First, and most significantly: Heather’s birthday is on Sunday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HEATHER!!!! Really additionally very crucial: I do know a giant storm is heading towards Hawaii. In case you stay there, please keep protected and dry.
Additionally: Drinks With Broads is again this week! On Tuesday, we tackled The Dink, Hawk, and that casting news for Heated Rivalry’s second season. Thursday’s difficulty coated Star City, the quest to pick a Premier League team, and that Met Gala theme. Sigh.
Right here at GFY, we had some nice conversations — Wednesday marked the return of Give a Recommendation/Get a Recommendation!
Additionally, I rounded up a bunch of cute college gear — sweatshirts, pennants, glassware, jewelry. Lots of cute clear bags! It was really fun to put together! Faculty soccer season can be right here earlier than you realize it.
Total, this week’s finest sellers have been (a) in a continued landslide, this very funny Widow’s Bay tee; (b) this J.Crew button-up (it IS good; it’s very over-sized), and (c) these Rothy sneakers. The (nonetheless ongoing) J.McLaughlin sale also really drove sales. Do I need a little white jacket?
A tremendous piece: Happy Hour With the Vanishing Nuns of New York.
Excellent news: It’s Mortification Week at Ask a Manager. Go read everything from this week and die laughing. It’s so good.
An amazing round-up of good celeb memoirs at The Squawk this week! (I weighed in, within the feedback, as nicely.)
WUT: The Rock Is Pivoting to Country Music (Yes, That Rock. Do You Know Another One?)
Don’t overlook to vote for invertebrate of the year.
Talking of soccer: 101 fun fantasy football team names for 2026. Mine is called — for the third 12 months in a row — Aaron Rodgers Darkness Retreat. Heather all the time has an ideal identify for hers.
That is enjoyable: Eater’s Guide to College Football
PSA: Wayfair is having a (up to) 70% off sale of (mostly) summer stuff. I’m contemplating this bedside table for use as a cocktail table. I additionally love this silly lamp. (Lamps are so costly; Wayfair has a good selection of wireless ones. I kinda love this weird one, I really feel like it might enchantment to a child who loves Marvel motion pictures as a result of it feels prefer it’s a magical stone or one thing? It’d make night time mild.)
Talking of gross sales, heads up that Bare Necessities is having one right now, if you need bras. They’ve received a lot of Wacoal in the sale, if that’s your Bra of Selection. Sports bras, too!
Actually fascinating: Are Dating Apps the Last, Great Hope For the American Literary Journal?
Fascinating: The Parisian Poison Panic and Versailles’ Secret Witch Hunt
This new Ben Affleck thriller seems like it might be good. (I truthfully suppose Ben Affleck is an underrated director. Argo is REALLY good.)
Who knew?! Seeing Doubles at Twinsburg, Ohio’s Annual Twins Days Festival
Necessary journalism: The ‘One Night Only’ Trailer Raised a LOT of Questions. Does the Movie Answer Them?
Cool! Meet Spea labreae, a New Species of Ice Age Toad Discovered at La Brea Tar Pits
That is enjoyable: How “Frasier” Brought ’90s Minimalism to the Masses
Information you need to use: The Bon Appetit Pantry Awards! (The perfect sauces and snacks and pantry stuff of the 12 months. I need to strive all of them.)
For my fellow Elemis lovers, QVC has a bunch of Elemis marked down through the end of the month. (QVC usually has surprisingly good prices on beauty stuff.) I LOVE this moisturizer for day. The truth is, this whole set is good.
Associated: You and Me and QVC
Drew Magary has gotten cracking on Why Your Team Sucks for the 2026 NFL season.
Once more, I say WUT: More Than 200 Golden Mozart Statuettes Stolen From Salzburg Months After Famed Composer’s 270th Birthday
Inform me extra: How Americans Can Retire in Italy Using the Elective Residence Visa
Don’t thoughts if I do: Go Backstage At ‘Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular’
On the subject of magnificence, Quince is now carrying select brands. Plainly the perk right here is that if you happen to purchase your magnificence merchandise at Quince — like the famous Bader face cream, which is regrettably quite good — you get a retailer credit score. The credit differ — like, it’s $10 credit for this (actually really good also) Outset moisturizer, which is $44 — however it’s $100 for the Bader, and extra for different high-priced manufacturers. So not a foul scheme in the event that they carry one thing you already use and you could decide one thing else up at Quince.
Hey, some excellent news: 8 Matisse Works, Looted from Library in Brazil, Are Recovered
I need to do that: This 170-mile Train Route Connects California’s Most Exciting Cities—With Scenic Farmland, Small Towns, and Ocean Views. I used to be simply in Sacramento and I need to come again when it’s not HOT AS HELL OUT. It appears actually neat!
You had me at “wonky:” A wonky 16th-century farmhouse with invitingly layered interiors
Right this moment’s put up is everywhere. Right here’s this: Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet
Love this Elle cover with Rihanna.
That is truthfully form of humorous? Kaia Gerber Swears She Had No Idea She Was In That Gal Gadot “Imagine” Video
Denims are simply a type of gadgets the place you’re all the time in search of the right pair. These are the ones I’m currently eyeballing. (Whereas I used to be at AYR, I did discover one of my favorite white tees is on sale in limited sizes. When you’ve got an extended torso, heads-up that it actually does hit proper on the hip.) Talking of denims, additionally: FYI that Gap is having a 40% off sale this weekend, in case you want something. Do I would like leopard print overalls?!?!
FINALLY: I can’t imagine I’m typing this, however Anthropologie emailed to let us know that their beauty advent calendar is available now. It WILL sell out. In case you’re organized sufficient to be getting your creation calendar in mid-August, I salute you and HAVE AT.
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