What are you as much as this weekend? We’re going to our mates’ Hanukkah gathering tonight — chag sameach to those that rejoice! — after which taking it straightforward. Anton was sick this week, and he’s nonetheless quiet and draggy, which is such a distinction to his common wriggly self. Perhaps some hamster cuddles will do the trick. Have a superb one, and listed below are a couple of hyperlinks from across the net…
In the present day’s Huge Salad challenge options our woman Stella Blackmon’s 12 favourite issues, together with journey footwear, a celebration snack that breaks the ice, and essentially the most romantic film scene that’s all about eye contact. Hope you take pleasure in!
I additionally put collectively a reward information with my favourite NYC jewellery store, together with this beautiful bracelet and the ring I noticed throughout Paris.
Oh my gosh, a studying get together.
Making the case for restaurant pajamas, haha.
Is that this the world’s stinkiest cheese? “The ‘cabbagey’ aroma, Mr. Stone insisted, is ‘not there within the style…I didn’t know we may get the odor to be so very wealthy… I keep in mind strolling into the shop and considering, ‘Oh my God, we’ve hit it,’ and different folks recoiling in horror. And I’m going, Nicely, that’s what washed rind ought to odor like.’” (NYTimes reward hyperlink)
Why would any man not need to be bald? (NYMag)
Each teenager I do know is asking for this vacation reward.
Excessive sledding in Switzerland brings a mixture of pleasure and concern. (NYTimes reward hyperlink)
Craving a chopped salad after a cookie swap this week.
What a lovely drawing of bread (prints right here).
And, most necessary, I’ll be making 5 calls to induce representatives to assist de-escalation in Israel and Gaza. Right here’s precisely how one can do it, and it’s easy and important. Sending like to everybody who’s struggling proper now and hoping for peace for all.
Plus, three reader feedback:
Says Sisu Garcia on are you mysteriously drawn to bows proper now: “The important thing to carrying bows with out them feeling too infantile is for them to be floppy. A relaxed bow simply feels stylish (CLAIRE IT’S FRENCH!) I’m additionally an avid scrunchie wearer, and an oversize scrunchie provides the identical vibes.”
Says Anne on Anton obtained a pet: “We had a nutty hamster who would push her water bottle out of its holder so she may insert herself in it. She’d simply be caught there hanging by her armpits till we took her out. Ha!”
Says Beth on reward information #9: the hard-to-shop-for crowd: “My pal is taking a day without work work subsequent week to take her aged former neighbor who now lives in an assisted residing facility to go see a kids’s vacation dance efficiency as a Christmas current to him — I really need to burst into tears even fascinated with it.”
Have a superb one, and keep secure and comfy. xoxo
(Picture of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, 1952. Bread drawing by way of Edith on Kottke.)
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