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What are you up to this weekend? I might see Marty Supreme tonight (have you seen it? I truly love ping pong),\u00a0and the boys and I are going to make brownies. Thank you also for the amazing comments on this book post<\/a>. Hope you have a good one \u2014\u00a0stay safe \u2014 and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n My niece got me into Block Blast<\/a> and now I can\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n Steal<\/a>, the new heist thriller, looks really compelling.<\/p>\n Banana Republic is having a huge winter sale<\/a>, and I\u2019m eyeing this cozy sweater<\/a>.<\/p>\n Greek salmon patties<\/a>? Yummmmm.<\/p>\n Novels everyone will be talking about in 2026<\/a>, including a sweeping tale of class conflict in Pakistan and a divorced forty-something taking a cruise to see a boy band. (NYT gift link)<\/p>\n I love the idea of nail blush.<\/a><\/p>\n Beautiful words<\/a>.<\/p>\n Have you ever been a restaurant regular<\/a>? \u201cTiming was the cheat code. Quiet hours let him introduce himself, learn the owners\u2019 names, be recognized on return visits and, when the weekend crowds hit, land priority seating. \u2018I think one of the biggest perks for me is feeling like I built a relationship and I\u2019m part of that community,\u2019 he said. \u2018So every time I go I see other regulars, and I see the owners, you hear the latest updates on their stories.\u2019 (NYT gift link)<\/p>\n Gahhh, how iconic is the first lady of NYC<\/a>?<\/p>\n Sneezes, ranked<\/a>. The dad sneeze haunts my dreams.<\/p>\n Embroidered people watching<\/a>.<\/p>\n Made me laugh<\/a>.<\/p>\n After 20 years of marriage, my friend had a sexual awakening<\/a>. Here\u2019s the book<\/a> that profoundly changed her sex life. (Big Salad, paywall)<\/p>\n Most important, if you\u2019re absolutely enraged by an ICE agent murdering a Minnesota mom<\/a> this week and all the horrors of the Trump administration, take to the streets on January 20th<\/a>. Abolish ICE<\/a>.<\/p>\n Plus, three reader comments:<\/p>\n Says K.R. on Kelsey\u2019s dad\u2019s spaghetti<\/a>: \u201cMy dad is forever following my sister, my mom, and me around with fruit. But like, good fruit. Peeled and sectioned clementines, perfectly ripe peaches, melons de-seeded and cubed. I never really noticed he did this \u2014 or completely took it for granted \u2014 until I came back home as a mom myself and saw, with new eyes, my parents\u2026parenting. Now I am never not<\/em> seeing the fruit offering.\u201d<\/p>\n