Friends!
I hope thereโs a lightness to your Spring weekend. Lightness and rest, and at least one wood-fired pizza.
My friend Jon and I shot a new batch of recipes for the site this week so thereโs some good stuff coming up! We celebrated our hard work with pizza, at a new place called Echoโs in New Orleans. Itโs easily on my list of perfect Spring-time meals in the city. Iโll have a longer list of my New Orleans favorites soon. Iโm trying to get you to come visit, wontcha!?
Here are some of the things that resonated this week:
โข Hereโs whatโs going on: How Syria Came to This. (The Atlantic)
โข From the Harvard Business Review: What Most Companies Get Wrong About Men and Women. We arenโt a problem to be โfixedโ, letโs just switch up the narrative that weโre soft negotiators and lack confidence because well, itโs SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
โข Fierce: Barbaraโs Backlash. (Vanity Fair)
โข We owe Beyonce a debt of gratitude for all of the important things she says in every performance choice she makes. How Beyonceโs Coachella Performance Changed The Game Forever. (Elle)
โข I remember one Christmas I didnโt get a present because I had neglected to write a timely thank-you-note. Goodbye to the Tyranny of Thank-You Notes. Maybe this means we can ease up. (Slate)
โข Clap-hands: How The Pulitzers Chose Kendrick Lamar, According To A Juror. (The Atlantic)
โข Why restaurants became so loud. Welp, Mario Batalli is loud (and a slew of other less than graceful adjectives), and good acoustics are โspensive. (Vox)
โข Have you watched Wild Wild Country on Netflix yet? Iโm far enough into it to feel like this opera-saga is stranger than fiction because humans are odd, loving, fighting, territorial, bullheaded, colorful creatures. BUT hereโs this: 9 Rajneeshpuram Residents On What Wild Wild Country Got Wrong. (The Cut)
โข It feels like these words are for our souls to eat: A Community For Asking Big Questions. (On Being)
โข This week I made a fresh strawberry version of these, Inaโs Apple Pie Bars. Iโll share the recipe with you as soon as weโre all fairly and squarely within strawberry season. (Joy the Baker)
โข Fig Newtonโs were the main cookie in our house growing up (to my great dismay) but now they hold a soft spot in my heart. Deb made Homemade Fig Newtonโs this week! (Smitten Kitchen)
โข How can I justify another KitchenAid mixer? Their new Bird of Paradise color is a thing of (my) dreams! (KitchenAid)
โข Classic wardrobe, working on it. Occasional trendy earring, easy. (Target)
Big love and more soon.
xo Joy
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Iโve always considered writing thank you notes a sign that I wasnโt raised by wolves, and I stand by the belief that writing them is just part of being a thoughtful human. That said, years ago, my son wrote the following priceless epistle to my best friend: โDear Aunt Julie: Thank you for the Legos. Mom is making me write this. I think you should hate her. Love, Lyle.โ That may be my favorite thank you note EVER.
I really appreciate that you put what site the link is to in parenthesis after them. Thanks for being so considerate.
Weโre doing our best around here. :)
Thanks for sharing the links. Also, I must add: that photo looks just so great!
Iโve been to Echoโs twice and I love it! My boyfriend (also a Jon) and I had that same pizza, so delish! I canโt wait to see more of your faves.
Iโve been subtly sending hints to my husband that I want to go to NO for our 11 year anniversary (sending your roundup of places to go and flight itineraries is subtle, right?). We are going next weekend!!! Would LOVE. To see an updated list. There is SO much to do! I canโt wait to stuff myself silly.
I always like reading your Sunday News. I like the links and thoughts that you give us. Always interesting. When you talk about New Orleans, sure we want to come visit. I will finally come at the end of September to visit. I will go try this pizza, it looks great! I hope I will be able to attend one of your workshop. Nicole
I think a thank you should be given, either in person or by note. When the kids were little I would make them call their out of town grandparents before they could play with their toys. It just seems polite to me to say thank you in some way.
