Have a Lovely Weekend.

I’ve only been to NY once when I was in grad school studying architecture, so Dia:Beacon was one of the places we visited along with PS1 and the MoMA. Dia:Beacon was my favorite, it was the first time I saw works by Bernd and Hilla Becher, Sol Le Witt…and it was snowing then too! Hope you liked it.

I’ve street cried in Boston too – no one gets involved. It’s weirdly cathartic.

I hope that YOU had a lovely weekend. I spent mine enjoying the sunshine in some of Paris’ gardens and parks – spring is finally here! xx

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It’s not just a work call… it’s an interview on the BBC! aka a newscast seen around the world!

I had to stop mid-post so I could say that I’m a big HAYELL NO on bodysuits. Ever since I had a child I cannot fathom wanting anything else to bother my crotch like that. I’m frowning just thinking about it.

My sister and girlfriends were body suit obsessed crazy teenagers in the 90’s. I recently rediscovered them at 40. It’s simple: bodysuits are amazing! I want one in every color.

The video of the dad and the kids is hilarious. My favourite is the mom scrambling to get them out of the room and then crawling back to close the door!!

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Thanks for sharing that 25 Songs piece! It was fascinating to read, and I loved learning some great new songs!

That ‘kids walking in on dad working’ video makes me feel really uncomfortable and a little sick. What is everyone finding so funny?
I’m really disturbed by the behaviour of the dad and then the woman once she’s realised what’s happened (presumably due to how it will be handled afterwards.) I assume she is the nanny. If she’s the wife it’s much worse; I understand her frantic action as an employee, but not as his partner – that would he worrying.

No to bodysuits. I had them, but wouldn’t have them again.

The secret life as an undocumented migrant is heartbreakingly beautiful. Feeling for so many families at the moment.

Wow! That’s awesome. The guide to NYC street crying is perfect.

I say “don’t” on body suits. I wore them in the 90s. They were uncomfortable, inconvenient, and all around uncomfortable. Who wants to unbutton their shirt just to go to the bathroom? There’s a reason body suits went out of style, let’s let them Rest In Peace.

Hey Jo, I dont know if you’ve come across this yet, but Bill Gates read Paul’s book and had only good things to say! I read it a few months after you talked about it here on the blog and I must agree! Here ia the link for his comment:

http://ti.me/2msozGC

On your way up stop by my favorite vintage store in Tarrytown,NY…
Pretty Funny vintage.com
80 South Broadway
Tarrytown,NY
Right on route 9

Oh wow I remember reading that article about “The Egg and the Sperm” in medical school. I forget which class it was assigned to us, but I remember everyone, myself included, thinking it was the most ludicrous and absurd read ever. I guess just coming from a medical / science standpoint, it seemed like such a completely frivolous and irrational argument. I think because the sperm is a mobile cell, traveling to the egg for fertilization, the language and imagery used in textbooks and scientific literature are just exactly what anyone would have used trying to practically describe the process of reproduction. None of us thought it was at all indicative of sexism or perpetuation of gender norms… I remember being specifically dismayed after reading it. I have always been a feminist, and I felt like that article was just so un-scientific and illogical, that it was almost harmed feminism. I think it encouraged a lot of the “crazy feminist” stereotypes that people often peg strong feminist women with. It was written by a person who clearly didn’t understand the science very much and from a medical standpoint, seemed so hypersensitive about something (the language to describe reproduction) that did not warrant it at all… anyway, it’s funny – never thought I’d see that article again, but boy does it bring back bad memories.

As an academic and a Korean American woman, I found this video hilarious! The white American male professor who is the western media’s go-to “South Korean expert” (because there are not enough native SK political science scholars in SK); the two adorable and hilarious kids sauntering into their daddy’s room; and the mom who clearly is thinking, “damn, I just had my back turned for a SECOND…!”
I didn’t think the dad was mad though; millions of SK citizens have been protesting for months to get President Park impeached. They wanted her out of the office, and they accomplished it peacefully. They organized the equivalent of the January Women’s Rights march EVERY weekend. In the past, South Koreans were arrested, imprisoned, and/or killed fighting for democracy. I understood it as a very monumental moment in SK history, an it’s hard for your brain to go from talking about something so serious and so unprecedented on live television to having the anchor point out that your child is behind you, right?
What disturbed me was that so many people assumed that the mom was a terrified nanny! Lots of assumptions about Asian women there.
Love to these mortified parents and their sassy kids for making us laugh in empathy, and to the SK people for accomplishing the impossible.
Happy weekend!

to note: DIA is closed a lot during winter hours because of how much of the design is related to light streaming in! just a head’s up!

also highly recommend bank square coffee house, the taco shop across the street AND beacon bread co. bbc has brioche french toast (ordered every morning we were there!) and i still dream about it.

Thanks for all this. Can’t wait to read the book, and I never shop at Trader Joe’s but will check it out. Great video of kids interrupting their dad- I laughed!
But I have to say that I don’t think that those jeans are really jeans. They are denim colored leggings. I gave up on pants years ago when skinny jeans took over. I don’t know why all pants mostly look like tights these days. I find them to be not always comfortable or flattering. I love that wide-leg, high-waist styles are starting to be fashionable again.

Love Emma Watson!

My husband was checking out people’s pics of the bull and the girl statue on Instagram and found (and tweeted) this. I love it so much.

https://twitter.com/adamlaiacano/status/839487876626792448

(It’s a pic of a group of young girls at the statue, but so worth a look!)

I would love if you would share your mulled wine recipe! Wintry weather days are perfect for mulled wine-making.

If you ever went to a bar or pub in the early 90’s you may have noticed a strange phenomenon that happened after midnight. Girls who had too much to drink would lose the ability to do up the bodysuit after using the loo. They then go to dance and the back of the bodysuit would work its way out of her jeans and be hanging. The realisation that this easily happened was the demise of the bodysuit where I lived. It happened to most people I know at least once.

I am 54 and it always cracks me up when styles from my youth come into fashion again. I had some really um, groovy bodysuits back in the day, and no way would I ever wear them again. The whole “snaps between the legs” makes me think of baby onsies. You haven’t really experienced a bodysuit until the snaps un-snap mid-day and sproing! For the ladies who like them, more power to you, but I am not going through that particular fad again!

THAT IS MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WHOLE WORLD! There is a lovely little coffeeshop on the main street and a little thrift shop! I was there like 10 years ago and again last year and it has lost none of its charms. The view from the train is like travelling to another universe. Enjoy! Buy some property!