Have a wonderful weekend.

What are your plans for this weekend? We are grilling outside with friends and just waiting for the baby; my hospital bag is packed! The photo above is of Toby and my dad last weekend. He kept hanging on my dad's legs and begging to ride on his shoulders, so I told him to ask politely. His cute attempt: "Please may I have...some shoulders?" Hope you have a great weekend, and here are some fun posts from around the web...

What a slimming dress!

This new book looks hilarious.

There will be a supermoon this weekend!

Perfect summer cocktail.

A beautiful vacation.

Made me laugh.

Cute pants for date nights.

What nobody remembers about new motherhood.

Classical sculptures dressed as hipsters. (Link fixed!)

14 weekend getaways.

Ethan Hawke answers some questions.

A cool apartment in Williamsburg.

Behind the scenes of an ice-cream truck.

Sesame Street launches project for children who have a parent in prison. Fascinating.

Have a good one! xoxo

Cup of Jo Guide to NYC

Today is officially the first day of summer! Whoot whoot! We made it!!! For summer fun, I wanted to link back to the complete Cup of Jo Guide to NYC featuring where to eat, sleep, shop and play, as well as a very romantic date idea, a secret playground and how not to look like a tourist. Hope you enjoy it! xo

(Photos by Smith & Ratliff and the New York Times)

Thursday giveaway!

Everyone looks cooler in sunglasses. Jack Nicholson joked, "With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60."

Well, luckily, today's giveaway is from Lookmatic, the fantastic online glasses store. Every pair of glasses is $95 or less, including prescription lenses. Would you like to choose a new summer pair? (I got my own glasses here and love them.)

Today Lookmatic is giving one lucky reader a pair of sunglasses (or regular glasses, whichever you'd prefer). And you can try on glasses with their virtual mirror. For a chance to win, please visit Lookmatic and leave a comment below. Which pair would you pick? A winner will be chosen at random tomorrow. Good luck! Update: The winner has been emailed. Thanks for playing. xo

Toby nostalgia

Our second baby is due in less than two weeks, but...Read More >

Funny book for the summer

You guys had seriously amazing summer book recommendations (thank you again!), and after five people suggested David Sedaris, I ordered his newest book of essays, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. An Esquire editor described it as "the kind of book that I finished and just immediately wanted to start reading again." Sounds perfect, except as one reader warned, Sedaris makes you laugh out loud, which isn't always the best when you're nursing a baby to sleep. Have you read this one?
P.S. Another hilarious book.

Would you try a meal delivery service?

Since our second baby is due any minute now, Alex and I have been brainstorming ways to make our routines easier this summer. One idea was to try out Blue Apron, the meal subscription service, which delivers a box every week with fresh ingredients for three meals. We tried it this week, and here's how it went...Read More >

How a standard key lock actually works

This is one of the more random posts on Cup of Jo (along with this and this), but this gif of a standard lock is really cool. Did you know it worked like this?! Definitely going to be impressed by my key when I go home tonight.

(Via Today I Learned)