Have a Sweet Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you up to this weekend? Tonight I’m going to the new Greenpoint Comedy Club — will report back! — and tomorrow we have a close family friend’s bar mitzvah. Excited to play arcade games and watch other people dance. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web…

Swimsuit shopping can be…a nightmare, but I’ve loved every suit I’ve tried from this brand: buttons, ribbed, plunge.

Math problems for moms.

I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time!

What it’s like to be a 12-year-old American girl. Mira “is small for her age but manages to occupy space laterally. She moves with a noodle elasticity, and is prone to breaking into dance moves while going about her business: a full-body wave from wrist to wrist, an entire sequence from a Katseye music video. The first time we met, we were mid-conversation when she inexplicably dropped into a side split, grabbed her ankles, and rolled backyward, placing her toes on the floor behind her head. ‘At the beginning of the year, I couldn’t do an aerial’ — a hands-free cartwheel — ‘and I can kind of do one now,’ she told me, harrowingly assuming the starting position.” (New Yorker)

My #1 travel tip.

This secret note from a sister to her brother made me laugh.

Omg, how cute is this red-and-white dress? (Get 20% off with code JOANNA20.)

A reminder that it’s totally okay to be the friend who gets a little too excited.

You know the Black Honey lipstick that famously looks good on everyone? They now have a second shade.

I would get married just to serve these cakes. (via Ali)

Finally, seven cool things I spotted people wearing in NYC this week, and how not to look like a tourist. (Big Salad, free for all)

Plus, three reader comments:

Says Emily O. on a thank-you letter to my gynecology PA: “My lovely gynecologist inspired me to be descriptive with my kids when they were little: ‘Okay, I’m wiping your cheeks, and it might feel cold at first.’ ‘I’m reaching in your sleeve, can you scooch your hand down to me?’ ‘I’m going to push your shoe, and it might feel uncomfortable, just take a breath and relax, if you can.’ It’s surprisingly transferable.”

Says Marian on a thank-you letter to my gynecology PA: “Have you seen Laura Ramoso’s incredible impression of a gynecologist? If you want to laugh so hard you cry and probably pee, give yourself the gift of a watch.”

TW: Pregnancy loss
Says Nish on a thank-you letter to my gynecology PA: “I recently had my second heart-wrenching miscarriage. While I was lying in the operating room, a nurse leaned over, squeezed my hand, and whispered, ‘You’re safe here.’ Her kindness was so appreciated.”

(Photo by Josh Hild/Unsplash.)

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