Morning Coffee (2/15/19)

We made it to Friday! TIME FOR SOME HAPPY LINKS.

Aaah so excited for this anthology co-edited by my friend Katie: Cover reveal: ‘It’s a Whole Spiel’ puts Jewish YA in the spotlight

!! Chris Kelly, Bad Robot to Adapt ‘They Both Die at the End’ for HBO Yay Adam Silvera!

Ooh, Frozen 2 teaser!

Ben Whishaw is doing a Paddington TV show!

This is GORGEOUS: The TWA Hotel Turns an Abandoned Airport Terminal Into a Midcentury Dream

This sounds great: Dumplin' author Julie Murphy previews delectable new novel Dear Sweet Pea

Get a First Look at the Cover of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Forthcoming Novel

Stunningly preserved fresco of Narcissus discovered in Pompeii

Maybe your life would be improved by following cheese shops on Instagram.

19 New Skin-Care Products To Pick Up At Target This Month

Afternoon Tea (2/8/19)

The midrange Manhattan hotel that changed American hospitality

7 YA Books to Celebrate Lunar New Year With

This book sounds interesting: Queer Identity: a Guest Post by A Fall in Autumn Author Michael Williams

The fascinating backstory of the periodic table, which is about to turn 150 years old

Step Inside Winter’s Most Spectacular Wonderland at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Northeast China

Afternoon Tea (12/21/18)

!! The Lost Christmas Recipes of Gourmet—and How We Found Them

Wills and Kate and Harry and Meghan Have Sent Out Their Holiday Cards

Ice Hotel opens with new designs in Swedish Lapland – in pictures

12 of the Best Romance Novels, According to the Author of The Proposal

A ‘Time Capsule’ for Scientists, Courtesy of Peter the Great

Afternoon Tea (2/5/18)

This change is obviously great but also this whole story about people who work there is super interesting: Medieval Times Goes Modern, Replacing Its Kings With Queens

Why a 150-year-old kidnapping case has Catholics arguing today

This sounds fascinating: The Novel That Imagined a Nazi Future, Before WWII Even Began

1918 Brought an Armistice, but Also a World of Death (Cheery! Sorry. It's interesting!)

Whoa: Bidding on the Ritz: Paris hotel auctions furniture – in pictures

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 (12/22/17)

Time for some pre-Christmas happy Friday links!

Harry and Meghan’s Engagement Portraits Are Here at Last!

Oooh, trailer for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. So pretty.

I must have this Outrage Lipstick. ($5 from each one goes to the ACLU!)

Ha! Wil Wheaton wore a Star Trek uniform to a screening of Star Wars

Useful holiday information: These Are The Best Under $12 Bubblies, According To Experts

Go Fug Yourself rounded up a bunch of great party purses, which might also be useful to your holiday plans.

Let's ogle the Icehotel in Sweden.

Ooh, books about being snowbound. Most of them involve murder. As they should.

23 Rye Cocktails to Chase Away the Winter Blues

Harry Potter workout clothes!

Morning Coffee (12/1/17)

I think we definitely need some Happy Friday links. There's a lot of comforting coziness in here this week. Can't imagine why.

The Fug Girls took a look at royal engagement photos of yore this week, just 'cause, no reason.

They're also completely right about Period Piece Face.

HAHAHA: Heathcliff's Gap-Year Jobs

I'm always interested to see Marilyn Stasio's picks for best crime novels of the year.

I'll absolutely try this new X-Files game.

Into the Gloss pairs candles and sweaters because why not?

I LOVE this idea because I do my best brainstorming in the shower: In a Hotel Shower, There’s Genius in the Mist

Ooh: The Softest, Coziest Robes to Buy This Winter

I'm very excited about the Hottest Heads of State book and they wrote a hilarious post about why to preorder.

You Should Be Following This Dad's Instagram Account About Hotel Carpets

Morning Coffee (9/8/17)

It's Friday, so let's have some lighter links! Back to the miseries of the world tomorrow, I promise.

Prince George started school! SO CUTE.

The Man Who Invented Christmas, with Dan Stevens as Dickens and Christopher Plummer as Scrooge, looks more insane than I'd dreamed and now I'm pretty excited for it!

