Have a Lovely Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you up to this weekend? We’ve been showing our 13-year-old English cousin around New York, and he’s loving it. Times Square at night was a big, giddy hit. Can’t wait to share a few photos next week. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web…

Brown butter zucchini bread, yum.

Brooklinen is having a huge sale. I have this in my cart.

Would you go to a summer camp where you can read all day? “These women met in an online book club. They traveled to a remote corner of Maine to read together. It was oddly moving.” (NYTimes gift link)

The movie trailer for A Little Prayer looks so touching.

What Anne Lammot told her Sunday school students about death. (NYTimes gift link)

LOVE these easy pants and will be wearing them all fall.

Also, it’s way out of budget, but how cool is this newspaper skirt?

Not everything about being 80 thrills Helen Mirren: “The hardest part is the condescension. It really annoys me. If my husband and I are holding hands, someone might say, ‘Oh, look. How sweet.’ It’s like, excuse my language, ‘F*** off.’” (The Times, via Pandora Sykes)

What a pretty 700-square foot Brooklyn apartment.

We’re making Reese Witherspoon’s mud pie trifle tonight.

A group of 15-20 families in South Portland, Maine, have installed landlines for their kids instead of giving them cellphones. The landlines “helped their children become better listeners and more empathetic communicators.”

Your European Airbnb, hahaha.

And, finally, on Big Salad today: If I get married again, here’s my vision. The first part is non-negotiable.

Plus, three reader comments:

Says Gem on my therapist’s secret to midlife: “My husband recited part of a Longfellow poem at his sister’s wedding that included the line, ‘Life is checkered shade and sunshine.’ I think about this phrase all the time.”

Says Sasha on Sharon Beesley’s week of outfits: “This link is for everyone requesting a home tour! Lol. Enjoy. Sharon, you are hilarious.”

Says J.K. on we have two beloved visitors in Brooklyn this week: “Joanna, I just want to say what a surrogate mother/aunt you are to me! I have adopted so many of your parenting ideas/techniques since I started reading your blog in high school and am now a 32-year-old mom to a nearly one-year-old baby (eek, crying again!). We just visited family, and she had a blast babbling with her cousins; seeing your kids several years ahead gives me an idea of how to help them develop their own friendships down the line and how I can be a good aunt to my nephews. Not to sound creepy, but a HUGE thank you for sharing your life on the Internet and helping me know what to expect as I enter life stages a few behind yours.” [Ed. note: Sob! Thank you, J.K.]

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