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Let It Be Sunday!

July 12, 2015 by Joy the Baker 15 Comments

[H]ello lovely friends! 

It’s Saturday night and I’m up past my bedtime.  I’m binge watching TEDTalks while binge eating chocolate covered sunflower seeds.  I’m feeding my brain and escaping my brain.  

I’m visiting Los Angeles this week and one thing is certain.  The heat and humidity and history of New Orleans has seeped into my brain and slowed it all the way down.  I move at a different pace and it’s certainly not up to the frenzy of Los Angeles.  I’m here for the beach air and the In N Out cheeseburgers (and the friends and family), so I can deal with a bit of frenzy for the good stuff. 

Here’s some reading for our lazy summer Sunday:  

•  There’s been a lot of talk about… they way we talk.  We apologize too much.  We undercut ourselves with the word ‘just’.  We say the word ‘like’, like… way too often.  Can We Just, Like, Get Over The Way Women Talk? 

•  Empathy Is Actually A Choice 

•  Question: Is Recipe Testing a Vanishing Art? Answer:  Yes.  

•  Meet the lady who is shaping all of our jeans, she’s the fit model whose bottom is shaping a nation. Wait… shaping a nation!?  Sounds serious. 

•  I got off the plane from New Orleans into Los Angeles and pushed all of the air out of my lungs.  I’m back.  It’s fast.  I can’t find my game-face.  I’m a goner.  I’ve left Los Angeles for a calmer, more colorful, more economical (in so many ways) life.  This resonates:  Leaving Los Angeles.

•  It’s really hard to move to a new place.  You put the things you love in boxes, after selling or gifting or garbaging some of the other things you love.  You organize and make plans and wrangle details.  So many details. You say goodbye to people and places that are so familiar you don’t even have a concept of how ingrained they are until they’re far far away.  Moving is exciting and exhilarating, terrifying and really overwhelming.  My friend Jessica moved from New Orleans to London and has the perfect words to describe this jarring life transition.  She also make the most lovely Summer Strawberry Cake that I’ll soon make in her honor.  

•  I have an unhealthy, completely unreasonable, almost comical fear of spiders.  Maybe imagining spiders with little shoes will assuage my fear?  No.  Likely not.  11 Easy Steps to Conquering Your Fear Of Spiders.  

•  This little bit of calm resonates with everyone.  F*ck That:  a guided meditation.  Just acknowledge that all that sh*t is f*ching bullish*t… and excuse my language. 

•  From Apartment Therapy:  15 Crazy Ideas That Will Make Your Life Saner.  Life hacks. 

•  I was going to make my own mosquito repellent with essential oils OR I could just silence my skin’s bacteria.  

•  Tracy made KOMBUCHA!  On my Summer Bucket.   

•  Does body posture affect emotional thinking? Did you just sit up a little taller?  I did.  How Grounded Is Your Love Life? 

•  People went on Tinder and I was like… wait, no what are we doing?  Now they have text conversations with invisible, quippy partners?  Are we really doing this?  I Was An Invisible Girlfriend For A Month.  

•  Since I’m back in Los Angeles momentarily, I thought I’d bop into a Saturday morning Soul Cycle class.  Soul Cycle is part workout, part dance club, part workout clothes fashion show.  Think:  thin thighs, expensive yoga pants, sports bras with a thousand and three straps, dark room, loud music.  It’s a nightmare that I occasionally and enthusiastically subject myself to.  Related:  The Pros and Cons of the Sexy Sports Bra.  

•  My summer skin isn’t perfectly tanned and bronzed… and I’m not even trying to fake it.  It’s mostly healthy and bright thanks to this Gentle Oat and Honey Cleanser and the is Specialty Oil Blend. These face products have changed my skin for the better  and I’m grateful.

•  Diamonds and Moonstones.  A major treat-yo-self.  Because waiting for someone else to buy you diamonds is tedious and unnecessary. 

Enjoy this day!  It’s bright and shiny!

xo Joy

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  1. T.

    August 11, 2015 at 1:10 pm

    I know I’m late on this one (and it’s not a bright and sunny day right now right here!) but this is a really good set of links. An especially good one. I did a lot of clicking and reading.

    Reply
  2. Aisha

    July 18, 2015 at 9:14 pm

    The lemon eucalytpus oil totally works for the mosquitoes. Before that I was basically mosquito’s daily brunch.

    Reply
  3. Trang Do

    July 13, 2015 at 12:52 am

    Love this post!! I really love your thoughts!!
    Hugs,
    Love from http://www.trangscorner.com {a lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and food blog}

    Reply
  4. Jenny

    July 12, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    So…you are awesome by the way just in case you weren’t sure…and I love your blog!????

    Reply
  5. Emily

    July 12, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    love the links you find each week and I sincerely hope you are getting that lovely ring for yourself ????

    Reply
  6. Aku A.

    July 12, 2015 at 12:36 pm

    Happy Sunday, Joy! I look forward to these posts every week. I read this today, and thought of your blog and the community around it. It’s a review/critique of Kate Bolick’s new book “Spinter,” and a deep dive into how radical female independence and friendship can be! A long read, but it challenged me in awesome ways. https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/on-spinsters . Hope you get to read it and get something out of it!

    Reply
  7. BW

    July 12, 2015 at 12:29 pm

    The Leaving LA article really resonated with me. Originally from there and now live in the Bay Area, and my fiance and I are contemplating heading elsewhere because it’s just too darn expensive. If we move to New Orleans, will you be my friend :)?

    Reply
  8. Chasing Belle

    July 12, 2015 at 12:18 pm

    I read that article about women saying “just” all the time and was intrigued, but thank you for highlighting the other article about getting over the way women speak. I understand the different ways that women find ways to undercut themselves, but where are the articles about powerful, confident words that women use or the ways that women lift themselves and their fellow females up? More of that please!

    Reply
  9. Karen

    July 12, 2015 at 10:41 am

    I love your Sunday “thoughts”. I also read the food testing article and are happy that you test each and every recipe. I liked the link to Belle Annee. Lovely recipes posted there. I really look forward to spending down time reading these articles each week. I don’t always read them all on Sunday, but get to them all during the week. Thanks, Joy.

    Reply
  10. Kristen

    July 12, 2015 at 9:59 am

    Waiting for someone else to buy you diamonds IS TOTALLY unnecessary! As is not wearing rings on your left ring finger unless it’s *that kind of ring*. It’s my finger and I’ll wear what I want!

    Reply
  11. Liz

    July 12, 2015 at 8:26 am

    I love these posts. Happy Sunday, Joy!

    Reply
  12. Erin

    July 12, 2015 at 6:51 am

    Really really love the ‘Let It Be Sunday’ posts!

    Reply
  13. Stasha

    July 12, 2015 at 5:29 am

    Joy- Recipe testing is definitely something that makes your blog stand out. Even if something looks complicated, I’m not afraid to give it a try because I know you’ve put the work in and tested the recipe so there’s nothing to worry about :)

    Reply
  14. Beth

    July 12, 2015 at 1:43 am

    I love a good TEDtalks session, they have some really interesting view points and concepts don’t they?

    Reply
  15. Joanne T Ferguson

    July 12, 2015 at 12:56 am

    What a very busy and active post this is today! Is food testing a vanishing art caught my eye right away! Pinned and shared! Hope to see you on Saturday!

    Reply

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