And I agree with Sandra, an unexpected thank you is a gift in itself. I can do without the โthank you for the (fill in the blank)โ style notes I receive from people after weddings or showers. It doesnโt feel genuine.
Curious about your Barbara article when even her strongest of foes are turning out in her honor. I look forward to Sundays from you but this link made me sad.
https://newrepublic.com/article/147657/outside-limits-human-imagination
For a whole lot more info about the rajneeshi cult, read the above. It was A LOT worse than the documentary shows.
I really appreciated this time capsule and reflection without the hazy rose colored glasses. I find it irritating when people are cannonized the minute they die, itโs not aboutโrespectโ or tearing down but accurate memory and historical facts.
Thank you for this!
Really liked the thank you note article, and was really annoyed by the sheer volume of people in the comments that obviously didnโt even read the whole thing. She very clearly stated that she thanked each person that was at the baby shower as she opened each gift, and if something came in in the mail that she wrote to let them know and thank them. I not only think this is fair, but it is what I did. To me, a thank you in person means so much more than a letter and Iโve never once thought twice that what I did was considered โwrongโ by anyone.
Thank you notes are one of the last and best ways to show you have some manners. Iโll fight to the death on this one. Not only is our time not so precious that we donโt have five minutes to write a little note, but the happiness that getting a real, hand-written note can bring is the best ROI on a postage stamp. And by all means, keep it simple โ postcard thank you notes are just as wonderful. Sign me Writing Thank You Notes in PDX
Just returned home from a long weekend in New Orleans and referenced your N.O. favorites post from December 2015 SO MANY times. Made it to Spitfire, Cochon, Peche, Commanderโs, District Donuts, Atchafalaya, Patois, Satsuma and Bacchanal all because of you :) Thanks for all of the great recs!
The thank-you note article was so, so, so good. Some of the customs surrounding the etiquette of thank-you letters still make me squirm. For example, the idea that one must send thank-yous after a funeral. If I send a letter of condolence, I sure donโt expect anything (much less a letter or card) on top of your grief.
I would rather take the time to send a thank you when it is unexpected- after a thoughtful phone call, recalling a past memory, or a really well prepared meal.
And quite honestly, I would rather receive thank-you notes for these little moments, too. My gifts donโt come with string attached!
It is a privilege to say thank you, not a tyranny.
Ah!!
I just picked up a Kitchenaid Mini Mixer this weekโฆI splurged on the brushed copper. I have been wanting oneโฆspecifically the copper oneโฆfor months but had a hard time justifying paying extra for the finish. I finnaly just gave in and purchased it when it was on sale for 20% off. I honestly was tempted by the new coral color but it is not available in the mini.
That said, go for it JoyโฆI imagne you could make a good case for an additional mixer given you have workshops in your kitchen.
In response to all things woman, feminist, and food; I have been thinking about what it means to bring feminism into the kitchen. Thanks for helping create that space!
My husband and I were in NOLA over the Easter weekend for the first timeโฆthanks to your recommentions we hit Herbsaint, Cochon, and Carousel Piano Barโฆ otherwise weโd have been completely paralyzed by all the options. So thanks so much for that! Also, jazz brunch at the Court of Two Sisters is a must!!!
I was really curious about that thank you note article. Personally, yes, I do like to write notes, but if someone opens a present in front of you and thanks you shouldnโt that be enough? And then I thought
โWait โ how big are baby showers these days? Like, as big as weddings?โ I donโt think Iโve been to a baby showere where there were more than 20 people attending. But Iโve not been to a baby shower in quite some time. As for weddingsโฆ.well, if Iโm going to the wedding I now skip all the pre-wedding engagement party/wedding showers (plural)/bachelorette parties/etcโฆ.
Iโm coming to NO in May! I canโt wait for your recommendations ?
But I need the strawberry recipe now, please! Iโve just picked my second batch here in GA! :)
That HBR article is really great. The differences between men and women in my experience has been what the bosses have chosen to make of the same situations.
Thank you notes in Germany are not that commonโฆ
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
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