Have a Beautiful Weekend.

Great list! I want the books! :)))

Kudos to that kid for getting into the colleges to which she applied, but is it really national news? I’ve never understood the Ivy obsession; it seems like a real remnant of the aristocracy – – – I mean, who cares? Maybe my indifference is just a west-coast thing. The rebel in me hopes she opts for another, more low profile but equally intellectually challenging place (Reed or Kenyon come to mind), to continue her studies. Now THAT would be news-y!

I would love to win a trip to San Francisco! I would definitely go to Tartine for morning buns, spend the evenings at Mr. Bing’s, and do a ton of hanging out by the water and sipping afternoon cocktails. I’d invite my friend Katie along and we would buy matching souvenir shirts and spend a day doing super cheesy tourist stuff.

What a wonderful give/getaway! Thank you for the opportunity to win!

I wore trousers and a button down cotton blouse to my NYC City Hall wedding. Yep, I was pregnant. In fact, I think city hall weddings would make for an interesting blog post.

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, it’s a wonderful read. I read it on vacation a few years ago and kind of gasped and sobbed at the end and told all the girls that I was with that they had to read it. It was moving.

I love love LOVE the post about the hotel in Miami! As someone who either uses air BnB or camps (my partner and I love our camping) every time I travel, every hotel stay feels like an enormous indulgence. That said, what stuck out for me was the option for a kid’s meal on every menu.

I hate children’s menus. I DESPISE them. I feel that they contribute to creating children (and when they grow up, people) that assume their desires are the most important. It also indulges fear of unknown over exploration. I work at a restaurant that serves unusual dishes, and I have observered a strong difference between the children whose parents ask that they at least try a bite of the duck hearts and the children whose parent allow them to eat only plain fried potatoes and chicken. My favorite children I see – including some whose parents who have told them they won’t like a more unusal dish – are the ones who try somethings crazy and ask for more crudo! More sweetbreads! More tartar!

Children are tiny humans with less experience. It warms me to see them treated that way and it drives me up the wall to see them treated otherwise. Children’s menus are, too me, one of the most widespread and concrete ways that the world condescends to children.

TL;DR: children’s menus stunt and underestimate kids. Feed them real food. They will probably like it and it may even help them be better people.

/rant. Thank you so much, Joanna, Caroline, and all new staff. I’ve enjoyed it since I was 20, childless, and living in Philadelphia. If your writing, style, and Internet curation can interest someone who has so little overlap with so many of your topics, you are clearly doing something well.

I also made a documentary about autism and autistic sensory experience. It features a cross-section of adults and kids as well as men and women narrating the experience. If you enjoyed the linked video you might enjoy a more in depth experience— spectrumstory.com. :)

thank you so much for linking the piece on asian-americans discussing race! it really means a lot that you would include this in your weekly roundup and i think helps to continue the ongoing discussion on understanding bias within our community :)

have been a regular reader for years and this is the first time that i’ve been moved to comment!

I’d bring my husband to NY! He’s a huge Yankees fan and we’ve never been to a game.

Thumbs up for the conversations with Asian- Americans on race. I can relate completely (unfortunately) with their experiences. More please!

Fake flowers… My boyfriend’s aunt bought some really nice looking roses and put them in a vase… with water. The trick really got me thinking they were real! :-)

I always love your weekend recommendation lists–such an eclectic list of things that I wouldn’t necessarily come across by myself!

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5 star hotels ring my bell just fine. Always and forever, lol lol lol.

So happy to see you’re going to read Cutting for Stone. I read one of his other books, The Tennis Partner and loved it. Also heartbreaking and beautiful. There are so few books about male friendship and The Tennis Partner is the best one I’ve read. Would love to meet Verghese one day.

Joanna, that dress is going to look great on you. Summer’s the perfect time to try a new look.

Haha…I agree about the rental houses. As nice as it can be sometimes, hotels are wonderful and such a great.

And I hope I win that trip to NYC!

I always love seeing what great links you find on your friday posts and hope you have a wonderful time with your sister (her apartment makeover is my all time favorite post ever on your site).

Another fun thing happening this weekend is that Prince William and Kate’s tour of India and Bhutan kicks off! They will be arriving in Mumbai on Sunday. We’ve got lots of scoop on the visit and aaaaall the planning that goes on behind the scenes on our site: http://theroyalpost.com

Happy weekend!

What a great giveaway! If it was up to me, I’d say SF but if I win I’ll let the husband chose! (Or the baby? She’s coming, too.)