What are you up to this weekend? My friend is having her 50th birthday party in a garden, and I’m planning to wear this floral dress Or striped dress. (Thoughts?) Hope you have a good one, and here are some links from around the web…
I am very happy to share this personal news (Gift Link), and Eight things Parisians are wearing this spring.
Very good, this london apartment does No Feel basement-y.
For your information, 12-year-old Anton told me this Signal Nice again by Ace of Base.
Maggie O’Farrell’s new book, landOut in four days. I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy, and it is one of the best books I have ever read. writing is like this JuicyThat’s the best word to describe it.
smart notes on enjoy And to be tall And finding luck. (it I laughed too.)
But, my favorite jeans are forever out of stock They are finally back in stock.
Secrets of Adult Friendship. Too, The secret of winning at risk.
Another reason to love Mayor Mamdani: He launched an interactive list Free things to do in NYC this summer.
What I learned about the pitfalls while skateboarding at Costco. “What I love about Costco is that it’s the perfect expression of how skateboarders can transform the most vulnerable form of American architecture — the big box parking lot — into a thriving community space. At a time when people are lonely and isolated, a group of 40- and 50-year-olds gather in a low-risk neighborhood, reconnect with old friends and joke about tricks they can no longer do.” This essay is amazing. It was absolutely touching. (NYTimes gift link)
Also, three reader comments:
Becky says on the potato chip taste test: “I’m British so I usually claim the best crisps internationally, but last year I went to Paris and found butter flavored crisps in a corner shop. Buttery. Flavorful. Crisp. No wonder those guys have such excellent sex, they must be permanently blissed out.”
Anon says on how you’d envision your wedding: “I’m a divorcee and have no desire to remarry, but I’m moving in with my partner of almost a decade soon and was thinking I’d have a ‘this isn’t a wedding’ housewarming party and wear these fabulous white overalls-inspired dresses from the COJ archives!”
On how amazing these wedding photos are, Suze says: “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 walked up to everyone at the reception and told them he was a wedding photographer. So, we have all these photos of people going ‘Oh, how adorable!’ Face at as ineffective angles as possible. They are amazing.”
(Photo by Matt Nelson/Unsplash.)