Ooh, trailer for the new Magic School Bus show! Yes, that's Lin-Manuel Miranda singing, because the man apparently doesn't need sleep.

Perhaps your Friday would be improved by ogling Matt Bomer's Todd Snyder ads. It's A LOT.

I want to go there: China’s Seaside Library Mimics the Rhythms of the Ocean

Whoa: World’s tallest sandcastle rises in Germany

Look at these amazing hotel bathrooms.

12 Cozy Blankets You'll Wanna Snuggle Under All Year Long

These Disney Villain Lip Smackers Will Make You Very Excited For Halloween

Awww: Sophie Turner Basically Just Adopted Her Own Direwolf

Afternoon Tea (9/1/17)

100 Books Across America: Fiction and Nonfiction for Every State in the Union

This is cool: Inside Netflix and Marvel’s heroic efforts to keep track of all the injuries to their superheroes

This photoessay about similar Hilton rooms around the world is actually pretty soothing.

Mozart’s Visit to what became Buckingham Palace

Did German U-Boats Smuggle Alcohol Into the U.S. During Prohibition?

Morning Coffee (7/21/17)

Time for a break for some happy Friday links!

Your Friday absolutely needs John Boyega's GQ cover story.

Your Friday may also need adorable royal children. Go Fug Yourself has great coverage of the Cambridges' trip to Poland and Germany - start here.

Need another cute baby pic? Adult Justin Trudeau held his namesake Baby Justin Trudeau.

Ahhhh, I hope this comes somewhere nearby! Christmas in the Wizarding World to bring Harry Potter magic to holiday shopping

I'm so excited about the new books about the history of magic in the Harry Potter world.

I want to go to Disney's space restaurant!

Ooh, this sounds good and I hope they expand it to all locations: Starbucks Just Added A New Vegan Lunch Option

I AGREE: You Should Be Making (and Eating) More Icebox Cakes

Lay's "Do Us A Flavor" Finalists Are Here & They Are Wackier Than Ever (I want to try the everything bagel and cream cheese one, at least.)

Need some escapism? 17 of the Most Over-the-top Hotel Suites in the World

Afternoon Tea (6/19/17)

Paradise Lost: The Other Side of Reality TV

Fun! These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books

Watching the [Hotel] Detectives

The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?

14 Curious Telegrams from (and to) Famous Writers (Some of these aren't exactly CURIOUS, but they're interesting!)

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

Afternoon Tea (4/21/17)

I was already excited about the new Anne show, but this interview with the showrunner makes me even more so.

Robin Wasserman is extremely smart and I love reading her in conversation with other writers. Here she is with Charles Bock.

This is a DELIGHTFUL read about a fancy hotel concierge: The Keeper of the Keys

Facebook and the Murderer

The kingdom of women: the society where a man is never the boss

A Trove on the Women’s Suffrage Struggle, Found in an Old Box

Morning Coffee (4/21/17)

As usual, Friday morning links are skewed toward giving you some distractions and a break from current events.

We're getting more X-Files!!

The Audacity of Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino Is Astounding

Penguin's #ProjectReadathon is neat - read excerpts from their books and they donate books to Save the Children!

This Luxury Hotel in London Was Once a Secret Spy Base

22 Things We Learned From That Juicy New Prince Charles Biography

How the Henley Went From Workman’s Undershirt to CW Staple

What Bill Nye Can't Travel Without

I'm not as into rosé as are some people in my life, but I'm willing to be convinced by rosé cocktails.

Ooh, I need to try this hair doohickey.

Whoa: Queen Mother’s old fridge still working after incredible 63 years of service at Scots castle

!! This Genius Coffee Table Keeps Drinks Cold and Charges Your Phone

15 Bookish Cross Stitch Patterns for All Stitchers

Morning Coffee (7/8/16)

(Woke up to terrible news again; as usual on Fridays, we're going to ignore current events and go for fun distracting links, if anyone needs that. Back to normal tomorrow.)

Me elsewhere: The latest episode of The Fourth Wall is out - Holly and I talk about fanfic some more.

AGREED: AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire is The West Wing with computers. Catch up now.

!!! A British TV Network Ran Knitted Versions of Well-Known Spots for an Entire Ad Break

How a teen girl’s mad Overwatch skills struck a major blow to sexism in gaming

Let's ogle the Ralph & Russo fall line. I would like to watch a British mystery series set at a glamorous hotel where everyone wears these clothes.

