How are you feeling at present? Or, as my pal Anna would say, what’s your emotional temperature? Have you ever seen any glimmers not too long ago? I’ll go first…
First off, this previous Saturday was very wet (above), however I didn’t thoughts as a result of fixed drizzle jogs my memory of England. I additionally LOVE the odor after rain (which is known as petrichor, as chances are you’ll know).
Round midday, I met up with my lovely pal Gemma in Manhattan. She’s working in London this yr, so we haven’t seen sufficient of one another, and I couldn’t cease hugging her. She additionally made the genius name to order a rösti for the desk — aka a crispy twice-cooked Swiss-German potato cake.
After breakfast, I walked previous 100 girls in trench coats and ended up on the John Derian store within the East Village. They’ve a pop-up decoration retailer that’s GLORIOUS, and I used to be additionally impressed by the soundtrack. “We don’t play Christmas music till December; in any other case we’d get sick of it,” the pleasant store crew informed me. “However we play songs which have that cozy vibe.” Suppose: Dream a Little Dream of Me by The Mamas & The Papas and Solely You by The Platters (and Harriet Michaels). I’d put Child, It’s Chilly Exterior and Lovesick and Lay Down in that class, too. What would you add to the listing?
And the way cool are these meals candles (on the desk)?
Final however not least, in the event you need assistance discovering glimmers, humor author Bess Kalb wrote an amazing piece referred to as Some Psychological Well being Recommendation for the Week, which incorporates: “Purchase a muffin. A muffin is a small cake it’s socially acceptable to eat in public at daybreak,” and “Watch one thing dumb. I’m at present watching two dumb reveals. One is Sanditon, a free Jane Austen adaptation a couple of seaside resort city the place THEO JAMES FROM THE WHITE LOTUS IS THE MR. DARCY CHARACTER AND WEARS TIGHT LIL BRITCHES AND IS MEAN UNTIL HE’S MAKING OUT WITH YOU ON A CLIFF.”
What about you? How are you hanging in there?
P.S. 5 extra pick-me-ups, and what’s probably the most lovely factor you’ve ever learn?
(Baguette candle picture by Fruit & Flower store, which additionally carries fantastic meals candles.)
