Hello friends!
Happy Easter! Happy Spring!
How are you feeling this week? Standing with both feet on the ground? Wearing a good scarf? Beating back allergies? drinking too much coffee? Me too. All of the same.
Last week I was in Nashville. This week I’m eating and coffee-ing my way through Philadelphia. I’ve run away from home. That’s the long and short of it.
(picture above from HubBub Coffee.)
What happened in the world and on the Internet this week? These things, I think:
• Amazon’s new Dash Button. Household items, reordered at the touch of a button. But doesn’t this take away from standing in line at the grocery store on a Friday night buying a bottle of wine, tampons, cat liter, and a box of mac and cheese? I feel like there’s real glory in that. Now… either I’m getting old or I’m just in a constant state of “who are we and what have we become”. The Horror of Amazon’s New Dash Button.
• “As we increasingly outsource our memories to devices, we may be forgetting the pleasures of imperfect recall.” Remembrance of Things Lost.
• Completely heartbreaking and totally inspiring: Teenagers Facing Early Death, On Their Terms.
• Ellen Pao and The Sexism You Can Quite Prove.
• Almonds are drinking all of California’s water. 10% of California’s Water Goes To Almond Farming
• Should Grown Men Use Emoji? (straight face emoji)
• Weekend read about Mad Men as we enter the final season: The Shock of the Pretty.
• Billy on the Street with David Letterman. Thank you!
• Watch a Calligrapher Perfectly Draw Famous Logos From Scratch with Pen and Ink.
• The one-way ticket to Mars you were hoping for may not be such a good idea. YA THINK!?
Have a lovely day, my friends! Catchya tomorrow!
xo Joy
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Please tell me you asked the barista about his shirt, Joy? I want one, and no amount of google searching is turning it up.
Now I wish I would’ve!
Oh my…that piece on remembrance struck me on so many levels. Especially this weekend. I went to a concert and saw half of the crowd experience it through their camera phones (urgh…) and I struggled with the whole instagram thing during a night of sushi and wine. I snapped a picture of our table, thinking I would put it online, but then changed my mind. I didn’t want to spend part of this incredibly fun night editing a photograph, thinking of a clever caption and then checking for likes. The experience itself was so much more valuable to me. I see so many people doing this, though, some of my friends, too, and it makes me sad. Maybe I’m old school, I don’t know. I just prefer a plain road map, intelligent discussions and incomplete stories to a gps, a google search and a photo-stream.
Oh…it also reminded me that I really should continue my attempt at reading Proust. In French. Help!
Welcome to Philly! Where even those of us who don’t usually have allergies are suffering. After the Winter we had, I believe Spring has decided to strike back.
I saw that dash button on April 1st and wondered for a minute if it wasn’t actually an April Fools joke.
Enjoy your visit to our lovely city of brotherly love. It’s a great place and the temperatures have finally warmed up a bit. I definitely second the visit to Federal Donuts. Also, John’s Roast Pork is heavenly and Marra’s for pizza is my favorite. The restaurants on E. Passyunk ave are really good too (which is where Marra’s is too). Le Virtu, Fond, Will BYOB. There are so many I can’t even list them all. Have fun!
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The articles about the memories and California’s drought struck me the most… having grown up in an agricultural area I really understand the struggle of the lack of rain for farmers in Central California. People are going to have to start making some sacrifices with their beautiful lawns there! I was surprised to learn the State’s water system was set up to sustain 20 million people and now the population has doubled…. it’s truly a crisis! Thanks for sharing Joy!
I feel like there is a larger looming backlash against digital memory and recording. However, perfect recall and the ability to look at things exactly 50+ years into the future is a valuable tool to minorities and oppressed peoples, because it makes it difficult to sweep unpleasantness under the rug.
Hi Joy! I think our brains must have been riding the same wave-length this week—I also read and linked the Ellen Pao AND the ‘Teenagers Facing Early Death’ article. Both amazing and thought provoking. Glad to share those waves with you. Been hoping to plan a trip to Nashville soon—can’t wait to hear what treasures you found. Happy weekend!
Fun collection of reads! Interesting about the amazon button.
Kari
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Loving the links! Happy easter Joy!
My husband’s whole family is in Philly! My mother-in-law Wendy won a lifetime (yes LIFETIME) supply of fried chicken from Federal Donuts if you feel like eating any….
i need to eat all the chicken and donuts!
I hope you had some Federal Donuts in Philly! Thank you for always sharing these interesting stories from across the internet.
Love love love your Sunday round-ups. I love cake but I love thoughtfulness too and I love that I can get it all here. Thanks, and happy Easter!
high-five!
That Jawbreaker shirt made my Sunday!
right!?
Happy Easter Joy! Thank you for being you! xxx
Happy Easter! Enjoy Philly. I went to school there and have great memories.
I hope you and your family have a great Easter! I’m of to check out these links. I’m playing catch up before helping with the neighborhood egg hunt. Happy Sunday!
I’m older, I am old fashion. I keep a journal of memories that are important for me to recall and remember things from the past. Family, friends and those inspirational times that keep you going letting you know your purpose of just why you are here. Recall fades with age sad to say but stories of your past do not. Keep a journal its worth it. Now I wish you a Happy Easter and may this day bring you wonderful memories to record for your later years. Paulette
you’re so right about a journal paulette! hope you had a lovely sunday!
Yay! Welcome to Philly, Joy! I’m sure your eating itinerary is full, but I have to recommend a few of my favorites: pancetta pizza from Square Pie, fried chicken and donuts from Federal Donuts, fancy dinner at Amada and/or Zahav, and the collection of super-hip restaurants on 13th street, all delicious. Enjoy!
oohh thank you!!