This month, I’ve been recognizing cool braids throughout Brooklyn. Right here’s my good friend Alison sporting a double-braid ponytail at our neighborhood café. “It took two seconds, value nothing, and acquired a ton of compliments,” she informed me. So stylish and simple!
Do (or would) you burp your house? Mainly, it’s a German method referred to as lüften the place you open all of your home windows every day to air out your rooms, regardless of the climate. My English dad does the identical factor, and stated Angelina about raising kids in Sweden: “Even within the thick of winter, many Swedish dad and mom put their children, bundled up of their strollers, exterior to nap…. In case you’re sick, your physician will say, open the window.”
Final night time, I went to see the new Guggenheim show, and, with 12-year-old Anton as my stylist, I made a decision to put on a black lace prime with crimson lipstick. Here’s the shirt I’m sporting, plus three extra fairly ones: gathered, collar, and short sleeve. (Hey to cute Anton drumming at the back of these photographs!)
Now that I’m head chef (lol) for our little crew, I’m all the time on the lookout for simple recipes that also have numerous taste. I got here throughout French Cooking for Two by Michèle Roberts at a neighborhood bookstore, and we’ve been making an attempt her extremely easy dishes — like, chickpeas with spinach; lentil soup; and baked pears. She additionally affords cultural tidbits — for instance, in a recipe for scrambled eggs with mushrooms, she notes, “In France, you wouldn’t be provided this for breakfast however for supper.”
What have you ever been into these days? What glimmers are you noticing? I’d love to listen to. xoxo
P.S. More fun things, and what funny books have you enjoyed lately?
(Linsey Laidlaw’s apartment tour photo by Alpha Smoot, styled by Kate Jordan, for Cup of Jo.)
