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Happy Thanksgiving! If you celebrate, are you cooking anything? My mom is in town, and my dad arrives tomorrow (yes, both my divorced parents<\/a>!), and we\u2019re also hosting friends, including this party girl<\/a>. We\u2019re in charge of the turkey, gravy, stuffing, potatoes and cranberry sauce; and our guests are bringing sides and dessert. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n The travel pants<\/a> I\u2019m wearing from now on; love the fit.<\/p>\n An easy way to make vegetables sing<\/a>. You\u2019ll make \u201cthe carrotiest carrots you\u2019ll ever taste,\u201d writes Eric Kim. \u201cBut as I\u2019ve learned over the year, this same method can also yield the shallotiest shallots, the mushroomiest mushrooms, the green-beaniest green beans.\u201d (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Wildflowers in cities<\/a>! Makes my heart sing.<\/p>\n Two couples in California discovered they were raising each other\u2019s genetic children<\/a>. Should they switch their girls? Wow, this story really makes your breath catch. (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Ooooh, what a breathtaking garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n Love that Catherine Newman put \u201cvaginal estrogen\u201d on her holiday gift guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n A pink apartment<\/a> that feels like a hug.<\/p>\n What brings you pleasure? Molly Young<\/a> says malted milk balls and vanity license plates. Phoebe Ward<\/a> says running in the cold and not having a palate expander (anymore).<\/p>\n Here are five crazy amazing sales right now:<\/p>\n * Get 50% off almost everything at J.Crew<\/a>. These pajamas<\/a> are especially cute.<\/p>\n * Get 40% off with code MADEBETTER at MADEWELL<\/a>. Hey, beautiful<\/a>.<\/p>\n * NORDSTROM<\/a> is having a huge sale. What a great top<\/a>, and I use this<\/a> daily.<\/p>\n * Get 40% off at Primary Kids<\/a>, plus free shipping. <\/p>\n * Get up to 65% off at D\u00f4en<\/a>. For example, is this the perfect shirt<\/a>?<\/p>\n Plus, three reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Midge on holiday crafts<\/a>: \u201cEvery year, we cut out snowflakes, then sign and date the back. Grandparents, friends, significant others, whomever is here has made one for the past 16 years. I particularly love the one where someone was too small to use scissors so they drew on the holes (!!!)\u201d<\/p>\n Says Amanda on holiday crafts<\/a>: \u201cIf anyone\u2019s looking for craft-y gift ideas, we love making cards with a fill-in-the-blank questionnaire that the kids then decorate. We\u2019ve made them for grandparents and aunties, and it\u2019s always a hit. For Father\u2019s Day, the card asked, \u2018What\u2019s Dad\u2019s favorite thing to do?\u2019 and my son answered, \u2018Sit with me.\u2019 It still makes me tear up!\u201d<\/p>\n