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    What are you up to this weekend? We are going to see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQIeBB9XMe8″ rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Bros and also enjoy the sunshine after lots of rain! Hope you have a good one, and here are a few fun links from around the web…

    Found! https://bit.ly/3ehLrIm” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>The best host gift.

    Could you live in this https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/business/tiny-apartments-tokyo.html” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>tiny Tokyo apartment? (NYTimes)

    https://www.thecut.com/2022/09/saying-goodbye-to-grandpa-david.html” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>A writer interviewed her grandfather-in-law, days before his planned death. “Climbing the hill of life is challenging but marvelous. The way down is slippery. Literally. It’s easier to walk up than down.” (NYMag)

    https://amzn.to/3Mbt58t” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>My $25 mood booster.

    Yummmm, https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-pantry-cocoa-brownies-240312″ rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>fudge-y pantry brownies.

    https://thaothai.substack.com/p/a-chat-with-leslie-stephens-about” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>The etymology of the word spinster: “It comes from women who spun wool for a living — spinners. They were financially independent and didn’t need to get married. Then it became a pejorative, this sense of women not needing husbands.”

    What color would you https://stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/front-door-paint-reveal” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>paint your front door?

    Omg what a funny Instagram feed: https://www.instagram.com/hotdadsofpicturebooks/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Hot Dads of Picture Books.

    https://reductress.com/post/woman-with-mansion-owes-everything-to-6th-grade-game-of-mash/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>This headline made me laugh.

    https://drinkthiswine.com” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Molly Baz’s wine branding. Yay for wine feeling fun and playful, versus stuffy and insider-y!

    Ooh, such a pretty https://www.instagram.com/p/CjYxEnCu7AS/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>wedding dress.

    Plus, three reader comments:

    Says MAK on https://cupofjo.com/2022/10/05/dinner-party-starters/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>strategic starters for a dinner party: “Some friends had us over recently and served cold martinis and Lay’s potato chips. Perfect combo.”

    Says Amy on https://cupofjo.com/2022/10/03/emma-straub-dad-loss-grief/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>the dead dad club: “When my dad died, this is how I felt: ‘We were a religious sect consisting of two people, and now half the congregation was gone.’ – James Marcus”

    Says Kay on https://cupofjo.com/2022/10/06/funny-podcast-episode/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>a podcast that made me laugh: “I have a gigantic crush on Jason Mantzoukas and love listening to him on podcasts, especially https://pod.casts.io/people/jason-mantzoukas?podcast_id=126676″ rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>the Gilmore Guys. His characters are often loud twits but he comes across as so smart and sensitive in interviews. I also LOVE https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scam-goddess/id1479455008″ rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Scam Goddess, true crimes that aren’t murdery but con-focused; and https://open.spotify.com/show/6BVpJ3TTdjnKbHTR4yBjBM” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>The Bechdel Cast, where they talk about movies through an intersectional feminist lens; and of COURSE https://www.maintenancephase.com” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Maintenance Phase because Aubrey Gordon is in fact amazing.”

    (Photo by Holly Clark/Stocksy. Hot dads via https://www.instagram.com/phoebewahlshop/” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>Phoebe Wahl.)

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