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  • 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Husbands

    2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Husbands

    A cashmere sweater to cozy up to, or matching sweaters for the two of you! 20 colors here. From $99. Smoked salmon trio, $62, to feel whisked to the Pacific…

  • What’s Your Thanksgiving Specialty? | Cup of Jo

    What’s Your Thanksgiving Specialty? | Cup of Jo

    For the past five years, I’ve rolled up to my parents’ house on Thanksgiving with my specialty: a chai masala pumpkin pie. Velvety with the perfect sweet-to-spice ratio, the pie…

  • Have a Sweet Weekend. | Cup of Jo

    Have a Sweet Weekend. | Cup of Jo

    What are you up to this weekend? We’re hitting up some birthday parties, and I’m also reading Absolution and loving it. The writing’s so vivid and sharp, reading it almost…

  • Which Jeans Are Cool Now?

    Which Jeans Are Cool Now?

    18 years ago, shortly after having baby #4, I bought a pair of Levi’s. They fit comfortably and made me feel ‘put together’. I’ve kept wearing those jeans for the…

  • How to Make Home a Haven (Plus, a Huge Sale)

    How to Make Home a Haven (Plus, a Huge Sale)

    How do you wind down at night? Lately, I’ve been watching funny movies and reading gripping books while wrapped in our softest winter sheets. Brooklinen, the Brooklyn-based bedding brand that…

  • 9 Reader Comments on Kindness

    9 Reader Comments on Kindness

    With all the exhaustion that comes with being in my third trimester and running after our two-year-old, compounded by the heavy headlines in the news, life has been feeling overwhelming….

  • 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Sisters

    2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Sisters

    Bow earrings (big, small) because she is a gift to this world, from $22. Or an initial necklace charm in a beautiful font, $45. A voice-y, flavor-packed cookbook you know…

  • 8 Mashed Potato Mix-ins (What Would You Add?)

    8 Mashed Potato Mix-ins (What Would You Add?)

    My hot take? Mashed potatoes are the most important thing on the Thanksgiving plate… If you’re waiting for me to make a culinary case, I don’t have one. I have…

  • What Holiday Coupons Would Your Kids Love?

    What Holiday Coupons Would Your Kids Love?

    A couple years ago, we wrote about coupons for kids — think: “Dad works out with you (push ups, sprints, etc.),” “Mom takes you out for hot chocolate,” “You pick the…

  • 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Moms

    2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Moms

    Cashmere neckwarmer for cold winter days, $88, or this $15 Heattech version. A striped vase filled with bodega flowers, $72. These are cute, too. Calabrian chili oil — smoothy and spicy…

  • Would You Do a Cold Plunge?

    Would You Do a Cold Plunge?

    You pull up to the reservoir in your Subarus, honking and shouting. It is raucous from the get-go, this group of robustly menopausal women along with a couple of gentle,…

  • 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Kids

    2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Kids

    Pajamas with reindeer, polar bears, dancers or beagles. From $22. Beautiful Schleich animals, made in Germany, from $7. Such great quality, they feel like adorable heirlooms. Kids’ flashlight, $16 for…

  • Have a Good Weekend. | Cup of Jo

    Have a Good Weekend. | Cup of Jo

    What are you up to this weekend? We’re playing baseball tonight, and tomorrow I’m going to see Dream Scenario, which has such a funny premise. Hope you have a good…

  • November Plans | Cup of Jo

    November Plans | Cup of Jo

    Such a good one this week, Grace! The 29th … Just this last year after 6 years of sick (Covid, norovirus, colds, goshknowswhatelse!) season with kids I finally decided I…

  • Everyday Clothes I’ve Worn 8 Million Times

    Everyday Clothes I’ve Worn 8 Million Times

    When you look in your closet, are there clothes you’ve worn more times than you can count? Where the cost-per-wear is down to spare change? Here are seven pieces I…

  • Four Fun Things | Cup of Jo

    Four Fun Things | Cup of Jo

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