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What are you up to this weekend? We\u2019re going to a bar mitzvah with a \u201cblack tie pizza party,\u201d which sounds really fun. Also, Anton and I are getting into chess together, although he beats me almost every time. I need to brush up! Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n
I want to read books on crisp sheets<\/a> all summer.<\/p>\n \u201cMy most valuable inheritance? My granny\u2019s gay gene<\/a>.\u201d (Vogue)<\/p>\n Great photo of the Knicks courtside seats<\/a>! Also, the Knicks subway station<\/a>. Also, Knicks bagels<\/a>.<\/p>\n Who\u2019s up for an adventure knitting<\/em> trip<\/a>?<\/p>\n The secret to getting dressed in under 30 seconds: a really good summer dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n Um, the most adorable library<\/a>.<\/p>\n This made me laugh so much<\/a>. My British dad indoctrinated us into \u201cMay I please have\u2026\u201d from the moment we were born.<\/p>\n What a cheerful house<\/a> in London.<\/p>\n My friend is hosting a movie night next week, and I\u2019m voting for this under-the-radar comedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Who\u2019s in the mood for a tuna melt<\/a>? (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n The Zara x Caramel collab<\/a> is really good.<\/p>\n \u201cOh, THIS is why people have sex all the time.\u201d<\/a> (Big Salad, paywalled)<\/p>\n Plus, three reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Kay from Queens on a very low-key summer checklist<\/a>: \u201cHopefully we\u2019re starting off summer with a Knicks sweep!!! We\u2019re also headed to Michigan, where all we\u2019re doing is swimming in the lake, reading by the lake, sleeping by the lake, playing by the lake, climbing sand dunes by the lake, and eating cherries by the lake. I can\u2019t wait to sit back and watch my sun-kissed babies play their little hearts out.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Emily on a very low-key summer checklist<\/a>: \u201cRecommendation for \u2018Big Book Summer\u2019: The Calamity Club<\/a> by Kathryn Stockett, which had some of the best female characters I have ever encountered in a book. I devoured all 600+ pages.\u201d<\/p>\n