What are you up to this weekend? I’m going on a date to a hotel pool (!!) and wearing my favorite swimsuit. Eeks. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web…
Can you draw all 50 states from memory?
If Gemma tells me to wear hydrating lipliner, I will wear hydrating lipliner!
Tiny love stories: “If he doesn’t come, I’ll marry you.” (NYTimes gift link)
Will you watch Steve Carell’s new HBO show, Rooster?
Even in these depressing times, Love Is Blind is profoundly bleak television. Men, are you good? (The Guardian)
On the bright side, Alysa Liu is the joy and hope we all need. xoxo
In Ohio, people are converting their basements and spare bedrooms into safe houses for immigrant families hiding from ICE. (NYTimes gift link)
The boys and I are making homemade naan and curried chickpeas tonight.
Primary colors are everywhere these days. (Harper’s Bazaar)
A fun tribute to Jackie O’s style.
My sister, my friend Jason, and I laugh about all the Reese’s spinoffs, and this one’s the weirdest yet.
Wow, what a dreamy hotel on the sea.
Reader question: “I found a thong and condoms in my husband’s suitcase, what now?!” And what’s the best advice your therapist ever gave you? The comments are incredible. (Big Salad; paywalled, thank you for your support! If you’d like to get on the list for a comped subscription, just email newsletter@cupofjo.com xoxo)
Plus, four reader comments:
Says Emily on the new way my kids do chores: “With chores, I often appeal to my kid’s identities. It took exactly one week for my 10-year-old to become CEO of lunch-making. You are the family gardener! You are car concierge! It feels easier to notice and mange a task when it feels like your responsibility and part of your identity.”
Says Marina on how long can I call my baby a baby: “When my 52-year-old brother was saying goodbye to our dying mom, my dad said that the absolute love and adoration on her face was the same look she gave my brother on the day he was born. Heartbreakingly beautiful.”
Sarah on what’s the best advice your therapist ever gave you: “Best advice I got from my therapist: smart people ask questions. I’ve struggled with not feeling smart enough ever since I was a kid. So much so that I despise playing board games because I don’t want to appear stupid for not understanding the rules. Her telling me that was eye opening. I want to cross-stitch her statement on a pillow.”
Says Cat on have a great weekend: “When you live what feels like a million miles away from nearly all the other women who read this blog, it feels WILD when the first link takes you to a cottage on one of your favorite local beaches. Couldn’t believe it! Cup of Jo AAF (always and forever).”
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