Have a Enjoyable Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you as much as this weekend? My good friend is throwing his fiftieth celebration in a backyard, and I’m planning to put on this floral dress or striped dress. (Thoughts?) Hope you’ve a superb one, and listed below are just a few hyperlinks from across the net…

I’m so joyful to share this personal news (reward hyperlink), and eight things Parisians are wearing this spring.

Wow, this London apartment does not really feel basement-y.

Love a crunchy chicken salad!

FYI, 12-year-old Anton instructed me that The Sign by Ace of Base is cool once more.

Maggie O’Farrell’s new e book, Land, is out in 4 days. I used to be fortunate sufficient to attain a complicated copy, and it’s straightforward among the best books I’ve ever learn. The writing is so juicy, that’s the perfect phrase to explain it.

Smart notes on chilling out and being tall and finding luck. (This additionally made me chortle.)

My favourite denims have been out of inventory endlessly, however they’re finally back in stock.

The secret to adult friendships. Also, the secret to winning on Jeopardy.

Another purpose to like Mayor Mamdani: He launched an interactive list of FREE issues to do in NYC this summer time.

What I learned about loss while skateboarding at Costco. “What I love about Costco is that it is the perfect expression of how skateboarders can turn even the blandest form of American architecture — the big box parking lot — into a thriving community space. At a time when people are lonely and disconnected, a bunch of 40- and 50-year-olds gather around low-stakes terrain, reconnecting with old friends and joking about tricks they can no longer do.” This essay was surprisingly transferring. (NYTimes reward hyperlink)

This mirror mask made me look.

Art but make it sports.

Plus, three reader feedback:

Says Becky on a potato chip style check: “I’m British so would usually lay claim to the best crisps internationally, but last year I went to Paris and found butter-flavored crisps in a corner shop. Butter. Flavored. Crisps. No wonder those guys have such excellent sex, they must be permanently ecstatic.”

Says Anon on how would you envision your marriage ceremony: “I’m a divorcée with no desire to remarry, but I am moving in with my partner of about a decade soon and was thinking I might throw a ‘this is not wedding’ housewarming party and wear an outfit inspired by these fantastic white overalls from the CoJ archives!”

Says Suz on how wonderful are these marriage ceremony images: “My favorite wedding photos were taken by a six-year-old who took his job (and his mom’s old digital camera) very seriously! He went up to everyone at the reception and informed them that he was a wedding photographer. So, we have all these pictures of people making ‘oh how adorable!’ faces at the most unflattering angles possible. They’re wonderful.”

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