Have a Fun Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you up to this weekend? If I can convince the boys to join me, I’ll stop by Hopie Stockman Hill’s art gallery opening tonight. Her still-life paintings were inspired by her infertility journey, and they’re beautiful and moving. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few fun links from around the web…

My mom was surprised by my boyfriend’s age. To be honest, so was I! (Big Salad)

I’ve been spotting the wide-leg sweatpants trend all over town, and these are my faves.

“Actual things my parents said while watching my son’s swimming lesson,” hahaha.

Why not tell someone they look great today? According to the New York Times, strangers have been saying nice things to each other. “‘Oh, there’s definitely been an uptick,’ said Kaitlin Phillips, a publicist in Manhattan. She said she had been complimented on her outfits at random four times in one week.” (NYTimes gift link)

I’m excited to wear this lip color to a party tomorrow.

The boys and I played this fun game about how well you know someone.

A Japanese store has started selling a drinkable mayonnaise “forgetting the important adage: all mayo is drinkable if you believe in yourself.”

Samantha Irby’s extremely specific playlists. “it’s early afternoon. the sunbeams through your window bathe you in warmth. your house is quiet, you’re cozy in your favorite armchair, you’re yawning. the TV remote is too far away on the coffee table, but also it’s embarrassingly early to go to sleep. you decide to read!! YOU KNOW HOW TO READ!!!!!!! but reading with no ambient noise makes you feel like you’re in a padded cell. you can’t listen to classical music when you’re reading because it feels downright fucking preposterous, like you’re pretending to be a smart person in a movie when you are decidedly a dumb person on this earth… i have a work-in-progress playlist called good background noise for times such as this!”

Is this the most beautiful winter song? It always makes me cry.

Consider this burrata snowman if you’re ordering pizzas for a holiday get together.

My children would agree.

Plus, three reader comments:

Says Annie on the key to enjoying family gatherings: “I like to sit with the oldest person there. Your 97-year-old aunt? I’m her new bestie. It’ll be a genuinely interesting conversation with someone who appreciates a quiet minute or two.”

Says Christen on the key to enjoying family gatherings: “My go-to is telling my family I’m going for a run (knowing that nobody will want to join), and then I eat a weed gummy and go for a long-ass walk.”

Says Anne on the key to enjoying family gatherings: “Ever since leaving my parents’ home and getting married, Christmas has felt depressing and disappointing. This year, I finally realized that if I want Christmas to be a certain way, it’s up to me to make it happen. Yesterday I got my tree and made this caramel apple cake and watched It’s a Wonderful Life. I’m planning my weekends with holiday-themed activities (ice skating! light-up night! Christmas markets!). And I am BUYING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. I’ve finally accepted that it’s important to me to look from the street to see my apartment all lit up and cozy, and it’s worth spending a little money to make that happen. This is the first year of my adulthood that I’ve felt in charge of my own life and I’m really enjoying it.”

(Photo by Garage Island Crew/Stocksy.)

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