Afternoon Tea (8/2/19)

Look at this great article about my friend Sara! A First for Broadway: The Trombonists of KING KONG

HRH The Duchess of Sussex Interviews Michelle Obama In The September Issue

The Artisanal Gelato Makers Of Mozambique

Rainbows, Frogs, Dogs And 'The Muppet Movie' Soundtrack At 40

See the poetry of England and Wales in an interactive map.

Morning Coffee (7/26/19)

Ooh! Megan Rapinoe Scores Again, but This Time It’s a Book Deal

This Harriet Tubman movie looks great.

Awesome: Lesbian couple kicks butt & makes history as Wimbledon doubles partners

Kayaker finds rare Roman glass and pottery off Kent coast

What. Summer’s Hottest Ice Cream Cone Topping Is a Tiny Ice Cream Cone

In other ice cream news: Ice Cream Truck Owner’s New Rule: Instagram Influencers Pay Double

I love this: The Queen reveals her favourite snack for bringing people together

I DO. Fug Nation Loves Cute, Small, Practical Bags!

Also, I hate summer but I enjoy beach bags.

How to Stretch That Last Bit of Maple Syrup

Afternoon Tea (6/28/19)

The way he talks about both Linda and John just kills me: Paul McCartney on Linda’s best photos: ‘Seeing the joy between me and John really helped me’

Ooh there are some GREAT choices in this list: 21 YA eBooks on Sale for Under $3 for Pride Month!

How to Cut Cheese Like a Pro

The Best Ice Cream Shop in Every State

Fancy a Mystery-Inspired Board Game?

Morning Coffee (6/14/19)

Time for Friday happy links! With some LATE-BREAKING HAPPY NEWS: Taylor's got a new single out, wherever you listen to such things! (And a new album in August.)

!!! ‘Orphan Black’ Storyline Continues With Tatiana Maslany Voicing New Audio Series for Serial Box

Ooh, Frozen II trailer!

The Times has a new puzzle game called Tiles and WARNING: very addictive.

SO CUTE: Tiny Prince Louis Makes His Trooping The Colour Debut…

The three original seasons of Veronica Mars will be on Hulu on July 1st if you want to catch up or rewatch before the new season!

I'm saving this to watch over the weekend but YAY: Sesame Street: Tiny Desk Concert

The Muppet Movie is coming back to theaters for its 40th anniversary

Ooh: FOR ALL MANKIND: Apple TV+ Reveals First Trailer for Alternate Reality NASA Drama

Once Threatened, Europe’s Night Trains Rebound

These Are the Craziest Milkshakes in Every State

Morning Coffee (5/24/19)

There are a million things going on but it's time for Friday happy links, darn it!

Aaah, Star Trek: Picard teaser!

And Downton Abbey movie trailer!

Send Your Name to Mars with the 2020 Rover

This sounds great: Exclusive: Captain Marvel Becomes a Bodega Avenger in a New Series from IDW

Oh interesting: First look: Patricia Cornwell on launching a new thriller series with Quantum

Exclusive: Nora Roberts on her J.D. Robb In Death series getting its 50th book

I love this cover and the book sounds interesting: Exclusive Cover Reveal: Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller

I really need to try these Cold Stone Reese's Ice Cream Cups.

Baby-Sitters Little Sister Books to Get Graphic Novel Treatment

Freeform To Launch Christmas Wrapping Competition Reality Series ‘Wrap Battle’

Morning Coffee (11/2/18)

FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS!

Oh gosh, look at this Get Out the Vote letter from JFK to Madeleine L'Engle.

!!! 'Penny Dreadful' Revived at Showtime

This is great: Tokyo 2020 Medal Project To Turn Scrap Metal Into Precious Olympic, Paralympic Medals

Watching Jenny retweet all these was great: 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before' Costumes Make Jenny Han Cry — In A Good Way

I love them: John Legend and Chrissy Teigen will host 'legendary' Christmas special

! Harrods, Now Available at Williams Sonoma

I did not expect to read about a Thomas & Friends and the United Nations collaboration.

YAY: Lionsgate Boards Helen Hoang Romance ‘The Kiss Quotient’ From Pilgrim Media Group — AFM

Ben & Jerry's Just Released an Anti-Trump Ice Cream Flavor

10 of the Best Bookish Knitting Patterns

Morning Coffee (9/21/18)

Time for Friday happy links!

!!!! Veronica Mars reboot officially happening: New details released

Oh hey, free Alisha Rai story.

Here's when all 36 new Hallmark Christmas movies will debut

And in other Christmas movie news: Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding to Star in 'Last Christmas' (written by Emma Thompson!)

