What are you as much as this weekend? We’re internet hosting a Halloween gathering tonight — the boys caught bats throughout our home! — and on Sunday, we’ll be cheering on the New York marathon. (Are any CoJ readers operating?) Hope you could have a superb one, and listed below are a number of hyperlinks from across the net…

Catbird, our long-time favourite jewellery model, is having their annual sale earlier than the vacations. The #1 merchandise on my wishlist is that this beautiful ring. This necklace would additionally make a beautiful reward.

My pal Erika simply had her child — how beautiful is that this picture??

How I APPLAUDED Phoebe Robinson’s reel on guys complaining about their wives.

The “whimsy” items in these Maine-made puzzles are pleasant. “Whimsy items are items that resemble objects or animals…For those who’re doing a puzzle of an exquisite Italian panorama, you may as properly have a bit within the form of a wine glass or a sailboat… One in every of my favorites is a lady who commissioned an enormous puzzle to commemorate her debut novel. So, we did a puzzle of the e book’s cowl however integrated all these whimsy items that spoke to the characters and the plot.”

Have you ever listened to Lily Allen’s new album, a play-by-play of her pried-open marriage and divorce from actor David Harbour? I felt like I used to be catching up with an outdated pal, jaw on the bottom! Mentioned my pal Alison: “The perfect gossip session of my life.”

Into this stick-of-butter outfit.

Oooh, such a cozy rental house in London.

My beloved pal Adam’s story of being recognized with Parkinson’s. “For the previous yr, I’ve had a tremor that Craig would discover each time I held up my fork or the distant management or my cellphone to play Connections. We chalked it as much as twitchiness or nerves however the tremor continued.”

The brand new HBO collection I Love LA is being described as a west-coast Women.

New York Metropolis loves a bit of deal with. Listed here are 46 favorites. Which might you go for? (NYTimes reward hyperlink)

I don’t normally pay a lot consideration to runway reveals, however Celine knocked it out of the park. This coloration combo! This belt placement! This 1910s equestrian!

Lastly, 9 methods Kate Baer is making her 40s her greatest decade, together with a intercourse playlist (“I don’t need to hear mouth sounds” lol) and deepen feminine friendships.

Plus, three reader feedback:

Says S.Lee on educating children emotional regulation: “As an eighth-grader rising up in Korea, I went by a interval of utmost isolation. A whole loner, no associates, a really troublesome time in my younger life. In the future throughout lunch, I went to a payphone (it was the late ’90s) and known as my mother. I didn’t say a lot, simply that it was an particularly exhausting day. An hour later, my homeroom instructor got here to inform me to pack up my backpack. My mother picked me up from faculty, and we went straight to the prepare station. We boarded the subsequent prepare out of Seoul and received off as quickly as we’d left town. There was a small river, and we went mountain climbing within the mountains and ate dinner at an area restaurant. She didn’t ask me what was mistaken; we simply spent the day collectively, strolling and speaking. That day gave me the power to dwell by the entire yr. Typically you simply want time with somebody who loves you, and that’s sufficient.”

Says Olivia Jane on Catherine Newman’s well being essay: “Catherine, it’s a superb factor we don’t have your quantity, as a result of the variety of heart-based emojis and texts of caring we’d stream your manner can be simply an excessive amount of. As a substitute know the entire CoJ group is carrying you alongside in our personal manner. Huge hugs, Catherine. Huge hugs.”

Says Jo on a candy reward: “I’ve by no means associated to a creature a lot as I relate to Freddie’s canine being informal.”

(Picture by Pete Souza.)

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