What are you up to this weekend? The boys and I will be playing whiffleball at the park, and I’m going to watch more of DTF St. Louis — the first episode was surprisingly compelling. (Thanks to the readers who recommended it!) Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web…

The real reason Freddie and I broke up. So many people asked! (Big Salad, paywalled)

Always love a dinner recipe with toast.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s writing advice: “She always tries to give a character three things to juggle in any given scene. For example: they’re trying to order a sandwich, the deli is unbearably hot, and they’re trying very hard not to let on that they plan to rob the bank down the street in 20 minutes.”

RMS is having an Earth Day sale (rare), so I’m stocking up on the legendary Lip2Cheek.

Ina Garten shares which ingredients don’t make the “store-bought is fine” cut.

Longing for inconvenience. “My dear friend wants to fall in love the old-fashioned way because her parents met each other reaching for the same item at a market in the 1970s, a story she can rarely get through without crying.” (New Yorker)

Other colleges have frat houses. This one has a cookie house. (NYTimes gift link)

What a pretty dress for summer weddings.

Have you read the new book Whidbey? I forgot how riveting thrillers can be.

Should we embrace messy gardens this year?

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job.”

Plus, four reader comments:

Says Nadine on camping with kids: “Funny story: On a road trip, my boyfriend and I stopped at the national park in Hope, Arkansas. While waiting to join a tour, Ranger Kevin persuaded us to do the Junior Ranger activity. Keep in mind, we are solidly in our 40s and had ZERO children with us. We obliged, he led us through the very official swearing-in ceremony, and we received our wooden badges. What a delight!”

Says Ashley on camping with kids: “The best family travel advice we ever received: Expect that at some point, it’s going to be just awful. There will be a moment when everyone is cranky or utterly losing their shit. Expecting that part makes the whole trip more pleasant. Now, when it happens, my husband and I look at each other and shrug, ‘This is the awful part.'” (Agreed!!!)

Says Meghan, on mint chocolate mousse: “In my youth, I spent many years scooping ice cream. One thing I can say is that people who love mint chocolate LOVE mint chocolate. No one was ever as excited to see a flavor on the menu as the mint-chocolate people. I found it very endearing.”

Says Morgan on moms, what do you always keep in your bag? “Growing up, I had health conditions that required frequent doctors visits, hospital stays, and so much time in waiting rooms. My mom’s go-to move to entertain me was to let me look through the contents of her purse. Keys! Lipstick! I had a tough relationship with my mom, but I’d give anything for a trip back in time to just look through her purse.”

(Photo by Annie Spratt/Unsplash.)

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