1. A highlight of 2020 – my girl won an EMMY this week!!!!! Can’t even begin to explain how incredibly proud I am. Here’s her EMMY AWARD WINNING 60 Minutes piece on Mark Bradford if you’re interested in watching. I could cry all over again just thinking about it!!! So, so proud of you, KT.
  2. Mom and I took a drive to the beach this week to catch a glimpse of the monarch butterfly migration. While we didn’t see a TON of butterflies, (it was super windy, and still a bit early!) it was the nicest day at the beach! It’s such a strange time because half of the people are in bathing suits laying out, and half are bundled up in jackets. I am most definitely a jacket girl in late September.
  3. Back to Brooklyn this week and it took Ryan over an hour and a half to park the car Tuesday night. ABSURD!!! I still can’t get over it. And it certainly made me re-think the desire for us to have a car here. Props to all the people who are forever fighting the good fight of parking in the city. It is not for the faint of heart.
  4. Amazon Prime Day is coming up in the next few weeks (or so we think!) and I am definitely planning on taking advantage of some of their deals to start Christmas shopping a little early! Here’s a link to some of the Prime Day deals I’ve seen if you want to get that ball rolling.
  5. My birthday Otherhalf artwork is finally hanging on our wall! Almost six months later, but she’s UP and looking even more beautiful than I could have imagined. It’s honestly crazy what a few new pieces on the wall can do for your space. Now I want to hang alllllllll the things.
  6. Kind of crazy but this week I started a Google Sheet for all of the recipes in my favorite cookbooks and I’m low-key obsessed with it. Every time I want to make a cookbook recipe, I get overwhelmed by all the different books and recipes when I’m just looking for something to do with the chicken I last minute defrosted. I separated it by breakfast, lunch and dinner, and of course desserts. And am marking off the ones I’ve made before with little notes. Could have totally been a waste of time, but it really inspired me to start making some NEW things!!! So stay tuned for some new recipes.
  7. TikTok of the week – this is literally me when Ryan is on Zoom calls for work.
  8. How’s everyone feeling about the new iPhone update?! I am loving the pinned texts, although it’s making me a little crazy because it takes me two full minutes to realize that it hasn’t been a week since I’ve texted my “pinned people,” they’re just at the very top of the list. Excited to experiment a little more with the home screen widgets though!
  9. Re-took the 16 Personalities test this week and apparently am now ISFP (The Adventurer.) Which at first, I was like “no way,” but after reading a little about it am like yep, this is 100% me. I love taking this quiz every year to see how I’ve changed. Sometimes I haven’t at all but it’s always so interesting to me!! What’s your personality type?! I’m so curious! (Ps the test only takes about 5 minutes)
  10. Second installment of the wedding venue tours this weekend and we are finally making some headway and narrowing down the list!!! Does anyone have suggestions for places we should look at?! What were some of the best weddings you’ve been to? Tell me tell me tell me!

Happy Sunday, you guys are the best

with love, JAK