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5 happy things from the last 5 days:

1. Journaling. I spent last weekend reading the wonderful Katie's book and am now a journaling addict/convert.

2. Post-run chocolate milk.

3. Podcasts.

4. Running around the park with new friends.

5. Parks and Recs.

3 things to read this weekend:

1. Camp Tracksmith. Yes, this is super smart marketing. Yes, I'd like to live that life.

2. How to cleanse without cutting anything out. Because juice cleanses need to stop and we have lives we need to live.

3. Why and how to stop that comparison game. Hint: Instagram isn't helping.

Happy long weekend to all you Americans, and happy last summer weekend to all you Brits!

xx

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5 happy things from the last 5 days:

1. Two sunny cycle rides.

2. Cauliflower shawarma tacos.

3. Planning a trip back home.

4. B's cooking.

5. A present from maman.

3 things to read this weekend:

1. Molly's carrot cake looks amazing. Thanks to her for doing all the work to figure out the perfect recipe. And the in-depth info about how she got to her recipe is why I will never be a recipe writer!

2. Science shows that drinking coffee before a workout makes you run faster. Finally my coffee habit has some health-centric foundations!

3. Freya's photos of Senegal are breathtaking. Let's go and explore the world. 

Happy weekend friends!

x

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5 happy things from the last 5 days:

1. Monday. Skiing, skiing, skiing. And eating waffles.

2. Sweaty yoga.

3. B's banana bread.

4. Devendra's dancing.

5. Crumble.

3 things to read this weekend:

1. Concrete that looks like cashmere. Future home dreams.

2. Loved this article on The Class. Screaming is sometimes necessary.

3. A café staffed entirely by refugees. 

Happy weekend! 

x

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5 happy things from the last 5 days:

1. Leftover pear & chocolate crumble.

2. Watching the Nets win!

3. Fine & Raw chocolate treats.

4. A hot, hot shower after a long, cold run.

5. Thursday night margarita.

3 things to read over the weekend:

1. The pineapple obsession continues with this pink one.

2. It's here, it's here: New York Times' list of the best restaurants of 2016.

3. Once my current therapuetic needlework project is done, I think I should try this supersize version.

Have a beautiful, festive weekend friends!

X

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5 happy things from the last 5 working days:

1. Watching the Nets win! Finally!

2. Spicy, citrus-y curry laksa.

3. Early nights.

4. Walking through the Christmas trees on the sidewalk.

5. A new spoon sweater. 

3 things to read this Sunday evening:

1. Listen to (and read) this Garance Doré podcast for some women-in-food inspiration.

2. I'm assuming the Twin Peaks cookbook will make an appearance somewhere under this year's Christmas tree. 

3. Must bake this beautiful poached pear gingerbread cake very soon.

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It was a short week thanks to the interruption of Turkey Day, but it will still an exhausting one. Here are my 5 happy moments from the last 5 days:

1. Sharing Thanksgiving with wonderful friends.

2. A giant glass of red wine after a long, non-stop day in the office.

3. Spending time in the kitchen. Now that work is busy, cooking has become my therapy.

4. Beating all my running expectations in Thursday's Turkey Trot.

5. The colorful, love-filled post-its in Union Square Subway.

3 things to read on this lazy Sunday:

1. Ridiculing, and then admiring, the Moon Juice cookbook.

2. If you're not a runner, here's one more reason why you should be.

3. Do you talk to yourself out loud or in your head? Maybe this will help understand why you do. And don't worry, you're definitely not the only one.

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5 happy things from the last 5 days:

1. Fresh ginger tea.

2. Making it to yoga. And having a leg which has healed enough to actually do some poses.

3. Pumpkin bundt cake.

4. Thanksgiving planning.

5. Pink morning skies.

3 things to read over the weekend:

1. Listen to Ottolenghi on Dessert Island Discs. 

2. Shine your inner light bright: it's getting dark and cold and the holidays are coming, so it's time to stand tall and be yourself.

3. I'll be eating these fried Brussels sprouts all winter long.

Happy weekend!

X

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5 happy moments from the last 6 working days

1. Weeknight dinner at Wildair.

2. Sunrise and sunset over the water on the North Fork.

3. Tagliatelle.

4. Sunrise and daylight on early morning runs.

5. Coffee, coffee, coffee.

3 things to read on this slow Sunday:

1. Fall-perfect baking inspiration, because all Sundays need cake.

2. Nicole of Splendid Spoon wrote some beautiful words about uniting and bridging the divides this election has revealed.

3. This one quote.

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5 happy things from the last 5 days:

1. Apple pie and upstate apples provided by a thoughtful friend.

2. Being busy. It means I haven't had a moment to talk to y'all, but it sure is better than being bored.

3. Lasagna. B made a huge homemade lasagna on Sunday and we've bean eating through it all week.

4. Caring friends. I fell rather badly out running with the club on Thursday morning and have been showered with kind texts and emails checking on me ever since.

5. Savasana. This was just what I needed at the end of the working week.

3 things to read this weekend:

1. A complete guide of where to find the best pie in NYC.

2. I think I need a cat so I can live more mindfully.

3. Lauren Conrad's home surely embodies every girls' kitchen dreams.

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5 happy things from the last 5 days:

1. B's butternut squash risotto.

2. The changing leaves on the trees in Prospect Park.

3. Ginger and turmeric tea.

4. A weekday negroni.

5. Marzipan biscotti with my coffee.

3 things to read over the weekend:

1. Trying to understand just how much the Great British Bake Off has changed the way the UK bakes.

2. Maybe it's not so disastrous that I've already had 5 jobs since leaving university... In defense of of being a job hopper.

3. Discussing politics with friends is always tricky, is it best to fight it out, or abstain from the topic completely?

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