Lots of good distractions this week...
reading
A little more running inspiration in the form of this man who has
run marathons on every continent (ps, he's a cancer survivor).
I'm working on my Oscar ballot and was interested to see
what the Five Thirty-Eight team is predicting. It's kind of funny to see everyone ragging on Leo for being so damn thirsty. I'm really hoping they're wrong about
The Revenant (Best Pic should definitely go to
Spotlight).
If you need to catch up on the nominees, most of them are
available to stream right now. We live in truly glorious times.
The groovy house featured in
The Big Lebowski has been
donated to LACMA. Looks like a great place to chill with a White Russian.
If you love animals and feel like crying, check out this
touching series of portraits of dogs as they age. I adopted my Audrey when she was 2.5, and she just turned 8. She's super healthy, but it goes so fast...
I love the idea behind
this website, which is dedicated to selling housewares, clothing, toys, furniture, and more that are meant to last a lifetime. The older I get, the more I understand that there is no joy in buying and rebuying cheap crap. Investing in quality is where it's at.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
introduced a new logo and ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE agghhhghgh!!!! Just kidding, sort of. But people do care deeply. I find that I rarely respond well to new branding immediately, but I feel like this will grow on me.
The Anthropologie effect is real, as this
fascinating piece explores -- it's the reason you immediately feel the urge to buy all kinds of random, very expensive things when you walk into one of their warm, cozy stores.
If you love grammar and have suffered a bad breakup, you'll appreciate
this piece.
A man
planted a beautiful garden that his blind wife could enjoy because, love.
A really interesting piece about the
subtle but important mistakes people make that can really derail your life -- staying with the wrong people, not learning from past mistakes, comparing yourself to others, and just being passive about your situation. Worth a read, even if you feel like things are going pretty well for you.
On my travel bucket list is a nice long road trip where I spend a week driving from New York to California and another week exploring the state from one end to the other. I'm bookmarking this list of
charming SoCal cities for that very trip.
watching
I spent Sunday after the race laying around on the couch, eating everything, and watching
Difficult People on Hulu. It is extremely enjoyable fluff, particularly if you love pop culture and NYC, and I am still quoting lines from it ("Do you know what 'understudy' is? It's a fancy word for disappointment!", shouted to children at a matinee of
Annie. That's the first scene of the first episode.)
Adele doing her impression of a deer and other awesomeness.
Have you ever seen Goofy and Michael Jackson ease on down the road? You should.
You must.
