How are you spending the vacations? I’ve been flying solo in New York, seeing friends and eating lasagna, and the boys and I are actually coming again collectively for some hold time. I hope you’re having week; I do know the vacations can convey a variety of feelings! Most of all, I’d wish to thanks for being right here. We’re deeply grateful for this heat, great neighborhood. We’ve rounded up the 12 months’s prime posts, in the event you’re in a blog-reading temper…
Within the Style class, we featured ladies’s weeks of outfits, together with the great doctor-writer Shirlene Obuobi and tall lady Erika Veurink. We requested associates to share their ‘hero’ pieces and what outfits make them feel sexy. Lastly, we revealed the shoes we spotted all over NYC (trace: my photograph at prime!).
Within the Beauty class, congrats to three CoJ readers for their hair makeovers, and likewise what was your worst hair day? Here’s the best beauty product I attempted all 12 months, and nine women show off their gray hair. Plus, our hearts burst once we noticed eight readers’ photos of they felt most beautiful.
Within the Food class, please elevate your glasses for so many recipes, together with four Trader Joe’s hacks, morning cookies for the backpack, and the easy dinner Jannelle makes on repeat. My good friend Adam revealed his personal seven rules for being a good dinner party host, and I taught my kids how to chat at dinner. And in the event you’re nonetheless hungry, 11 readers share their go-to recipes.
Within the Relationships class, Catherine Newman puzzled, ‘Do I drink too much?’ and I shared the best advice I’d heard in ages and my #1 dating rule. We requested massive questions: what have CoJ readers taught you, and what do you think happens when you die? And to drag on the heartstrings, couples revealed their marriage proposals and Jannelle shared a career move that makes her teary. Lastly, Christine Delight wrote about feeling ‘Black enough’. Xo
Within the Travel class, I liked displaying photographs from a girls’ week in Paris and our family trip to England. We all the time love sharing our packing lists, too. Readers liked the essay ‘The Many Lives of My Zillow Alter Ego’ and listening to from seven women who moved to different countries. (Would you?)
Within the Parenting class, I used to be blissful to jot down out the script we used to talk to our kids about divorce and revealed a parenting realization that really moved me. Two very talked-about posts have been Passive Aggressive Work Emails With My Toddler About Dinner and How Gilmore Girls Helped Me Understand My Mother. Lastly, Jannelle revealed four things that surprised her about having a second child.
Within the Design class, our prime home excursions have been a colorful house peppered with reading spots, a Brooklyn home that feels like a woodsy cabin, and a mom of four’s introvert nook. I liked sharing 5 home decor ideas, and we requested, what small, inexpensive things make your life better? Individuals liked the essay Why I’m Done Making My Home Look Like A Magazine, and nine readers shared their cozy corners.
Lastly, in our Culture class, I requested, is this the sexiest podcast and what are your five most rewatchable movies? In a very talked-about put up, we talked to a doctor, chef, priest, and therapist about whether TV jobs seem real. The feedback have been hilarious on the put up What’s Something Popular You Just Don’t Get?, and we liked sharing beautiful things we’ve read.
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Thanks once more for being right here! We will likely be again with numerous new posts beginning Monday, January sixth, and naturally be at liberty to take a look at our e-newsletter Big Salad. Have a beautiful New 12 months. We love you. xoxo
(High photograph by Christine Han.)
