Hello, friends!
How are you holding up โฆ in nature? The cicadas have arrived in Nashville to make everything weird. After hibernating for the past 13 yearsโplottingโtheyโre now darting around looking for mates. Their screaming is constant and there are Biblical swarms of them to duck from as you go about your daily tasks, like taking a walk or opening your car door. Some neighborhood kids paint the shells with nail polish so every once in a while Iโll swat away a cicada donning a lavender shell. And thereโs a handmade poster in the school hallway to Save the Cicadas. Everyone needs a cause!ย
Below are some fun finds for your buggy weekend.
Xo,
Toby
โข Lyz Lenz is the perfect choice to cover The Idea of You, which I ate up with a spoon. (Rolling Stone)
โข Fellow perfume junkies take note: My coworker casually fished this โlil tin out of her purse the other day and smelled spicy two seconds later. (Fulton and Roark)
โข Canelo รlvarez walked into the ring to this song a few weeks back, and itโll pump you UP. (YouTube)
โข All my meals this month have come from containers. But the kids and I are going strawberry picking when schoolโs out and I canโt wait to make Joyโs Strawberry Pie. (Joy the Baker)
โข The group chat was in a tizzy over Bennifer, going full Carrie-from-Homeland on the potential breakup. So this Tweet made me smile. (X)
โข I canโt stop talking about Under the Bridge. The teen actors are amazing, and I love the writing + 90โs soundtrack. Itโs pretty dark, tho, so Iโve been chasing it with new Hacks. (IndieWire)
โข Next up, Iโm looking forward to watching Perfect Days โcause my film friends have been raving about this toilet cleaner in Tokyo. (Amazon)ย
โข Donโt you prefer this version of the controversial Apple ad? (X)
โข JTB heads will appreciate the poem, Spiral, by Hari Alluri (Poets.org)ย
โข All of this: Nothing Tastes As Good As Final Feels by Kimberly Harrington. (Gloria)
โข Here are two meaty profiles on Miranda July and Maya Rudolph. (New Yorker, Town and Country)
โข I can never resist clicking on the apartment tour reels that start out, “Hey, excuse me, how much do you pay for rent?โ Guess I’m not alone. (Rolling Stone)
โข Trying to be more of a lover than a fighter these days but can’t get over the Kendrick v. Drake beef. It’s art, really. (The Ringer)
โข I just started plucking titles for our Joy the Baker Summer Reads List, starting with this buzzy book. Will report back in early summer with the rest of my findings! (Bookshop)
โข … And I’ve been circling around this classic tote to carry all my books in for the pool. Question is: What color? (LL Bean)
โข Thank goodness it’s time for teachers’ end-of-year gifts. How sweet would it be to send your kid into school with a Target gift card and a dish of these Lemon Bars? (Joy the Baker)
โข Finally, two comedy specials that will make you LOL in totally different ways: Everybody’s in LA, a love letter to one of my favorite cities. And, let’s be serious, I’ll watch John Mulaney in anything. And Alex Edelman’s special, Just for Us, is a funny-yet-introspective take on his Orthodox upbringing. (Netflix and Max)
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This list is so richโyouโve given me content for WEEKS. Well done as always!
Not to quibble, but LA cannot be classified as a city. Having lived there for quite a few years; I would say itโs a bunch of suburbs or burrows strung together by freeways and boulevards. The idea behind century city was to have a โ new downtown or center, but that never quite worked. In between Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and other โ burrowsโ there pockets in between just called LA. Loved the article on Maya Rudolph!
Ok but Los Angeles is still a city though. If I were to tell people I’m from Mid-City (the neighborhood I grew up in) no one would know where I’m talking about but LA – they know.
I just watched the reverse Apple ad 3 times and teared up a little…just feels like what’s possible, you know?
Thanks for the list, Toby! This is such a good one. :)
Toby is a list legend. Thanks for being her Angela!