Have a Beautiful Weekend.

What are you up to this weekend? I’m getting a haircut (the same one I’ve gotten since I was two years old:), and then we’ll be getting ready for Halloween! We’re hosting some friends that evening with a pot of vegetable chili, which will hopefully help balance out all the sugar the kids will be inhaling. Hope you have a good one, and here are some fun links from around the web…

Curious to try cacio e pepe chips!

How to find joy in three seconds.

Women bring their “I Voted” stickers to Susan B. Anthony’s grave.

Hosting a dinner party in a small space.

The particular hell of noisy co-workers. #shoutcough

The New York Times just launched a new website designed to help you decide what TV show or movie to watch next. (My vote: Insecure!)

This looks cozy to wear all winter.

Wow, what a beautiful art installation.

How to start running. Have you ever done the run-walk method?

Cute maternity workout wear.

Great style hacks from two J.Crew stylists.

I waited 96 years.

Plus, two great reader comments…

From Nina: “My husband Ross’s book Works Well With Others was published last year and has tons and tons of funny and insightful career advice! One of my favorites: ‘Hugely important rule: Everyone is weird and nervous. No matter how famous or important, everyone is just really weird and really nervous. Especially the people who don’t seem weird or nervous.'”

From Courtney: “We started a tradition last year after coming home famished from trick-or-treating and realizing I hadn’t thought about dinner. We picked up Chinese takeout, lit a fire and after we put our daughter to bed watched a horror movie just the two of us with pumpkin beer! Will be repeating that this year, too, can’t wait.”

(Photo by Madeleine Johnson. Running link via Swissmiss.)

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Caroline R

November 1, 2016 6:28 pm

I was active for a lot of my childhood and began running as a pre-teen, but struggled with it for a long time. I was fine, but not great, and I never seemed to improve. It wasn’t until I was training for my first half marathon two years ago that I finally decided to join a training group, and it was there that I learned to run-walk, with ten minutes running and one minute walking. I swear by it now! Running is an incredibly mental sport, and on top of that I struggle with anxiety, so breaking up a two-plus hour race into ten-minute chunks is so much easier to handle. It’s helped me get stronger, faster, and more confident in my running – so much so that I’ve recently decided to start training for my first full marathon :)

November 1, 2016 8:20 am

I usually love hour posts but…

That J Crew video is absurd. It could be an SNL skit…

I’m sorry but it’s hardly interesting, new, or necessary to show us how to roll up our sleeves or have a shirt hanging out. Watching this I’m reminded why J Crew is in such trouble and frankly, boring.

Nyambura.co

November 1, 2016 6:40 am

love the homemade treat bag :)

Shruthi
http://nyambura.co

Sam @ Hygge Wellness

October 31, 2016 9:43 pm

Cacio e pepe chips sound like a dream come true!!

Laura Mitbrodt

October 31, 2016 12:22 pm

What a cool Art installation!
xo
http://www.laurajaneatelier.com

Katie

October 31, 2016 11:50 am

The Susan B. Anthony post made me tear up! What a gift she fought for!

October 31, 2016 10:14 am

The link to “waiting 96 years” prompted me to call my grandma; she’s 98 and doesn’t drive anymore. My plan was to offer to take her to vote but she has arranged a ride to her polling place on Tuesday. Go Grams!

Anika Yael Natori

October 31, 2016 9:44 am

I am always a huge fan of the articles you recommend. I love the NYT article you posted about running. Great tips on how to train for all levels runners. Never too late to become a runner! Also, LOVE the Susan B. Anthony story. Wish I lived closer by so I could help honor her memory with my “I Voted” sticker . Girl Power!

xo,
Anika Yael Natori, aka, ‘The Josie Girl’
http://josiegirlblog.com/

Susana Silva

October 31, 2016 7:41 am

It’s Chade-Meng Tan; sorry for that and for all the speed writing misspellings.

October 31, 2016 7:32 am

I have read/used the book by Chade-Men Tang and I have to tell you that my lack of focus and anxiety didn’t allow me to get there…but thinking back I realize that everytime I practised his exercises, it made me relax somehow…only I didn’t disconnect from all my useless worries after that…age brings his us that foccus, step by step. Today I totally relate to the article on How to find joy. This blog is one of them…it may sound sappy but I have to tell you that whenever I’m at work and I feel that peak of stress I open this blog’s webpage and immediately my minset changes and I travel and relate and feel the good vibe, so thank you very much for that. Apart form that are those great moments, such as my son’s today’s morning hugs and whenever he says I smell good even if I’m not wearing perfume; when I have the chance to run for 3,5 km at lunch time in the nature; when a friend tells me he missed me. So, it got me thinking: Why on earth do I always foccus on the bad vibes, bad words, bad looks by others? I guess that is my journey…as I’m already on this path, hopefully I’ll get there some day or at least I’ll get there each three marvellous seconds I can get.

Have a lovely day.

Marti

October 31, 2016 1:22 am

Ladies, I wanted to share this article about my friend Margaret who is ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT!!!!! And she just voted for Hillary!!!
http://www.stormlake.com/articles/2016/10/28/108-fonda-dem-hopes-make-history-hillary

Joanna Goddard

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Reply to Marti

October 31, 2016 2:00 pm

that is amazing!!

Heather

October 31, 2016 12:12 am

As a native of Rochester who happens to live around the corner from the beautiful Mt. Hope cemetery where Anthony is buried, I’m so happy to see you include the activities at her grave in your weekly wrap up. People have been putting their I Voted stickers on her grave for years and I’m excited to see how many will be on there next week. It will be even more relevant when (hopefully) we will have elected our first female president! I plan on leaving my sticker there in Susan’s honor!

Casey

October 30, 2016 9:49 pm

How to start running? Put one foot in front of the other. I know that sounds sarcastic but it’s true. I’m not a runner but I can run 3 miles without too much effort. Once I did a 10k. I think to get started you have to not worry about speed but literally keep trekking forward. One foot in front of the other. And breathe. Sometimes we can over think things. The more I thought about it the less likely it was to happen. So I had to just run out the door and do it. Impromptu ;)

Marion

October 30, 2016 11:25 am

I’ve never been a runner (or a gym goer) up until 3 months ago when I decided to get serious about fitness. My trainer recommended the run-walk method and it works really nicely. I started with 3 minutes of walk, 1 minute of run for about 10-15 minutes. I’ve progressively moved up to 1 minute of walk, 4 minutes of run for 20 minutes. Obviously that’s not a very long yet but I mix that in with some other cardio and it works really well! I’d highly recommend it. (but I still hate to run)

Caz

October 30, 2016 6:15 am

Another vote for the walk-run method here! A friend and I decided to do a fun-run a few years ago but neither of us had run before. We used the “couch to 5k” app and it was great! The first day I was DYING when I had to run 30 seconds non-stop, and it was such an amazing feeling when we were running over 3kms non-stop just a few weeks later. Also, working out with a friend really helped – there were a few cold mornings I would not have got out of bed if it wasn’t for the fact I knew she was waiting for me!

Amanda

Reply to Caz

October 31, 2016 6:28 pm

I am a total non-athlete. Actually, more like the anti-athlete. But I’ve used Couch to 5k several times and have done lots of 10ks and even a 10 mile race. I never actually ENJOY running, but the satisfaction of finishing a race is pretty amazing.