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’ve an excellent one — sending an enormous hug to anybody who wants one — and listed here are a number of enjoyable hyperlinks from across the net…
I wore this horny French pink lipstick the opposite morning and acquired three compliments earlier than I even acquired espresso.
Who needs a chew of this three-ingredient chocolate cake?
You Harm 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 e-book.” (New Yorker, by way of Kottke)
Looove these flattering shorts.
Why gained’t individuals simply let me not be a mother? “‘Mom’s Day is for you, too,’ one e-mail subscriber advised me a number of years in the past after I despatched out an article I’d written about not having children. She defined, ‘As a result of you’re a mother. You’re a mom…to phrases!’ Behind this label lies the belief that, as a lady, I’m incomplete with out a maternal relationship to somebody or one thing. And this have to award honorary ‘mommy factors’ is one thing we’re nonetheless getting fallacious.” (Elle)
Hahahahaha, mothers.
This memoir is without doubt one of the greatest 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 individuals 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 cherished it.”
Says Courtney on what ‘glimmers’ have you ever seen not too long ago: “The neighbors’ peonies are blooming! The very best little sniff on the best way to the bus cease. Additionally, after I advised my four-year-old that he may eat ice cream within the tub final evening, he stated, ‘Nicely, 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. The very 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 title 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 rather a lot as a result of they didn’t textual content. It’s a thoughts f*ck however it’s probably 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 an excellent omen. He’s actually into wholesome meals, aggressively. Kimchi f*cking in all places. I’m beginning to like kimchi although.”
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