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Let It Be Sunday, 153!

January 7, 2018 by Joy the Baker 30 Comments

Hello friends! 

What’s good?  

I’ll tell ya what?  New Orleans is seeing some slightly warmer days this weekend, it’s the start of Mardi Gras, I’ve just popped a King Cake in the oven, and I’ve already decided which cocktail I’m going to enjoy when I head to dinner tonight.  We’re rolling into this year with a city-wide, month long party and I’ve got my glue guns and glitter ready to go costume.  What did I do before I lived in New Orleans?  I have no idea… 

I hope this days finds you well and warm. Free of fire and fury- just settling into this Sunday.  

Here are our links for reading this week: 

•  Some inspiration to be stronger and more kind than we even think possible for ourselves.  Two boys carjacked an 80-year-old Baltimore City Councilwoman. Now she’s there advocate.  

•  An unexpected love story thank goodness.  

•  Look around, we’re SUPER not ok.  The Year Climate Change Began To Spin Out Of Control

•  There’s a reason using a period in a text message makes you sound angry.  If someone sends me this text message “Ok.” we’re very obviously in a fight and there’s a problem.  

•  The opposite of toxic masculinity ruining the party again:  Examples of Toxic Femininity In The Workplace.  

•  Maybe She’s Born With It… Maybe It Something Else.  For me it’s: oreo cookies, yoga, and gin.

•  A history of breaking rules, now with coffee:  The Lady Falcon Coffee Club.   

•  I love these weekly food diaries and this one in particular is pleasingly real:  Deb Perelman’s Grub Street Diet.  

•  A very important list of the The 50 Best Podcasts of 2017 because I feel like I’ve listened to just about everything.  I’m going to start with This Is Actually Happening. 

•  I’ll tell you what, being cold is not relative.  Being cold is being cold, whether you live in New Orleans or Portland Maine.  I think we’ve all been cold and in need of comfort this week.  I’ve been on a double sock + slipper kick that’s keeping me safe from my drafty floors.  I’ve also roasted every vegetable in my house.  See:  Roasted Vegetable Winter Crumble.

•  Currently listening to this on audiobook: Jodi Picoult’s Small Great Things.  

•  For some reason, as much as I travel, I always have a hard time figuring out how to consolidate my face wash into a travel size to take with me.  Problem solved: Papaya Enzyme Powder Facial Cleanser. 

•  Listen… we just NEED cake right now.  It’s non-negotiable:  Chocolate Orange and Nutmeg Cake.

Take good care today, and have some dang cake.

xo Joy 

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  1. Lauren

    January 23, 2018 at 12:23 pm

    I feel like I MUST know what restaurant that breakfast picture was taken at! :)

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    • joythebaker

      January 23, 2018 at 5:23 pm

      It’s a Paloma Cafe in the Bywater New Orleans

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  2. Stephanie

    January 12, 2018 at 9:04 am

    Did you listen to the Alone: A Love Story podcast? It was painful and beautiful and just so good. Glad it was on the list. I am also deeply lost in Waking Up by Sam Harris… I think you would enjoy Sam Harris.

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  3. Susan

    January 10, 2018 at 1:44 am

    My favorite new-to-me podcast this year is Pantsuit Politics. Sarah from the left and Beth from the right discuss the week’s big political news with nuance!

    Reply
  4. Victoria Gessford

    January 8, 2018 at 5:45 pm

    Clever! I see your “Free of fire and fury” reference and agree – no one needs to read Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Too frustrating and incomprehensible… I love your site – thanks for consistently adding new content.

    Reply
  5. MB

    January 8, 2018 at 3:12 pm

    We spent about a month in NOLA (mid nov- and mid dec) and having spent most of my life up north – I never really appreciatted how COLD it feels down there in the winter. The homes (especially those old wooden floors) are SO drafty. I’ve never loved my slippers more nor have I been more excited to get up to Philly for a quick weekend trip so i could enjoy insulated houses!

    Stay warm down there!

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    • joythebaker

      January 8, 2018 at 9:35 pm

      Thank you for understanding!!! It really is in-your-bones cold.

      Reply
  6. Pamela

    January 8, 2018 at 2:03 pm

    Ugh. That Newyorker humor article. I get what it’s trying to say but I think it backfires a bit.

    Reply
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