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What are you up to this weekend? The boys and I are going to a whiffle ball tournament on Long Island \u2014\u00a0they are SO excited, and I\u2019ve packed all the sunscreen and water bottles (#SportsMom<\/a>). In other news, my friend Alison<\/a> went to the gym today and ended up working out alongside Bowen Yang! Miraculously, she kept her cool and didn\u2019t do this<\/a>. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n This waffle sweatshirt feels so good<\/a> \u2014 looking forward to wearing it on long autumn walks.<\/p>\n I\u2019m terrible at crosswords (not the way my brain works), but I really enjoy The New Yorker\u2019s mini puzzles<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now THAT\u2019S a basement<\/a>. (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n I love the \u201csurprise me\u201d button<\/a> on the top of Smitten Kitchen.<\/p>\n What Princeton was like, as a Black student from the South<\/a>. \u201cWhen I met other students and professors, and we introduced ourselves, it took a while to get used to the routine. Their reactions, depending on how much time they had spent down South, would head down one of two distinct avenues. If they hadn\u2019t lived lower than the Carolinas, they\u2019d say \u2018Alabama?!\u2019 with outright surprise or, if they were able to fix their expressions soon enough, a \u2018Whoa, Alabama\u2019 with careful wariness. As I confirmed they had heard me right, they seemed to be imagining the extremity of what being a Black girl from Alabama must entail.\u201d<\/p>\n Everything in this shop made me laugh<\/a>, especially this hat<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lovely description of siblings<\/a>. \u201cI often think our household is made up of two marriages \u2014 ours and theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n A font made of\u2026onions<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the trailer<\/a> for With Love, Megan<\/em> season two. Samin Nosrat, Chrissy Teigen, Tan France, it\u2019s star studded!<\/p>\n The perfect brown shirt<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oooh, that Friday feeling<\/a>.<\/p>\n And, finally, the genius advice my therapist gave me when my marriage ended<\/a>. I still use it all the time. (Big Salad)<\/p>\n Plus, two reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Anon on the sweetest baby shower idea<\/a>: \u201cAs a a single mom by choice<\/a>, I wanted to have a \u2018welcome to the world\u2019 party after my baby was born. I brought a big scrapbook and asked folks to share anything (literally anything) they thought the baby should know. People brought everything from photographs and stories to drawings and advice. My kid\u2019s big now and it\u2019s still one of our treasures!\u201d<\/p>\n Says Lykke on do you ever visit gardens<\/a>? \u201cThis one<\/a> literally took my breath away \u2013 Les Jardins d\u2019\u00c9tretat.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Jason Kottke<\/a> on four fun things<\/a>: *sandwich police pulls up* \u201cYou\u2019re gonna need some more tomatoes on those.\u201d<\/p>\n Says Emily on visiting gardens<\/a>: \u201cSince y\u2019all threatened me with a good time, I made a map<\/a> of all the garden suggestions from the comments. I\u2019ll continue to update!\u201d [Ed. note: Oh my gosh, thank you Emily!]<\/p>\n (Photo by Raul Navarro\/Stocksy.)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-6.20.05-PM.png\")
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