Morning Coffee (6/29/18)

Okay, we REALLY need some happy stuff this Friday.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Red Lipstick Is a Symbol of Change

Starbucks announces unprecedented, comprehensive health benefits for trans employees

IMPORTANT SCIENCE: Mac & Cheese May Be The "Perfect Food," According To This Study That Evaluated Carb & Fat Ratios With Satisfaction

Aah, Discovery of Witches trailer!

Ooh: Inscribed seventh-century window ledge unearthed at Tintagel

This is great: Paul Simon’s ‘What Not to Bring’ List for Farewell Concert Is Astonishingly Thorough

Even the Queen is excited to meet David Beckham.

5 Wine and Cheese Pairings You Need To Try This Summer

Huh: Oreo’s New Cookie Is Better Than A Deep Fried Oreo

Let's run off to a castle.

Afternoon Tea (6/27/18)

Girls of South Sudan on gunshot wounds, hunger and hope – in pictures

A Sensitivity Read Changed My Life

How a 12 Year Old Schoolboy Set About Restoring the Magnificent Gwrych Castle

No, my book is not a ‘guilty pleasure’ just because I’m a woman

Heh: If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth

Afternoon Tea (3/9/18)

The case for Black Panther as a 2019 Oscar behemoth

Jessica Morgan (of Go Fug Yourself) is both a pal and a writer I really enjoy, so I'm excited to drive into her top 10 essential movies.

Very important journalism: 13 Of The Most Adorable Pets Owned By Famous Writers

How a Tiny Wisconsin Island Became the World’s Biggest Consumer of Bitters

An Arthurian castle in Slovenia: the history, legends and future of Castle Borl

Morning Coffee (1/12/18)

Time for some happy Friday links! Don't worry, I have plenty of alarming stuff bookmarked for tomorrow already.

Oooh: This Picturesque Japanese Village Is One of the Snowiest Places on the Planet

Princess Charlotte started nursery school and it was EXTREMELY ADORABLE.

I will admit that I am excited to try the new Diet Coke flavors.

The Fug Girls have a fun write-up of the figure skating national championships, which were FULL of drama.

Good news: The Shirtless Tongan Olympic Flag-Bearer Is Now A Cross-Country Skier

Live Out Your Game of Thrones Dreams in This Game of Thrones Ice Hotel

I need to try this: Lemon Spaghetti: Bright, Fresh, Fast, and Perfect for a Winter Night

Also this: Why spaetzle is the winter noodle to rule them all

These Cake Purses Are the Cutest Thing You'll See Today

'Haunted' castle put up for sale by administrators LET'S GO.

Morning Coffee (5/19/17)

Okay, time for some happy Friday links. Back to our regularly scheduled insanity tomorrow.

Me elsewhere: Here's the CW fall schedule.

Ooh: Longman-History Today Book Prize 2017: The Shortlist (I want to read them all, obviously.)

The Smithsonian has the hard-hitting headlines we need this week: Spring Brings a Wave of Baby Animals to the Zoo

Neat! New types of coffee, parsnips and roses among 1,700 plants discovered last year

Masterpiece is making a movie that will BE IN THEATERS, and it's - a lot. Elizabeth McGovern! Julia Goldani Telles! Julian Fellowes! Dancing! Secrets!

Delightful: Dutch king reveals double life as an airline pilot for KLM

I'm not a big Airbnb fan, but I'd make an exception for Julia Child's Provencal cottage. Let's go!

I'm excited for this movie too: First Look: Lily James in Mike Newell’s ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’

F Scott Fitzgerald's favourite hotels: party like it's 1929

These Stunning, Less-Visited Castles in Europe Are Straight Out of a Fairy Tale

Morning Coffee (4/7/17)

Finally Friday. Time for some distracting links.

Obviously the original issue here isn't happy, but the reaction is: Dutch Men Hold Hands in Solidarity With Attacked Gay Couple

This is SO COOL: An Excavation Of One Of The World’s Greatest Art Collections

The new Netflix Anne show looks... pretty good, you guys.

Fascinating: Translating Agatha Christie into Icelandic: 'One clue took 10 years'

What it's like to run an all-romance bookstore in Los Angeles

Hee: Sony Asked Us to Share Footage of the Smurfs: The Lost Village Premiere and We Said Yes

Hahaha: Harlequin Brings Its Romance-Novel Hunks Into the Real World, With Hidden Cameras Rolling

Want To Ogle Some Official Gifts Given To The Queen? WHO DOESN'T?

Martha Stewart and a drone!

Ooh, so organized: Mayim Bialik’s Passover Calendar Looks Intense

I didn't know the Mary Poppins house was real!

Let's run away to a castle in Italy.

Morning Coffee (7/22/16)

It's Friday and BOY do we need some happy distracting links this week.

First, me elsewhere: It's Star Trek week at Insatiable Booksluts so I wrote you an explainer about the new show.

Now in the name of Friday happiness this is going to become a John Cho appreciation blog for a bit. No, seriously, I have three interviews with him bookmarked and I swear they are all worth reading and DELIGHTFUL and he is now my favorite:

You Haven’t Seen Everything John Cho Can Do

John Cho on representation and his concerns with gay Sulu

John Cho, Sulu of ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ Navigates a Beckoning Universe

And... well, let's just look at this for a while.

Okay, moving on to non-Cho-related content. This is a real section on the real NBC Olympics site: Puppies and Rio 2016 Olympians

Also: Royal romances that began at the Olympics

Sometimes TV is on my side: John le Carré’s ‘The Spy Who Came In From The Cold’ To Be Developed As Limited Series By Paramount TV & Ink Factory

AND Tara Lipinski is producing a figure skating drama for Hulu.

My friend Jonny got married and the Internet got very excited.

Let's all run away and buy a castle.

Morning Coffee (10/4/13)

Happy Friday!

Elsewhere: I wrote about new shows Welcome to the Family, The Originals, and The Millers at TheTelevixen.com.

Huh: Alexander McCall Smith has been commissioned to write a modern take on Emma.

Can the CW save televised sci-fi?

These books scarves are AMAZING.

Check out Julia Child's title brainstorming.

Lost portrait of 17th-century feminist to go on display for first time

Haunted castles!

Pistol, teapot, soap, and satin doublet: an East India Company merchant’s possessions

14 Cats From The 1800s Having A Way Worse Day Than You