What are you as much as this weekend? New York has gotten chilly! Final evening, the boys and I went to see the Christmas lights in Dyker Heights and drink scorching chocolate and take heed to vacation tunes. It’s turn into an annual custom, and we adore it. Hope you have got a great one, and right here a couple of hyperlinks from across the net…
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Invisible apple cake, yummmmm.
J.Crew is having a HUGE sale — I imply, this beanie! this barn jacket! — and packages will arrive by Christmas Eve, should you order by Sunday.
What a easy and fairly means to embellish a Christmas tree.
Why we must always all be part of a board recreation membership. “Individuals are simply so keen to fulfill different folks… There’s one thing very good a couple of chessboard, the place you possibly can sit in complete silence with a stranger throughout from you since you’re focusing, or it may be a very chatty recreation.” (NYTimes present hyperlink)
Ooh, a really dramatic camembert salad. (NYTimes present hyperlink)
Guidelines for a contemporary life. “If you happen to’re in an empty restaurant you possibly can ask them to show the music down. If it’s full you then’re by yourself and may keep in mind for subsequent time.”
A producer makes an attempt to pitch The Nutcracker, haha.
The last-minute present that everybody loves.
Plus, three reader feedback:
Says Sarah on a one-rule recreation for the vacations: “The Quantity Recreation is a large hit with my two neurodivergent boys. We’ll play it on the platform whereas ready for no matter prepare we’re cruising that day, and strangers will typically take part! Just a few weeks in the past, we obtained the entire platform taking part in, and when 4 folks mentioned, ‘NINETEEN!’ on the similar time, everybody on the platform began screaming and laughing with my children. It warms my coronary heart to see what number of strangers are pleasant to my quirky boys.”
Says Lauren O. on a wedding proposal with fruit jams: “If the couple didn’t arrive at their wedding ceremony reception to Technotronic’s ‘Pump Up the Jam,’ everybody on this anecdote is fired.”
Says Summer time on what are you grateful for: “This remark part appears like when Elmo requested how everybody was doing on Twitter after which everybody was susceptible and trustworthy. We would have liked this outpouring. It’s superb to recollect how different and complex life is by getting a glimpse into the lives of others. It made my burden really feel much less heavy at the moment.”
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