Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Have a Enjoyable Weekend. | Cup of Jo


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What are you as much as this weekend? Freddie and I are heading to a cottage on the North Fork. The climate seems to be blustery, so we’ll play playing cards and skim and possibly he’ll cook dinner one thing. Trying ahead to lazy afternoons. Hope you’ve an excellent one, and listed here are a couple of hyperlinks from across the net…

Carrying this straightforward outfit to the Whitney Museum this weekend: shirt + pants.

Have you ever seen The Studio starring Seth Rogen? I watched the primary two episodes final evening and laughed quite a bit.

New York Journal’s lookbook is actually enjoyable — like, a double dutch competitors and canines dressed up for a Mets sport.

This girl is raffling off her cottage in Northern Eire, and you should buy a ticket for $7! (NYTimes present hyperlink)

How wild is this restaurant, which seems to be like a black-and-white drawing?

An Ethiopian-Eritrean bride on the quiet energy of wedding-day braids. “‘I instructed my bridesmaids, everybody’s getting braided,’ she mentioned, half laughing however lifeless critical. ‘No excuses. No ‘my scalp is tender.’ We’re doing this collectively. We’re honoring one thing.’” (Vogue)

Cool sneakers on sale.

The load and surprise of Mom’s Day. “My therapist gave me one different piece of recommendation: Maintain different folks’s infants. I’m unsure if she meant it as a check of my longing or a salve for it, however I’ve determined to deal with it as an invite to reside vicariously. To heal by permitting myself to soak up the enjoyment of others. To exist in a group the place we really feel one another’s pleasure and ache and longing. Why can’t I enjoyment of holding your child, only for a second?”

Toby loves sending Paperless Publish invitations for his birthday celebration and watching the replies roll in. Whereas serving to him select a mode, I discovered these Joana Avillez designs, how nice are they?

Life-sized embroidered portraits.

Oh my gosh, how attractive is that this collage? Ought to all of us get collectively and collage?

Most necessary, the information:

Gaza is enduring “cruelest part” of Israel’s assaults, says UN Secretary-Normal António Guterres. Extra devastating quotes from UN officers: “For almost 80 days, Israel blocked the entry of life-saving worldwide support.” “The help moving into now could be a needle in a haystack.” “Your complete inhabitants of Gaza is going through the chance of famine.” “Visiting maternity models and witnessing ladies giving delivery ravenous.”

The Gaza genocide is devastating, and we ought to be pushing our authorities to cease sending cash and weapons. However, after all, Jewish folks shouldn’t be focused! Nobody ought to be attacked due to their id — whether or not you’re Jewish, Palestinian, Muslim, Israeli, LGBTQ+, and so forth. It’s laborious to know what to say; sending like to buddies and readers who expertise and concern rising antisemitism.

Plus, 4 reader feedback:

Says Laura J. on what toys have your youngsters performed with one million occasions: “Considered one of my greatest parenting strikes: I framed a U.S. map and a world map, then hung them in our kitchen. My husband travels for work, so I reduce out an image of his head and we’d transfer it round. As the children bought older, we’d additionally level out the place relations lived or traveled. We discovered the state capitals, too.”

Says Kari on houseplant crime scenes: “My good friend diligently spritzed her hanging terrarium and felt so pleased with the way it was thriving, solely to comprehend a full 12 months later that it was faux.”

Says Rebecca on what nonfiction books do you’re keen on: “Solito by Javier Zamora. I’m a middle-aged white woman who cares for immigrant adolescents in a group well being heart. This true story of a younger unaccompanied minor, written by a poet, is the nonfiction ebook I like to recommend most to family and friends. In a time of unprecedented violence and animosity in the direction of immigrants, understanding the complexities and power in tales of migration from Central and South America couldn’t be extra necessary.”

Says Caitlin on what nonfiction books do you’re keen on: “What a pleasant publish stuffed with feedback about why you’ll be ENTRANCED by a ebook on eels/a really particular shipwreck/quantum physics. I really like a mild organizing process, so I put as many of those suggestions as I might into a spreadsheet for safekeeping/future library holds, in case anybody else would discover it helpful.” [Thank you so much, Caitlin!]

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