Have a Great Weekend.

At the beginning of Jacqueline’s comment, when she said, “Longtime reader here! I work in this field and I just want to say I know how stressful this process is. I wish you a bug-free weekend . . . ” I thought she was talking about bed bugs. I was like WAIT!!! HOW DID I MISS THE POST ABOUT BED BUGS. Now THAT is something, as a New Yorker, I could talk about all. day. long. So I guess I’m asking . . . where’s the post about bed bugs? ;) (and did I ever tell you about the time we had bed bugs and lice AT THE SAME TIME???!?) xox

websites be websites! Gold!

The link for the cult hair product is not working :( and I’m always on the lookout for the holy grail of hair products….

The link for the hair product isn’t working, at least in Canada

I hope you enjoyed Playland! I grew up in Greenwich and Playland was a summer staple.

That Swiss Chard Tart is going on my dinner menu this week. It looks fabulous! Thanks for posting it.

In utero, overwhelming joy of feeling blessed to be a protector of a new life. I knew them before their first heart beat. Over 50 years later, feeling blessed remains.

The Titanic re-watch summary is spot-on. I disliked that flick when it hit theaters in the 90’s, and have called it “The Boat Show” ever since: it’s a show…about a boat…with a lame love story that ruins it. I never understood why everybody loved the movie, and was flummoxed at why at fictional love story had to be created instead of exploring the real-life dramatic stories of the real people who sailed (and died) on the real ship. On a different note…those retro movie posters are mesmerizing. I wonder what the retro version of the Titanic poster would look like? (I checked—there isn’t one.)

Lindy West’s book Shit Actually is nothing but essays recapping movies the way she does Titanic (the Titanic one is included, as well as the one about Love Actually which I believe is the first of her essays like this), and it’s AMAZING. Pro tip: listen to her read the audiobook rather than reading it yourself. It’s ten times funnier. My husband and I routinely quote lines from her Forest Gump recap, even though I love that movie.

The forward/introduction to the book is also a thoughtful and kind perspective on what to do with movies we like but are now learning include offensive things and/or were made by people who’ve done offensive things.

If you can’t tell already, I would very much like Lindy West to be my best friend. Can Cup of Jo make this happen? Pls & Thx.

The Amazon links never work for me because I’m in Canada. I just get rerouted to an Amazon home page and have no idea what the product is. I’m very curious about the hair product if anyone wants to enlighten me!

I love Playland SO MUCH – I grew up in New Rochelle and it was one of the very first places I went after learning to drive – we’d always go around 4pm after it had cooled down for the day and the little kids had left but while it was still light out for a few more hours. They didn’t get the ‘unlimited ride’ wristbands until fairly recently so you’d really have to think hard about how *much* you wanted to ride a ride as you always had a limited number of tickets. Also, our family tradition at the end of the summer was to find a family coming in as we were leaving and give them any tickets we had left!

I have very fine hair but a ton of it. I used olaplex a few years ago and fell in love with it initially. I started adding their products one by one. The last thing I added was the shampoo. I had a terrible reaction to it. It required an urgent care visit and 10 days of topical steroids. Looking back it was extremely foamy. I took a huge break from it and I only used no3. After a few uses it felt disappointing and nothing like the initial few uses. I now use Its a 10 leave in for blondes and the mask here and there. Awesome cheaper and no reaction?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/12/unread-messages

Since you made us love all things Sally Rooney…

Love the new design. Congrats!

*the way I have always heard it pronounced is with the ‘o’ emphasized, ne-row-li

That pizza looks soooooooo good

Hi! If you’re still working through any glitches on the website, I have a suggestion. Would it be possible to include some sort of super-thin line between each post? It’s hard to tell if the header picture belongs to the opening sentence of the post above or below…I haven’t looked at it on a computer, only on Chrome, but it is hard to differentiate between posts, advertisements, and suggestions for random prior posts (not a criticism, it just seems random when I’m trying to find where to click!). Also- the Titanic article made me snort laugh.

Also, twice while trying to type my name and email, it opened up ads and I clicked on those instead. Blergh

Oh my gosh those Primary clothes are so cute! Just scooped up some matching swimsuits for my kiddos. I love the new look and what you all continue to build. Thank you for being such a lovely corner of the internet!!

Er…how do I find out about that pizza?

I was amused by the description of COJ readers as “style-conscious women who love shopping online” on the new About page. (I’ve been reading Cup of Jo from the beginning, and am neither style-conscious, nor do I love shopping online…but I love COJ anyway, because of all the thoughtful essays published.)

Started that article on how 30 something women are rushing to live it up before… I don’t know what happens at 40; my 51 year old eyes rolled so hard I couldn’t stay to find out. Younger folx: live well from joy, not from fear of aging. Life just keeps going as long as it does. You get wiser and love yourself more. The DGAF that comes with menopause for people with ovaries is sublime! You’re gonna be ok.

“Option Two: go get the same bagel every morning until the person who sells it to you knows all the details of your love life well enough to have his own theory about who gave you H.P.V.“ From the “How to Experience NYC Like a Local,” let me just say, I was diagnosed with HPV in my early 20’s. I feel it’s very taboo, although I think it’s more common than one might think. This past year, I had surgery to remove a chunk of pre-cancerous cells from my cervix. Any other Cup of Jo readers out there dealing with the same ailment? The taboo-ness of it can be isolating, sometimes.

The Spelling Bee champ is probably the happiest news I’ve heard this week. It’s a big deal!

Hi team! I have a question following the Olaplex recommendations – in the past month I’ve seen 4 widely different online creators either post/or recommend the brand and all a bit fuzzy about wether it was paid advert or simply a recommendation with affiliated links.

In a case like this – does Olaplex approach /pay you to showcase/link their product or you just happily recommend it and then gets affiliated remuneration?

I’m absolutely okay with all options (the amazing work you do needs to be paid), I just find it lacks clarity when it feels like two different approach.

A big thank you!

Deep in Australian winter here in Melbourne and in a snap lockdown until end of Tuesday. We will be having a “Christmas in July” dinner to punctuate the hum drum. It is a common practice here because Southern Hemisphere winters don’t have Christmas to break them up as they fall in June and July. My daughters school Formal was cancelled (for the second time) so hoping my husband’s roast potatoes and her sisters apple crumble provide some comfort. Wishing everyone in the lovely CoJ community good health and best wishes x