How are you feeling right now? Or, as my pal Anna would say, what’s your emotional temperature? Have you ever seen any glimmers not too long ago? I’ll go first…
First off, this previous Saturday was very wet (above), however I didn’t thoughts as a result of fixed drizzle jogs my memory of England. I additionally LOVE the scent after rain (which is named petrichor, as it’s possible you’ll know).
Round midday, I met up with my lovely pal Gemma in Manhattan. She’s working in London this yr, so we haven’t seen sufficient of one another, and I couldn’t cease hugging her. She additionally made the genius name to order a rösti for the desk — aka a crispy twice-cooked Swiss-German potato cake.
After breakfast, I walked previous 100 girls in trench coats and ended up on the John Derian store within the East Village. They’ve a pop-up decoration retailer that’s GLORIOUS, and I used to be additionally impressed by the soundtrack. “We don’t play Christmas music till December; in any other case we’d get sick of it,” the pleasant store crew advised me. “However we play songs which have that cozy vibe.” Suppose: Dream a Little Dream of Me by The Mamas & The Papas and Solely You by The Platters (and Harriet Michaels). I might put Child, It’s Chilly Outdoors and Lovesick and Lay Down in that class, too. What would you add to the checklist?
And the way cool are these meals candles (on the desk)?
Final however not least, in the event you need assistance discovering glimmers, humor author Bess Kalb wrote a fantastic piece referred to as Some Psychological Well being Recommendation for the Week, which incorporates: “Purchase a muffin. A muffin is a small cake it’s socially acceptable to eat in public at daybreak,” and “Watch one thing dumb. I’m presently watching two dumb exhibits. One is Sanditon, a unfastened Jane Austen adaptation a few seaside resort city the place THEO JAMES FROM THE WHITE LOTUS IS THE MR. DARCY CHARACTER AND WEARS TIGHT LIL BRITCHES AND IS MEAN UNTIL HE’S MAKING OUT WITH YOU ON A CLIFF.”
What about you? How are you hanging in there?
P.S. 5 extra pick-me-ups, and what’s essentially the most lovely factor you’ve ever learn?
(Baguette candle photograph by Fruit & Flower store, which additionally carries great meals candles.)
