Have a Lovely Weekend. | Cup of Jo
What are you as much as this weekend? Freddie and I are volunteering at a soup kitchen tomorrow, then planning to sit down within the solar and chat/nap/learn. My pc additionally died this week — simply flickered and went black! — so this week has been somewhat nuttier than ordinary, and I’m excited for a chill weekend. Have a very good one (Eid Mubarak to those that have fun), and listed below are a number of hyperlinks from across the internet…
Materialists, a brand new film a couple of matchmaker starring Dakota Johnson, seems to be enjoyable. Here’s the trailer.
Banana Republic is 40% off proper now, together with this perfect travel dress.
Working as an indie bookseller feels surprisingly bolstering throughout laborious instances: “Little outdated Southern women are available in searching for books to assist them higher perceive their children or grandkids who’re transitioning and/or gender-nonconforming. Folks need to join with their autistic children, their chronically sick siblings, their immigrant neighbors. I see it each day. Day-after-day.”
Five spring styling tricks, together with a cool approach to carry sun shades.
What do White Lotus characters’ book choices tell us? “The dynamic of the three feminine buddies on a bunch vacation is writ giant of their studying selections. Laurie (Carrie Coon) is studying Emma Straub’s Trendy Lovers, a novel a couple of trio of buddies grappling with getting older; the TV star Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan) has introduced alongside Barbra Streisand’s 992-page memoir to learn by the pool; and… the newly outed Trump voter Kate (Leslie Bibb) simply scrolls on her telephone.”
Who’s hungry for a tuna melt with potato chips? (NYTimes reward hyperlink)
I want to dress exactly like Youngna Park. These shirts! These patterns! (Huge Salad)
Wow, this 275-square-foot Manhattan studio feels straight out of the French countryside. (NYMag)
The new Swiss passports are a design marvel.
Most essential: Donald Trump and Elon Musk are attempting to seize all the pieces they’ll. We face unconstitutional threats to our security and freedom. Subsequent Saturday, April fifth, we’re taking to the streets nationwide to battle again with a transparent message: HANDS OFF! We wish their grasping palms off libraries, colleges, public lands, our our bodies, clear air, social safety, immigrants, veteran providers, free speech, the listing goes on and on. Discover your closest occasion at www.handsoff2025.com — I’ll be on the NYC one and would like to see you there.
Plus, two reader feedback:
Says Maïa on the best advice for preteens: “Joanna, I simply realized that you just (and your workforce and this group) are ‘reparenting’ me, as we are saying in remedy. As a child, each time I acted awkward round my buddies, my mother and father would have a look at me with an uncomfortable expression, which made me even extra uncomfortable with myself. I principally grew up out of it, however it could possibly come again generally. It’s so reassuring to see the way you dad or mum your teenagers (and your self) and the way you dad or mum us on the identical time, when sharing this sort of submit! 🧡”
Says Lauren O. on Kate Lindello’s week of outfits: “I’m getting main Sharon-Horgan’s-next-level-prints-in-CATASTROPHE vibes – the colour, the long-lasting sample play!”
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