What are you going to do this weekend? We just sent Anton to an overnight camp in Vermont – his first time! I couldn’t stop thinking about him and hoping he had a good time. Any advice from experienced parents on how to calm down? I never grew up with that so this is all new to me. Hope you had a good one, here are some links from around the web…
are you hungry?
I wear these perfect pants all the time when I travel.
And casual jeans for a date with a handsome gentleman 😉
Kamala Harris’s vibe shift is electric and I’m here for it. (New York Times gift link)
Are the skills needed to be president or the skills needed to be a stepmom?
This London basement apartment is the weirdest.
33 Fun Life Tips. “Whenever you’re asked to guess a number (how much money someone saved, how many miles they ran, how long they had to wait at the DMV…), be conservative. The person asking the question wants to surprise you.
Daisy Edgar Jones makes me want bangs. (Fashion)
Fashion designer Somsack Sikhounmuong always has lunch with his colleagues. “No matter how busy the office is, we all eat together. The idea of sitting down, taking a moment, and getting all the food out is great to me… It’s the equivalent of the water cooler, but this is the lunch table. (New York Magazine )
What to do with all those zucchini?
Made me laugh.
Also, tomorrow I will be sending out the AMA issue of our newsletter Big Salad, including what it was like sleeping with someone for the first time after my divorce, yikes! There is a fee for obvious reasons, but if you want to chat with girls it’s only $6 a month (plus all profiles).
Additionally, three readers commented:
Kristen on Erika Veurink’s outfit of the week: ‘I’m 5-foot-11 and in every photo of me in my teens and twenties , I was all hunched over or squatting. Now that I have a tall daughter, I’ve decided to own my height and people are always making comments about my height and hers, although I still make unsolicited comments about it to strangers. Feeling resentful, but I’ve learned to respond to ‘You’re so tall’ with a sincere ‘Thank you so much’ as if it were the highest compliment. I hope my daughter doesn’t feel like she needs to take up less space in the world.
Brianna says of what makes you thirsty: “Recently, my very stoic husband left me three missed calls on his way to work. I was busy wrangling our kids, but when I finally When I called him back, worried that there was an emergency, he asked me to run to the garden as there are amazing rainbows there. We live in Ireland and there are rainbows all the time and he usually doesn’t care but he knows I love spotting them. And frantically making sure I didn’t miss out on anything good, my naturally oblivious lover now points out, after 15 years together: “Look! , isn’t that beautiful? ” while looking at me uncertainly and hopefully.
Ally on what everyone is reading/watching/listening to: “I’m so excited for the Olympics. Anthony Edwards’ performance on the men’s basketball team is an absolute delight. Can’t wait for Simone Biles, Suni Lee too , Jordan Chiles, and the entire women’s team. And Katie Ledecky and Quincy Wilson (who’s a 16-year-old track star). Oh my god, I can’t wait. .
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