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What are you up to this weekend? (Also, how cute are baby puffins?) Toby is watching the Yankees game tonight, and Anton and I are going to sit on the stoop and eat popsicles. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n
How do you know your partner is the one<\/a>? With Freddie, here are five random moments<\/a> where I\u2019ve wondered. I\u2019d LOVE to hear your answers. (Paywalled because it\u2019s so personal, but the last few have been free for all)<\/p>\n Oooh, a lemon yogurt anything cake<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gap\u2019s summer collection<\/a> is great, like this bright striped shirt<\/a> and romantic dress<\/a>. <\/p>\n How a family of five makes their 750-square-foot New York City apartment work<\/a>, including a triple bunk bed.<\/p>\n The best advice on how to be happy<\/a>, including \u201cstart a weird ritual.\u201d (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n My Mother\u2019s Day wishlist: chocolate caviar<\/a> and the tiniest star bracelet<\/a>.<\/p>\n This little beach shop<\/a> is cool.<\/p>\n Are you watching The Four Seasons<\/a> starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell? The Netflix comedy follows three couples on vacation together.<\/p>\n Can we make advertising fun again<\/a>?<\/p>\n Do or don\u2019t: a cream cheese and olive sandwich<\/a>.<\/p>\n An interview<\/a> with the inimitable Cole Escola. \u201cMy most-used emojis are: Knife.\u201d <\/p>\n Why public opinion still matters even more than it did before<\/a>. \u201cWith these polls, we see what we should expect: that Trump has wildly over-interpreted his mandate to the extent he had one and is driving an immense backlash. The opposers are the majority, in some polls approaching 60% of the population. When people realize this, opposers become more likely to speak out, to take stands, to have confidence that they may in fact be on the winning side.\u201d<\/p>\n True<\/a>, haha.<\/p>\n Plus, three reader comments\u2026<\/p>\n Says Alana on do you have a house salad?<\/a> \u201cMy trick for a delicious salad is to top it with broken salt-and-vinegar chips. Kettle chips work best, in my opinion. Guests love it \u2014 it makes a simple salad feel like an indulgent restaurant salad. My favorite version includes romaine, Castelvetrano olives, tons of fresh dill, and a dijon vinaigrette.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Kate on two friendship tips<\/a>: \u201cMy mother-in-law says \u2018If you talk with someone every day, there is so much to say. If you only talk infrequently, it can be harder.’\u201d<\/p>\n Says LKB on a few days in Brooklyn<\/a>: \u201cI just came to say how much I appreciate this picture of you<\/a>: big smile and \u2014 gasp \u2014 wrinkles in the sides of your cheeks. After 44 years of frequent big toothy grins, I have those same vertical lines on my cheeks, and I\u2019m so self-conscious about them. Often I see air-brushed images of older women, but few examples of mid-40s faces for real. Thank you for unabashedly showing an image of yourself with these smile lines. I consider you a model of how to be a confident mother and woman, and I need that role model.\u201d<\/p>\n (Puffins on Skomer Island By Helen Rushbrook\/Stocksy.)<\/p>\n