4 Enjoyable Issues | Cup of Jo

This month, I’ve been recognizing cool braids throughout Brooklyn. Here’s my buddy Alison carrying a double-braid ponytail at our neighborhood café. “It took two seconds, cost nothing, and got a ton of compliments,” she instructed me. So stylish and simple!

Do (or would) you burp your house? Basically, it’s a German strategy referred to as lüften the place you open all of your home windows every day to air out your rooms, irrespective of the climate. My English dad does the identical factor, and stated Angelina about elevating youngsters in Sweden: “Even in the thick of winter, many Swedish parents put their kids, bundled up in their strollers, outside to nap…. If you’re sick, your doctor will say, open the window.”

Last night time, I went to see the new Guggenheim show, and, with 12-year-old Anton as my stylist, I made a decision to put on a black lace high with crimson lipstick. Here’s the shirt I’m carrying, plus three extra fairly ones: gathered, collar, and short sleeve. (Hello to cute Anton drumming at the back of these photographs!)

Now that I’m head chef (lol) for our little crew, I’m at all times searching for simple recipes that also have a number of taste. I got here throughout French Cooking for Two by Michèle Roberts at a neighborhood bookstore, and we’ve been attempting her extremely easy dishes — like, chickpeas with spinach; lentil soup; and baked pears. She additionally gives cultural tidbits — for instance, in a recipe for scrambled eggs with mushrooms, she notes, “In France, you would not be offered this for breakfast but for supper.”

What have you ever been into recently? What glimmers are you noticing? I’d love to listen to. xoxo

P.S. More enjoyable issues, and what humorous books have you ever loved recently?

(Linsey Laidlaw’s house tour picture by Alpha Smoot, styled by Kate Jordan, for Cup of Jo.)