Have a Delicious Weekend.

I read your post on Jenny’s blog, and decided to give questions at the table a try last night. Without even a moments hesitation my 3.5 year old asked out loud: “is frozen yogurt, yogurt?!” and we all broke out in laughter. Thanks for encouraging what will surely be a lasting memory around our table. And the thoughtful words & posts as always!

Thank you for another great roundup of links – the piece on Michelle Obama was particularly inspiring. I appreciate you continuing to use your political voice and hope you will continue to do so. Thanks Jo!

Just reading the Michelle Obama Thank-You notes. Delicious!

This quote by Rashida Jones captures if perfectly for me:

“Michelle Obama embodies the modern, American woman, and I don’t mean that in any platitudinous or vague way. Rarely can someone express their many identities at the same time while seeming authentic. My female friends and I often talk about feeling like we’re “too much.” We’re complicated; we want to be so many things. I want to be a boss and also be vulnerable. I want to be outspoken and respected, but also sexy and beautiful.”

OMG Genna and Matty on Broadway! My favourite romantic comedy E-V-E-R!!! And i’m 36 years old… ;)
kisses from Lisbon, Portugal

I love that your team has started including reader comments on the weekend round up. It’s really cool to see what other readers are thinking and feeling when they read the thoughtful articles and links you post throughout the week. Often times I feel the same way, and it creates a cool sense of connection on the blog. Thanks for being so awesome and keep up the great work! Sending lots of good vibes from Prince George, BC in Canada.

My goodness, the closing two sentences of your post for Dinner a Love Story brought a little tear to my eyes. “Will you promise you’ll always be this sweet? And that you’ll always sit around a dinner table with your mama who loves you?” That is my deepest desire.

Cup of Jo is, “a thrice-daily fix that her zillion zealous fans (including yours truly) crave like junkies.”

It has been YEARS of reading your blog, since I was a “wee” one in college (now a young working professional :P, engaged, etc), and I still feel this way every day, every week about your blog, Joanna.

Thank you <3

There was a big wildfire this summer inland from Big Sur (the Soberanes Fire). It’s all over now but there will probably be traces and signs of it. It’s very good that travelers are going to Big Sur, because the fire this summer really affected the travel season.
I recommend stopping at the Henry Miller Memorial Library, a quaint and picturesque little place along the Big Sur coast, where you can pick up a book by Miller or others, hang out on the lawn, and maybe catch some music or an outdoor film if you go at the right time.
https://henrymiller.org/

Jo — I just came across this NYT feature today. It is so moving and awesome: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/20/nyregion/nyc-kids.html

Great links as always, Joanna! I’m soooo happy you’re enjoying My Sunshine Away. I read it this summer and absolutely loved it. The prose is so beautiful and I find myself returning to it from time to time. A book to be savoured for sure. Such an incredible debut!

Love that link on the best destinations for solo travelers! I’m hoping to take a trip to Vancouver in the near future. It’s such a shame I haven’t been yet!

Enjoy your time away.:)

I would love to travel to Dublin, but I have to save a boatload of money and get a passport. I traveled solo to San Diego ten years ago, and found it a harrowing but fun experience.

That ballerina profile really hit home. I haven’t danced in over a decade, and I sometimes forget that my entire life revolved around ballet for twenty years, until I read something like that and I think “oh right, that’s exactly right.” It overtakes your life like nothing else, and then POOF, it’s gone and you’re an adult. I wouldn’t trade my ballet years for anything, they gave me so much — a certain type of grit, great legs, a real understanding of my body — but for the most part I’m glad the serious part ended (thanks to a knee injury and heart condition) as I was graduating from high school so that I could have a normal college experience and a long-term career.

In a funny/weird related story, when I gave birth to my son I had a spinal block because he was a planned c-section and the nurses asked me if I was a ballerina. My toes, while completely numb, were pointed!