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What are you up to this weekend? Our team came to Seattle<\/a>, and now I\u2019m spending the weekend with my twin sister and niece. Do you live on the West Coast? I always forget how much the air smells like pine and eucalyptus! Hope you have a good weekend, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n Omg, I love this whole look<\/a>.<\/p>\n Are you a local<\/a>? \u201cIn New England, the rule is simple. You are considered a local as soon as you have three grandparents who were born in the town where you live.\u201d<\/p>\n Inside Out 2 is changing how therapists talk to their patients<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve been stealing lines from the movie and quoting them to adults, not telling them that I\u2019m quoting,\u201d said Regine Galanti, a psychologist.\u201d (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Wait, we should put what<\/em> in our chocolate cake<\/a>?<\/p>\n Mark your calendars for Bad Sisters season two<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wow, could you live as a couple in a 74-square-foot apartment in the Netherlands<\/a>? The bedroom is gorgeous but I\u2019d be so claustrophobic. (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n How cool is this French bag<\/a>?<\/p>\n Beautiful photos of fireworks<\/a>.<\/p>\n If Tim Walz is America\u2019s dad, these are America\u2019s other family members<\/a>, haha.<\/p>\n 27 travel hacks<\/a>, including popping a \u201cdryer sheet in your luggage to keep it smelling clean and fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n The highest form of intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n Finally, this week we did a Big Salad issue about exes<\/a>, and I talked on our podcast<\/a> with my college boyfriend<\/a> about our relationship, breakup, awkward run-ins, and the key to becoming friends. Five readers also shared their painfully hilarious ex stories<\/a>. Read the issue here<\/a>, if you\u2019d like (for paid subscriptions). <\/p>\n Plus, two reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Wednesday on a scavenger hunt parenting tip<\/a>: \u201cI have an 11-year-old boy hanging out at home all week \u2014 his friends are all on vacation, so it\u2019s just the two of us. To avoid going nuts, I drew up a theme: \u2018Around the World in NYC.\u2019 Today is Italy so we went to Eataly<\/a> and ate fresh pasta. We\u2019ll go out for gelato later, then we\u2019ll watch an old Italian movie. I\u2019m excited for tomorrow: England!\u201d<\/p>\n Says Cait on have a beautiful weekend<\/a>: \u201cI actually pulled out the middle-of-the-date questionnaire<\/a> during my first first date in 15 years. I had forgotten the contents but remembered it was funny, so I showed it to my date in an effort to seem cool. We read it together at the bar and then got to the question about whether or not we were going to kiss. READER, WE DID.\u201d<\/p>\n (Photo by Haus Klaus\/Stocksy.)<\/p>\n