What are your plans for this weekend? I’m signing off a day early since I’m in Paris with friends, enjoying all the amazing bread! I’ll be back on Sunday and can’t wait to catch up and share my discoveries. I hope you have a great weekend! Here are a few fun links from around the web…
Tomorrow’s Big Salad issue will be all about movies!
This Valentine’s Day shop is delightful, especially this lovely little ring. (And should I treat myself to it?)
Check out this easy three-ingredient salad dressing.
Behold, the wonders of tiny flying rainbows.
All my friends have a crush on Jacob Elordi.
You can’t dilute the core message of Mean Girls. Let’s remember Tina Fey’s powerful comment about slut-shaming evolving from the film. (Harpers Bazaar)
I enjoyed discussing parenting teens, Seinfeld-ian neighbors, working in a rocking chair, and my beloved babysitters with New York Magazine. Thank you, Danielle!
It’s okay to be the friend that gets a little too excited.
What an easy, sexy top.
Read a beautiful essay about the birth of a baby and the death of a marriage. (New Yorker)
Discover the #1 trick to decluttering.
My strategy for group texts, hahaha.
Plus, three reader comments…
Laura on the new Talented Mr. Ripley: “My friend worked as an Episcopal chaplain in New York City. One day, after work, she was at a liquor store with a whole shopping cart of wine and Champagne (for a party), while still wearing her black clergy shirt and collar. Philip Seymour Hoffman walked past her, looked at her full cart, gave a polite nod and said, ‘Hello, Mother.’ To which she replied, ‘Hello, Philip.’ And kept walking. I think of it every time I see him in an article or movie!”
Erin on wise words: “I am definitely all for normalizing sometimes feeling like sh*t! More often than not, my thoughts about feeling sad just make the whole experience worse: that inner voice chastises me, saying why don’t I just get out and live my life instead of dwelling on feeling sad, and so on. How much more freeing, instead, to think, ‘Ok, I’m a bit sad today, and there’s nothing wrong with that. How can I be kind to myself?”
Beth on wise words: “The idea of seeking wholeness resonates with me so deeply right now. As a single, gay woman in my late 30s, I am getting ready to embark on solo motherhood using artificial insemination. Almost daily, I ask myself, ‘Am I nuts for doing this?!’ (I am also a teacher who is currently pursuing my Ph.D.) All the brave comments here lead me to believe I’m just heading toward more life — both messy and wonderful.”
(Photo by Alison Piepmeyer.)
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