleek, elegant girl holding her personal as she haggled over mahogany chairs, a far cry from the nervous girl I went procuring with in Outdated City Pasadena. My father would order for us at eating places in Cantonese and Taiwanese, a stark distinction to how he stuttered by way of easy English phrases at Denny’s. And once we visited throughout Lunar New 12 months, I felt downright invincible as I seemed on the purple lanterns hanging from each storefront, the festive spirit of the town washing over me. I didn’t comprehend it then, however Monterey Park’s refusal to assimilate into America’s racial binary helped me proudly embrace my Asian American identification in highschool and school.” (NYMag)
The minimalist images awards. (Holy murmurations!)
Goddamn, I really like poetry a lot. Toby learn this poem after my mother’s husband died, and it felt so redolent.
Michael Imperioli’s NYC condo is giving severe White Lotus vibes.
Six phrases to say when a liked one is having a foul day.
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Plus, three reader feedback:
Says Gwyneth on cooking blunders: “In my twenties, I used to be touring in Slovakia with a good friend. We determined to do a picnic lunch and went to the grocery to get paté and bread. The paté container had a drawing of a fowl, however we couldn’t learn the label as a result of it was in Slovakian, after all. On the checkout, it occurred to us that this is perhaps cat meals, not paté? So, we pointed on the can and meowed on the checkout lady. She frowned and shook her head, so we figured we have been good to go. Lunch was fairly good, however later I questioned if the checkout lady thought we have been asking if the meat was FOR cats or MADE of cats. I’m nonetheless unsure if we did or didn’t eat cat meals and baguette for lunch that day.”
Says Cheryl on 14 reader feedback on reader feedback: “I instructed my husband, who often teases me about how continuously I reference CoJ, about Larry. Sooner or later, it began pouring whereas we frantically tossed groceries and a cranky toddler into the automotive. He grabbed the cart, stood and seemed on the retailer midway throughout the lot, and sprinted towards it muttering ‘&@%! it, Larry.’ I’ve by no means been so proud.”
Says Lauren O. on what denims are you carrying nowadays: “I’m a corgi of a girl – impossibly lengthy torso, itty bitty legs, English individuals instinctively cherish me – and when I discovered denims that *labored* (black excessive rise skinnies), reader, I married them. I really like experimenting with clothes, however it seems that treating these optimum denims as a constructing block FOREVER has made it method simpler to combine with confidence with regards to footwear, tops, coats, what have you ever. I’m at peace.”
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