Best headline ever? British singers surrounded by cheese

When I actually travel I generally want to stay in hotels, but this feature on Scandinavian holiday cottages and cabins is gorgeous and relaxing.

Heh: Poll: Americans only hate spoilers if they’re not the ones doing the spoiling

20 Fun Fiction Books to Read at the Beach, As Chosen by Authors

Ooh: Is This the Legendary Throne of Agamemnon?

Can You Handle our Handel? (I can't resist that pun.)

If Barack Obama Were Your Dad

Morning Coffee (6/14/16)

Yesterday Donald Trump revoked the Washington Post's press credentials. Here's the statement in response from editor Marty Baron.

Good for her: Clinton renews call for gun control in wake of Orlando attack

"It’s quite another for white Democrats to not appreciate how liberal minorities feel about the possibility of a Trump presidency and what that would say about the state of racial progress in America. It would be a slap in the face, the latest sign that a kind of white privilege—throwing a temper tantrum because they don’t get their way despite how much it hurts people of color—is deeply rooted within liberal, Democratic ranks as well."

An uproar about Turgenev translations in advertising!

The Tonys commercial breaks sounded more entertaining than the Tonys themselves. To wit, here's Sean Hayes and Jake Gyllenhaal singing "A Whole New World."

This is great, from Lizzie Skurnick: How I Chose a Sperm Donor

Ooh, interesting: The Watergate Hotel’s Renovation Isn’t Afraid to Embrace Its Scandalous Past

Profile of Ask a Manager! (If you're not reading Ask a Manager, you should be.)

“A’ghailleann”: On Language-Learning and the Decolonisation of the Mind

Bone Relic From Becket, Murdered Archbishop, to Return to Scene of the Crime

Morning Coffee (4/2/15)

Everyone survive yesterday? Yes, that Classic Alice thing was a joke and here I remember the last April Fools thing I participated in. Cats were involved.

The Goodreads dating app was ALSO a joke but I WISH it were real.

And the Post has a roundup of the various online and corporate pranks.

Sad news: Cynthia Lennon has died.

Yulin Kuang - who did the great I Ship It, webseries Kissing in the Rain, and more - is one of the directors of the new Twilight shorts. Congratulations!

Someone who grew up at the Algonquin wrote a book about it and that is absolutely a book I would read.

Hugh Jackman is doing Apostle Paul because . . . sure?

David Duchovny is releasing an album because of course he is.

The Two Medieval Monks are back! "you know more about goats than you give yourself credit for"

Morning Coffee (6/3/14)

The Times has a horrifying, fascinating profile of Elliot Rodger.

Galway historian reveals truth behind 800 orphans in mass grave

How Not to Review Women's Writing

Wow: Who Killed Lois Duncan's Daughter?

In Defense of Schlock Music

Feminists Killed Home Ec. Now They Should Bring It Back — for Boys and Girls.

I don't... get why this is weird. And those hotel packages sound pretty cheap for an event, really.

How To Tell If You Are In A Jane Austen Novel

Morning Coffee (5/23/14)

Yay holiday weekend! See you Tuesday.

First Native American Woman To Be A Federal Judge Takes Oath

This Rolling Stone list of the 40 best YA novels is surprisingly non-terrible.

Ontario man finds baby moose, takes it to Tim Hortons

Whoa, awesome Harry Potter-themed wedding.

Why Is There No Hyphen in This TV Show’s Name?

The 25 Greatest Homes in Literature (Whither Pemberley?)

It's a long weekend. Let's look at the world's best hotel balconies.

And eat dessert.

Morning Coffee (11/12/13)

This Ariel Levy essay is beautiful and devastating.

Ooh: Literary hotels

The CW has given full seasons to all its new show. I am thrilled about one, happy about another, and the third made me make a lot of faces. You figure it out! (It's not hard.)

Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA uniforms for 2014 Winter Olympics

I am all in favor of the dry cider renaissance.

21 Reasons to Be Thrilled It's Finally Almost Winter

Richard Curtis's appreciation of White Christmas is spot on.

Mirrors finally bring winter sun to Rjukan in Norway