What are you as much as this weekend? I’m visiting my mother in Michigan for Mom’s Day. We’re going to take walks and likewise give her home a fakeover, which is all the time satisfying. Hope you might have a very good one — sending an enormous hug to anybody who wants one — and listed below are a number of enjoyable hyperlinks from across the net…
I wore this horny French purple lipstick the opposite morning and bought three compliments earlier than I even bought espresso.
Who needs a chunk of this three-ingredient chocolate cake?
You Damage My Emotions, a brand new film about marriage starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, seems to be glorious.
J.R. Moehringer talks about ghostwriting the memoirs of Andre Agassi and Prince Harry: “For the thousandth time in my ghostwriting profession, I reminded myself: It’s not your effing guide.” (New Yorker, by way of Kottke)
Looove these flattering shorts.
Why received’t folks simply let me not be a mother? “‘Mom’s Day is for you, too,’ one e-mail subscriber informed me a number of years in the past after I despatched out an article I’d written about not having youngsters. She defined, ‘As a result of you’re a mother. You’re a mom…to phrases!’ Behind this label lies the idea that, as a lady, I’m incomplete and not using a maternal relationship to somebody or one thing. And this must award honorary ‘mommy factors’ is one thing we’re nonetheless getting flawed.” (Elle)
This memoir is without doubt one of the finest I’ve ever learn.
Such fairly printed swimsuits.
“Rising up, I assumed being named after Connie Chung made me distinctive… then I met the remainder of us.” (NYTimes reward hyperlink)
Wow, a colorblock kitchen!
Plus, three reader feedback:
Says Claire on what ‘glimmers’ have you ever seen not too long ago: “I went to a Sound of Music sing-a-long a number of months in the past, and oh, man, you haven’t recognized hilarity till you hear 150 folks all audibly hesitating simply earlier than the excessive notes in ‘Climb Each Mountain’ after which laughing realizing we’d all had the identical thought. We tried the excessive notes anyway. It was the funniest, most horrible sound I’ve ever heard, and I beloved it.”
Says Courtney on what ‘glimmers’ have you ever seen not too long ago: “The neighbors’ peonies are blooming! One of the best little sniff on the way in which to the bus cease. Additionally, after I informed my four-year-old that he might eat ice cream within the tub final evening, he mentioned, ‘Effectively, that might be a bit of enjoyable.’”
Says Tara on what’s your relationship standing: “I’m a single mother by selection, now courting as my son simply turned one. One of the best a part of courting is the 20 minutes earlier than you go, the anticipation. The dread. The taking a look at their profile RIGHT earlier than you stroll in. What was their identify once more? Oh, okay, Mark, and he likes to surf. I’ve made out with extra strangers in in my 30s than ever earlier than. I’ve additionally cried loads as a result of they didn’t textual content. It’s a thoughts f*ck however it’s essentially the most uncooked and bare-bones human factor to do. I’m courting somebody new, it’s very FRESH. He purchased my son blueberries as a result of I talked about how a lot he loves them. He went to camp with my first boyfriend who’s the sweetest man. I simply really feel like that’s a very good omen. He’s actually into wholesome meals, aggressively. Kimchi f*cking in every single place. I’m beginning to like kimchi although.”
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