What are you up to this weekend? The boys and I are going to our friends’ house tonight to play Blank Slate, a board game they’ve raved about. We’ll report back! Also, check your voter registration status and find your poll site here, if you haven’t already. Hope you have a good one, and here […]
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Have you read Kate Baer’s newest poem, The Bridesmaid’s Speech? It’s an ode to friendship. Is there anything more powerful than a friend-turned-sibling? Reader, I think not. Here are 10 reader comments on the subject… On offbeat hangs: “I attended a PowerPoint party, and it was hilarious. People presented on everything from bad ’80s movies […]
When Kurt Andersen took over as editor of New York Magazine, he printed out a list of “annoying words” he didn’t want his writers to use. When I was 32, I wrote about this list on Cup of Jo, then added a word that I myself hated: moist. Moist? Ew, gross. If you described banana […]
I have a lot of Instagram crushes, but these days one man definitely takes the lead… That man is Julius Roberts, the former London-based chef who fled the restaurant rat race to raise pigs, chickens, goats, and sheep on an impossibly picturesque farm in the English countryside near the Dorset coast. His life is enviable, […]
I couldn’t describe, exactly, the layout of the trailer my family moved into when we arrived in the United States; or even the view outside the first apartment I lived in on my own. But I can close my eyes and summon the fearsome rush of the river in Verghese’s Covenant of Water. A snowy […]
Good news! Today, Quince — the San Francisco-based brand that creates luxury essentials at reasonable prices — is doing a one-day sale. They almost never have sales, so we’re eyeing their beautiful pieces, like cotton sweaters, silk shirts, and puffer coats. Here are a few more favorites… First up, I love this washable silk shirt […]
What are you up to this weekend? The boys and I have been admiring Halloween decorations in our neighborhood and brainstorming our costumes. (I’m going as the same thing as last year, haha.) Are you planning to dress up? Hope you have a good one — Good Yuntif to all who observe Yom Kippur — […]
I have a rec! I don’t typically read much romance, but my book club chose “Just for the Summer” by Abby Jiminez. I was deeply skeptical. Fast forward a few weeks, and I have now read all six of her novels! She calls them “rom coms,” and they’re not very racy, but they’re sweet and […]
We’ve talked about career advice and dream jobs and work lunches and the mentor myth, but I suddenly realized, I don’t think I’ve ever asked the actual question: what’s your job? This meme made me laugh. These were my grandparents whenever I’d talk about Cup of Jo. Please share below! I’d love to hear… P.S. […]