Monday, October 15, 2012
Friday, October 12, 2012
What are you up to this weekend? Any fun plans? We're having dinner with friends tonight at the hidden restaurant Hudson Clearwater, and then spending the weekend doing anything but watching TV. Who knows what will unfold!! :) Hope you have a good one, and here are a few fun links from around the web...A song for your weekend.
What fashion week REALLY looks like.
Typeface for doctors.
This tumblr made me laugh out loud. (via Liz)
Chicken-parm meatballs.
Simple eyeshadow from Paris.
Wouldn't you love to walk through this rain room?
Wise words.
Dream fall shoes.
A town with no roads.
Halloween costume inspired by the Red Balloon.
Baby walrus! Mustachioed!
A bag for Anglophiles.
Flea market art.
For New York readers: This motherhood panel looks amazing.
For LA readers: Cup of Jo reader Alison had a tumor removed (and is fine now!) but has crazy debt due to briefly not having insurance. She happens to be amazing at braiding hair, so she's hosting a braid bar on October 20th to raise money. It'll be a fun night for ladies to get their hair braided at a cool store in LA and have drinks together!
Have a good one, everyone! xo
(Photo of Bath, England, by Amanda Jane Jones)
Alex always makes fun of me for losing my glasses. I leave them everywhere: the playground, cabs, friends' houses. "Where are my glasses?" must be the line spoken most often in our apartment. (No one ever knows.)
Finally, this summer, I lost my beloved glasses once and for all, and spent a few months blind as a bat. Luckily for me, an adorable reader (below) tweeted me about her newest pair; and I loved them so much, I got the exact same ones. (Thanks, Katie!)
The glasses are from Lookmatic, my favorite online eyewear shop. Thankfully they're affordable (just $95 including the prescription), and you can try them on virtually. Now I just have to hold onto this pair!!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
After watching the Happy documentary, I've been mulling over the idea of happiness. One evening, I was reading a magazine, and a single quote gave me a lightbulb moment..."Happiness isn't being cheerful all the time," says John Sharp, a psychiatrist and Harvard Medical School. "It's being interested in things—finding out more about something, learning how to appreciate something better, incorporating something new that fits with what you already have."
So! Inspired, I decided to have more everyday adventures this fall. Then I wondered if I should make it a new series on the blog, since it's more fun to do things as a group. Would you want to join me?
How it would work: Each week, I'll issue a single challenge. (Think: learn to tell a great joke, write a handwritten letter, go see a movie by yourself.) The following week, we'll regroup and share our experiences! What do you think?!
The challenge for this week, should you choose to accept it, could be to not watch TV for a week. (Or, at least, cut way back.) And see what surprising things unfold in your life...
Thoughts? Are you in? Does this sound fun to you? Fingers crossed, I really hope so!!!
P.S. The no-complaining challenge...
(Photo by Christine Carreira. Graphic design by Rachel for Cup of Jo)
Alex just wrote a funny article about how Americans, more than ever, are adopting British words in conversations (think: "rubbish," "mates," "cheers"). It made me laugh out loud. Do you say British words? I, for one, am totally busted.Read the full article here.
(Illustration by Adam McCauley for the NYTimes)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Today's giveaway is from Mill & Bird, a handmade bag shop based in North Carolina. The designer makes beautiful, simple bags you can wear your entire life, and she strives to showcase the natural beauty of leather. Today, she's giving away a Racing Kate Tote Bag, made of soft moccasin leather with an interior pocket and shoulder strap. (The winner gets to choose her favorite color.) Wouldn't you love to wear this bag on crisp fall days?
For a chance to win, please visit Mill & Bird (and their Facebook page, if you'd like), and leave a comment below. A winner will be chosen at random tomorrow. Good luck! Update: Lindsey P. is our lucky winner. Thanks for playing.
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