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Spring break meant hitting pause on our Italy planning, and it’s been a challenge getting back to it. I’ve discovered a lot of stops makes for a lot more work—especially when things are filling up fast or very expensive. I realize this isn’t a serious problem, but it’s been very all-consuming this week. Also, I think we need to drop Sicily. I was trying to do too much.
Speaking of Italy, all the buzz for Call Me By Your Name has made me remember how much I loved Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty when I was graduating from high school. I think it and Room With A View informed all of my romantic visions of Northern Italy the way Call Me By Your Name may be doing for many today.
Perhaps I need to watch it again this weekend amid planning.
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Here are some other diverting items…
Argh!! Nobody is asking for this, right? Do they remember all the smog?
Okay. Breathe. Here’s a cat wearing an image of a cat.
Modeling resilience. And a few tips for taking a pause when you’re mad at your kids. (Or maybe Scott Pruitt?)
Ha! This Oprah instagram is the best! (via A Cup of Jo)
Really enjoyed this interview with Madeleine Albright. (Also, this article, related.)
Indeed: “the enthusiasm of crowd spirit and the sickening feeling of the doom to come.”
Double standards and free-range parenting.
Ditto. (Love watching Carla make these, btw. Thanks, Liz.)
I may have shared this… but I’m excited: there’s going to be an electric VW bus!
Considering a new daypack Aron and I can use for summer travels. (I like this water-resistant version, too—a bit more urban.)
Related: spotted a couple of cute cross-body straw bags for summer. This one or this one?
My friend has been sporting these Freda Salvador mules and they look amazing. Maybe a less wallet-busting, but similar look?
Skyler is obsesses with twirly play-dresses right now and these pretty, easy-to-wash, non-restrictive ones are the best we’ve found. (She calls the dark blue her “Elsa dress.”)
A food-pyramid for media consumption.
Two books I’ve been hearing about lately. Interest piqued. One and two. Recent favorites?
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