Happy Saturday (or rather, #Caturday, as we’re headed over to my parents’ house later today to cat-sit for their two new kittens)!
It’s been a blissfully-unexciting week around here, and Michael and I are soaking it in. I don’t even imagine we’ll feel the Sunday Scaries tomorrow, as we’re only working three days this week – and heading up to visit friends in Charlotte over the holiday weekend (and if you have any Charlotte tips, please send them our way!).
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Blog-wise, I’m happy to share that I finally got my act together to launch a newsletter! I’ll share more about it on Monday (and psst… there will be a giveaway!), but if you want to get in on the action early you can sign up on the right sidebar/at the bottom of the page depending on if you are viewing on a desktop/mobile. Right away you’ll receive my top fifty travel tips, and moving forward, a newsletter every couple of weeks.
Other than that, here’s what I’ve been reading online this week:
Travel
How to (properly) drink on an airplane.
Some thoughts on wearing shorts in Paris.
And with that, how European cities are coping with this heatwave.
I always love reading Rachel’s stories about traveling full-time (especially because they’re not the “utterly glamorous” ones you usually see).
Is gravy a liquid? Chrissy Teigen finds out if gravy is TSA-approved.
Previously… Two years ago I wrote about one of my favorite travel meals ever and what it was like to go to the emergency room in Italy. Last year I published my first Journal post (HBD, Journals!) and wrote about our time spent in Destin, Florida, and what I packed.
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Food
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is out. We’ve dined at two of the winning restaurants (Noma, and more recently, Pujol) – have you visited any? Do you agree with their choices?
Next time strawberries go on sale, this is what I’ll be making!
Did your favorite coffee shop make the cut?
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Life & Home
I go through nesting periods where I find myself suddenly wanting to spruce up my home, and though right now is not one of those moments (we’ll probably move out of our month-to-month rental in the next few months), I’m bookmarking Geneva’s tips for updating a space without spending a cent.
Beat the heat with these film picks for July… (site no longer available)
…or this summer reading list!
I think dropping my Prime subscription was a good thing. This is all too much.
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Style
A new kind of wardrobe challenge: Katie embraces her current wardrobe by choosing a different “fantasy outfit” each day (site closed).
Huh.
Things I bought this week
Earlier this week Everlane offered free two-day shipping on all orders, and as it happened, credit from a previous return just finished processing in time.
Unfortunately, my size in a lot of things was out of stock, so looking ahead to fall I placed an order for the Boss Loafers, which are part of the Choose What You Pay sale. They won’t arrive until Monday, so I can’t share any feedback, but I’m hopeful that they will be a great alternative to my Modern Loafers, which I love but sometimes feel heavy or clunky due to the heel.
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