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5 Decide-Me-Ups | Cup of Jo

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How is your summer time going to this point? Proper now Anton’s touring along with his dad, and I miss him a lot! It’s a tough a part of being divorced, however I’m making an attempt to work on it like a muscle and lean into different issues. So! This previous weekend, Toby, Freddie, and I drove upstate to go to associates. When Freddie got here to select us up, he made us chortle with this signal.

pool upstate New York

Right here’s the view from their porch! So cool to have a pool within the entrance yard.

linguine with clam sauce and spicy breadcrumbs

Our good friend Jimmy made linguine with clam sauce (NYTimes present hyperlink) for dinner — “However I used contemporary shucked clams, not canned,” he instructed me, “They’ve a greater style and really feel.” — together with Alison Roman’s spicy breadcrumbs, or “savory sprinkles” as his children known as them. Soooo scrumptious and lemony.

Ono 99 game

Ono 99 card game

Afterward, we performed Ono 99 (a really enjoyable, rousing recreation that’s straightforward to be taught), and I liked these expressions when these two realized they have been going to lose.

great Barrington cheese shop

Bear in mind Sharon?

We additionally went to a close-by cheese store with the funniest little indicators. This one made me chortle: “Glorious gouda of unknown windfall and undetermined age. Purchased from our Belgian cheese man, who offered no supporting documentation and isn’t answering his emails. Most likely Dutch, possibly Belgian.”

Brooklyn vw bug

Lastly, my great good friend simply obtained surgical procedure and requested for fast humorous podcasts whereas recovering. I remembered this outdated round-up — what would you add to the record?

Hope your summer time goes properly, though in fact it doesn’t must be! As Zora Neale Hurston wrote, “There are years that ask questions and years that reply.” What have you ever been as much as? Right here for all of it, and sending love, as at all times. xoxo

P.S. A number of extra pick-me-ups:
* enjoyable break-up recommendation from Gemma
* scrumptious boxed brownies and funky $40 sandals you possibly can hike in
* asking long-time associates to hang around (made me chortle)
* sneaking potato chips into recipes and assembly the neighbors
* the distinction between resorts and Airbnbs, hahaha

(VW bug Citroen 2CV picture by Grace Cady. Thanks, Julia Ok.!)


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