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What are you up to this weekend? I\u2019m going on a date to a hotel pool (!!) and wearing my favorite swimsuit<\/a>. Eeks. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n Can you draw all 50 states from memory<\/a>?<\/p>\n If Gemma tells me to wear hydrating lipliner, I will wear hydrating lipliner<\/a>!<\/p>\n Tiny love stories: \u201cIf he doesn\u2019t come, I\u2019ll marry you<\/a>.\u201d (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Will you watch Steve Carell\u2019s new HBO show, Rooster<\/a>?<\/p>\n Even in these depressing times, Love Is Blind is profoundly bleak television<\/a>. Men, are you good? (The Guardian)<\/p>\n On the bright side, Alysa Liu is the joy and hope we all need<\/a>. xoxo<\/p>\n In Ohio, people are converting their basements and spare bedrooms<\/a> into safe houses for immigrant families hiding from ICE. (NYTimes gift link) <\/p>\n The boys and I are making homemade naan and curried chickpeas<\/a> tonight.<\/p>\n Primary colors<\/a> are everywhere these days. (Harper\u2019s Bazaar)<\/p>\n A fun tribute to Jackie O\u2019s style<\/a>.<\/p>\n My sister<\/a>, my friend Jason<\/a>, and I laugh about all the Reese\u2019s spinoffs, and this one\u2019s the weirdest yet<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wow, what a dreamy hotel<\/a> on the sea.<\/p>\n Reader question: \u201cI found a thong and condoms in my husband\u2019s suitcase, what now?!\u201d<\/a> And what\u2019s the best advice your therapist ever gave you<\/a>? The comments are incredible<\/em>. (Big Salad; paywalled, thank you for your support! If you\u2019d like to get on the list for a comped subscription, just email newsletter@cupofjo.com xoxo)<\/p>\n Plus, four reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Emily on the new way my kids do chores<\/a>: \u201cWith chores, I often appeal to my kid\u2019s identities. It took exactly one week for my 10-year-old to become CEO of lunch-making. You are the family gardener! You are car concierge! It feels easier to notice and mange a task when it feels like your responsibility and part of your identity.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Marina on how long can I call my baby a baby<\/a>: \u201cWhen my 52-year-old brother was saying goodbye to our dying mom, my dad said that the absolute love and adoration on her face was the same look she gave my brother on the day he was born. Heartbreakingly beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n