What are your plans for this weekend? We will be watching the Super Bowl with our neighbors and the kids will have a hot chocolate stand to raise money for Minnesota Organizers. Thank you to all the brave people of the Twin Cities; We are very grateful for your example. Take care of yourselves and here are some links from around the web…
I realized that dating changed everything.. (And get 20% discount on Big Salad subscriptions this week. xoxoxo)
Catherine O’Hara was everyone’s mom. “Her characters were a monument to the infinitely radical idea that mothers are people too.” (New York Magazine)
life lessons of four winters in Sweden.
The perfect shoes for a date nightThey also have a 20% discount with the code CUPOFJO20, exclusively until 02/11. (These sneakers They’re cute too.)
painted rocks They are an optical illusion.
cat bird has always been my favorite jewelry destination (I mean, how beautiful is it this ring?!). If you place your order any time before February 11, are ready to ship It will arrive in time for Valentine’s Day.
A sliding apologymy heart.
I can’t wait for Sharon Horgan’s new show.
A beautiful essay on how to quit smoking.. “Every smoker has in their mind a smoker in a worse situation, more addicted and probably dying sooner, whom they use to legitimize their own habit. For everyone I knew, I was that smoker.” (through maybe baby)
evolutionary brilliance of the baby’s giggle. The videos! (NYTimes giveaway link)
this great poster It comes in French, English and Italian.
“Humanity is always enough” writes Roxane Gay. “We have the right to protest, legally carry a firearm, drive while black, walk through a neighborhood at night, play in a park, sleep in a bed, or do anything else, whether we are wonderful, loved people or not.”
Also, three comments from readers:
Erin says on my birthday weekend: “As for avoiding ‘soul-sucking reasonableness’: When my parents’ friend Art turned 40, my mom made 40 cupcakes. We put them around the perimeter of the dining room table, lit each one, and had Art run around the table blowing out all the candles. It was so funny.”
Says E. Louise about 8 Lovely Looks: “All of you, the ones I splurged on this Sézane dress I’ve wanted it for months because, well, damn, I love it and I also think they might propose to me. I also feel like this group has been a part of this relationship journey, in the sense that I remember, in my darkest hours, reading that no matter what happens, I think there is someone really wonderful out there, and you were right.”
Dawn says of my birthday weekend: “I turned 39 right after my mom died and I didn’t want to celebrate. I felt sad and exhausted. Instead, I decided to do 39 random acts of kindness. Many of them were anonymous and in my neighborhood. It was a lot of fun and I felt like a secret spreader of happiness.”
(Photo by Tamara Harhai/Unsplash).
