Happy holidays! | cup of jo

I hope you had a wonderful holiday and are enjoying your break! we have been hosting english relativestaking cold walks and drinking a 12-pack of Dr. Pepper that Santa brought. We’ll be back to our regular programming on January 2nd, but in the meantime, if you’re in the mood for a blog read, here are some posts from this year…

Style:
* Everyday clothes I’ve worn a million times
*My packing list for Paris
* Would you wear a short wedding dress? Here are 7 stunners
* The color I saw everywhere in Paris
* Ensemble weeks including Samantha Elise, Leila Kelleher, Sharon Beesley and Kayla Sossin

Beauty:
*My 5 Holy Grail Beauty Products
*Pssst, do you shave your bikini line?
*The skin product Gemma swears by
* 8 readers share what they love about their looks
*My favorite sunscreen

Food:
* Three easy weekday lunches
* 10 Favorite Things at Trader Joe’s
*My friend’s amazing tortilla soup
*What are the five recipes you have in your arsenal?
*A really good five-minute dinner

Relations:
* What kind thing has someone said or done for you?
* 12 women on living alone
* A birthday party with chocolate and champagne
* What do you like about where you live?
* How would you make your wedding feel faithful to you?

Travel:
* A spring trip to Paris
* A family trip to the Florida Keys
* Do you ever visit the gardens?
* Visit a family in England and then…
* A week in Italy

Parenting:
* A brilliant tip for talking to teenagers
* Jannelle’s wild birth story left us speechless
*My mother was an alcoholic. This is what I finally realized.
* 25 things to tell your children
* What toys have your children played with millions of times?

Design:
* What small, inexpensive things improve your life?
* Kate Baer’s Pennsylvania home is filled with children and pets
* 10 no-spend or low-spend gifts
* Abbey Nova’s Connecticut home brings the outdoors indoors
* 15 Etsy finds
*This family home is full of clever second-hand finds

Culture:
*Guess who was on Jeopardy last night?
* Questions and answers with the costume designer of ‘The White Lotus’
*What non-fiction books do you love?
* Five things that made me laugh
* What movie or television character led to your sexual awakening?
* A big, juicy roundup of fall recommendations

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Thank you very much for being here. We’ll be back with a list of links from Friday on January 2nd. And of course, feel free to check out our newsletter. big salad. Have a wonderful New Year; we love you xoxo

(Top photo by NATO weddings.)