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Let It Be Sunday, 40!

-The Regular Magic of NYC

October 11, 2015 by Joy the Baker 15 Comments

Let It Be Sunday!

I used to be super intimidated by New York City.  I thought it was the kind of place where everyone knew exactly where they were going and what they were doing.  It’s probably because they walk so fast… and avoid eye contact so well.  I thought New York City was a place where every woman walked down the street in high-fashion heels (how!?) with expensive purses headed to martini lunches.  I suppose New York is some of that, but it’s also a regular place where lots of people have no idea what they’re doing, they’re walking around in flats, and clutching their iPhones with their maps opened just like me.  And then there are these almost quiet moments on 28th between Broadway and 6th where I’m like… look at this magical life!  God bless it.

Suffice it to say… I was in New York this week.  New York and Philadelphia and now back in New Orleans.  I can’t sit still this year.  I haven’t found a good reason to.

I hope you have cookies with your coffee this Sunday morning.  Here is some of the week, according to the Internet:

• So many guns in our country.  So many.  The toll of gun violence is constant. 

•  A man who recorded every detail of his life for five years has the ultimate way to live in the moment.  A very serious dude diary.

•  Ina Garten Does It Herself.  She’s good.  Very very good. Thank you for the link, Toby!  I miss you and your sweet face.

•  How Birth Season Affects Personality.  I’ve been known to have a mood or two.

• Photographs of David Letterman and his new I’m-Not-The-Host-Of-An-Iconic-Late-Night-Television-Show-Beard emerged this week. All Hail the Achievement Beard!  What’s the equivalent for successful, retired women?  We stop shaving our legs?  I dunno.

•  Speaking of New York, have you heard of this cocktail?  The New York Sour?  I’ll take at least one.  

•  Nihilistic Password Security Questions.  Answers we can actually remember?

•  A poem:  Runaway Runt  “When do people stop running?” You ask / Well easy, / When they can no longer last.  

•  Trust in the you of now.  Lani knows.

•  Whitney put fancy wine stylings on blast.  Thank goodness.  Putting Ice In Your Wine.  Number 7 exactly.

•  I love that so many of you are joining me for Baking Bootcamp and making the Chocolate Hazelnut Rolls.  Our next recipe is a sourdough base using this:  Sourdough Starter.  I’ve got it in my fridge now.  We’ve got good things to bake!

•  I wasn’t a fan of Halloween baked goods until I laid eyes on these Death By Chocolate Donuts.  

•  This week I’m baking from The Year of Cozy.  Such a lovely, nesty, settling book.

•  A wardrobe cleanse.  This is a cleanse in our closet which still means, if I understand this correctly, that we can still eat donuts.

I hope your day has a nap in it.

You’re worth it.  So am I.

xo Joy

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  1. The Queen of Dreaming

    November 1, 2015 at 3:07 am

    I’ve enjoyed this post a lot!!

    https://justsem.wordpress.com

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  2. Lynn @ The Actor's Diet

    October 17, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    I’m going to NYC this week and doing a wardrobe cleanse when I return!

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  3. Considering The Radish

    October 12, 2015 at 8:34 am

    I adore New York Sours, preferably in a bar where the lighting is low and the laughter is loud.

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  4. Trang Do

    October 12, 2015 at 1:16 am

    Love this post very much!!
    Hugs,
    Love from http://www.trangscorner.com {a lifestyle, fashion, beauty, and food blog}

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  5. Kim

    October 11, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    I’m not one to leave comments but I just have to say… I enjoy your blog SO MUCH. Keep up the good work. xx

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  6. Ash

    October 11, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    I love cozy things. I love cheese. Your blog makes me feel the way those loves make me feel. Happy Sunday.

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  7. Tara

    October 11, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    First thing I do after reading Sunday Styles in the NY times is to read your Sunday assessment. I see your pic is from the flower district down the street from FIT. Glad u enjoyed our city! Tara

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  8. Sarah

    October 11, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    I was in NYC this past week as well – and there was a brief moment when I thought I caught a glimpse of you – but then thought, no, that can’t be her, she’s in New Orleans! But turns out it could have been! Were you by any chance visiting (or baking at?) one of those food trucks on 6th and Broadway?

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  9. Barbara

    October 11, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    I’m a wee bit late to the party, but just to let you know how wonderful a recipe your Vegan Chocolate cupcakes are, and how happy they made some children in my class at school this week!

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  10. Karen

    October 11, 2015 at 10:52 am

    I really love the Sunday blog. You have such a variety of things to read and ponder. Thanks Joy!

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  11. rebecca | DisplacedHousewife

    October 11, 2015 at 9:34 am

    Love the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks — the best. The moody-seasonal-birth article connects a lot of dots!!

    Reply
  12. Phoebe

    October 11, 2015 at 8:09 am

    No mention of Paul Prudhomme ? He WAS New Orleans. RIP!!!

    Reply
  13. hiscooterpie

    October 11, 2015 at 6:59 am

    God I love Ina.

    Reply
  14. Kelli Clutts

    October 11, 2015 at 5:21 am

    Such a beautiful picture taken in New York. I do so enjoy reading your blog. Your pictures are lovely and recipes are wonderful!!

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  15. Sharon

    October 11, 2015 at 5:10 am

    I have to tell you that I so look forward to your Sunday morning blog post…Love pinning things from it, sharing article with friends, adding books to my goodreads lists. Thank you!

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