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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat are you up to this weekend? This week, I finished The Sopranos<\/a> (wow, that last episode!) and need my James Gandolfini fix, so Freddie<\/a> and I might watch Enough Said<\/a>. Have you seen it? Hope you have a good weekend \u2014\u00a0stay safe \u2014 and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n Love this pink and green kitchen<\/a>.<\/p>\n A big bowl of salted chocolate pudding<\/a>.<\/p>\n Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and<\/em> Trump\u2019s Inauguration Day. \u201cWhat better day for this to occur than the King holiday because that means now people get to see this major contrast,\u201d said Bernice A. King<\/a>, CEO of The King Center. (This whole article<\/a> is worth reading.) <\/p>\n Queer Eye\u2019s Jeremiah Brent on doing house makeovers in three days<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s why I look like I\u2019m 98 years old the whole season. I did not sleep.\u201d (NYMag)<\/p>\n The energy we need for 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 40 most anticipated TV shows of 2025<\/a>. (Mo! The White Lotus! The Bear!)<\/p>\n My all-time favorite sweater<\/a> is on sale.<\/p>\n Thinking of meat as a condiment<\/a>.<\/p>\n John Early<\/a> is so hilarious, even just looking at his face makes me laugh.<\/p>\n 13 fun dates (that aren\u2019t dinner)<\/a>, including reading hangs, cemetery walks, and a surprising second date that crushed it<\/a>. (Big Salad) <\/p>\n Busted<\/a>.<\/p>\n Plus, three reader commments\u2026<\/p>\n Says Emily O. on do you have a house speciality<\/a>: \u201cMy very Italian mother keeps hundreds of meatballs frozen at all times (\u2018If I drop dead, I want people to eat good food at my funeral,\u2019 haha). I can\u2019t tell you how many spontaneous meals have been consumed and how many people she\u2019s encouraged me to invite. She said if she ever opened a restaurant it would be called \u2018What\u2019s One more!\u2019 In my early twenties, I moved to a new city and called home to chat, when my mom casually told me that a group of my friends had stopped by her house after the bar for late-night meatball sandwiches.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Jo on what holiday would you invent<\/a>: \u201cWhen my son was five, he decided to declare May 1st our anniversary. It\u2019s not his birthday, just a day he selected at random, but he has kept it going for three years now and hasn\u2019t forgotten! It\u2019s a special day for him and me \u2014 we do something fun just the two of us, and then exchange small gifts. He actually brought it up last night as we were winding down for bed: \u2018Mom! Our anniversary is coming up!’\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/thankyouok-1.jpg\")
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