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What are you up to this weekend? The boys and I are going to the Brooklyn library and the public pool \u2014 reminds me of my childhood in Michigan. Hope you have a good one, and here are some links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n
How to help the Texas flood victims<\/a>. (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Crispy fish sandwiches<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cFor my 70th birthday, I hired an escort<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Would you sleep in an outdoor bed in Sweden<\/a>? (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Love this gingham dress for summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since 1980, The French Open has hired an artist to make their official tournament poster. Here are all the posters<\/a> \u2014 so cool!<\/p>\n Are you watching Too Much<\/a>? Lena Dunham\u2019s new show follows a heartbroken New Yorker who moves to London. The trailer<\/a> looks bad, then good, so I\u2019m curious to see it.<\/p>\n These cheesecloth blouses \u2014\u00a0ruffle<\/a>, button down<\/a>, cropped<\/a> \u2014\u00a0are all gorgeous.<\/p>\n A Comprehensive Guide to Yellow Stripey Things<\/a>, so you can tell harmless bumblebees (you can pet them) from \u201casshole\u201d yellow jackets.<\/p>\n How charming is this Tennessee cottage<\/a>? That guest bedroom!<\/p>\n This mall challenge<\/a> made me laugh.<\/p>\n Hahahaha<\/a>.<\/p>\n Plus, three reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Kady on Kayla Sossin\u2019s week of outfits<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cMy seven-year-old daughter wears hearing aids. She hasn\u2019t yet become too self conscious of them, but I know that day is coming. I just showed her your photos and she said, \u2018Wowwww, she\u2019s so pretty.\u2019 Thanks for your honesty and for the representation. The next generation is watching!\u201d<\/p>\n Says Suz on four questions for you<\/a>: \u201cOooh, I have a book rec for you all. Now, the book\u2019s target audience is 12 year olds, but OMG, I LOVED it! I laughed right out loud. The characters are amazing, the feminism is unblinking, and it also somehow manages to be the most lovely, tender ode to sisterhood I\u2019ve read in a long, long time. It\u2019s The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science<\/a> by Kate McKinnon. Yup, SNL\/wierd Barbie Kate McKinnon. All I can say is she\u2019s a genius.\u201d<\/p>\n