Have a Beautiful Weekend.

yesyesyes to the conversations about race. i’m asian american so it hits home. also, love the behind the scenes of the museum!

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

I am so excited about the contest! (Probably too excited, honestly, seeing as how there are so many people entering. But hey, hope springs eternal, right?)
My husband Tyler and I just found out we’re expecting our second baby – and we have a 10 month old already! I’m a little overwhelmed, and a “babymoon” would certainly be very welcome.

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!

Great link list! Thank you! Really appreciate a conversation with Asian Americans on race. I am not Asian, but my parents are immigrants, so there were a lot of emotions and thoughts to which I felt I could relate, if on a smaller scale. Thanks for sharing.

Also, that 23 rewards list is great.

Hope you had a great time with your sister!

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.

Oh no! I have to say no to fake flowers. The fragrance of fresh flowers in the house, even non-perfumed ones, sets the ambiance of a room, and is so welcoming.

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

✋I wore pants at my wedding. They weren’t as fancy as the ones mentioned in the article, however. I would have loved to wear some Philip Lim trousers, but I settled for some good ol’ Anthropologie Pilcro Stets in teal. I guess some would even consider them jeans. Gasp!

I was a pretty big tomboy growing up (full disclosure: I didn’t own a dress until I was 26), so wearing a dress at my wedding would have felt like I was trying to be someone else.

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.

I love the post about rewards. Gretchen Rubin writes about ‘healthy treats’ and I love the concept so much.

One of my favourite treats is going to the nursery. Even better is buying a new plant for my apartment, but even just being there is so relaxing.

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.

Loved the link from NYT discussing Asian Americans and race – fascinating and truly worth the conversation.

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.

Love the rewards that aren’t shopping or eating link because those are for sure my go to’s!

Thanks for sharing!

Riley

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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. :)

I love the links this week! I’m excited to get my hands on some new books. Have a nice, safe trip!

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 display fake flowers all the time. It makes it so much easier, and cheaper! But I never turn down an opportunity to put out real flowers!

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

Tell The Wolves I’m Home is one of my favorite books! So beautifully written and easy to read! Enjoy it.

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

Thank you for posting the link to a conversation with Asian-Americans on race! Its awesome seeing a perspective that i can totally relate to being highlighted in a forum such as yours.

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 kind of wish they would have a museum yard sale at the MNS.
How cool are those collections!