Important information: How to Make Homemade Chipwich Ice Cream Sandwiches

I don't need an eye shadow palette but I very much want this gingerbread one.

Behold, a Massive Knit Map of the Cosmos

10 Famous Authors and Their Cats

The Best Scotch Cocktails To Drink Your Way Into Fall

Here are Some VERY Important (And VERY Beautiful) Photos of Harry Styles Hanging with Baby Animals

Panera Now Has A Make-Your-Own Mac And Cheese Bar

Morning Coffee (7/27/18)

Phew. Time for Friday happy links.

Dame Judi Dench and the Duchess of Cornwall ate ice cream together and honestly those pictures did a lot to get me through this week.

Claude Monet’s Glazed Biscuit Kitty Cat Returns to the Artist’s Home

Wills & Kate Gave Us a New Pic of Prince George For His Birthday

WANT: Build your own Hogwarts Castle with LEGO's newest, biggest Harry Potter set

Ooh! Torvill and Dean Ice Skating Drama Greenlit With ‘Game of Thrones’ Star Will Tudor

You probably need more cheese plates on your Instagram.

Maybe VR is good: Visit a Scotch Distillery From the Comfort of Grand Central

20 Things Chris Pine Looks Like in This Photo

This Star Trek vodka boldly goes where blah blah you get it

Obviously I want all of these Harry Potter tote bags.

Morning Coffee (7/6/18)

Time to take a break for some Friday happy links!

At mausoleum for France’s ‘Great Men’, Simone Veil burial is most revolutionary yet

Phew: Coffee Drinkers Are More Likely To Live Longer. Decaf May Do The Trick, Too

The Juliet, Naked trailer looks amazing and I'm so excited.

After One Zillion Years, Superhero Movies Will Finally Have a Plus-Size Lead

Useful! The Best Ice Cream Makers

Alert: The Dior Couture Show Is Actually Quite Beautiful

Emma Thompson is writing a Christmas movie?!?!

Please give me a middle grade novel series about this immediately: The Spanish Princesses Will Attend Summer Camp in the United States

Archaeologists stumble on Neolithic ritual site in Suffolk

Watch Some Teen Movies And TV Shows And We'll Give You A YA Book To Read This Summer

Afternoon Tea (6/1/18)

This story is WILD: Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It

Adorable: Engaged Coauthors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka on the Young Love Story Behind Always Never Yours

Whoa: Spoonfuls Of Stonehenge: Modern Ice Cream Flavors Inspired By History

RFK, in Arthur Schlesinger’s Words

Aunties I Have Loved and Hated (Sometimes at the Same Time)

Morning Coffee (6/1/18)

Time for a break for some Friday happy links!

Heh: U.S. Geological Survey Answers Volcano-Marshmallow Question

18 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer

Whoa: Carvel's Fudgie the Whale ice cream cake is now also a beer

Hear punk rock group The Regrettes cover 'Helpless' in latest Hamilton remix

Good for them: H&M Is Launching Its First-Ever Pride Collection

A good read for Book Expo week: How a book can become a hit before it’s even finished

This looks like a good series: Introducing Her Story: Ladies In Literature 2018

Hmm: J.Crew Will Relaunch This Fall

These sound great: Irving Berlin for Kids

Cute: These Little Mermaid Makeup Brushes Are Fin-tastic

Afternoon Tea (5/25/18)

Warning: This will make you want ice cream. Next Stop, Summer: A Day Aboard a Mister Softee Truck

These are great choices: 'From Twinkle, With Love' Author Sandhya Menon Shares Her 5 Favorite Young Adult Rom-Coms

Get Schooled on the History of Where ‘Grease’ Was Really Filmed

Dublin's ghost signs: preserving a city's fading memories

I have never clicked on anything so quickly as a look inside Evelyn Waugh's Georgian mansion.

Morning Coffee (4/13/18)

HEY IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY. Let's take a break for some happy links!

ICYMI, important ice cream news: FRIENDLY'S HAS CHIPWICHES NOW

This from the Fug Girls is hilarious and also made me tear up: This Is The Rehearsal Dinner Toast Meghan Markle Deserves

Ooh: Buffy the Vampire Slayer getting new book series from Simon Pulse (by Kiersten White!)

Here Are Images of the First Stellar Remnant Found Beyond the Milky Way

Here's a great thread of famous people modeling for knitting patterns.

The 7 Things We Know About Starbucks’ Most Secretive Store

‘Mercury 13’ Trailer: Learn About The Hidden Women Of NASA’s Mercury Project

These Wonder Woman Makeup Brushes Are Fierce

Sarah Rees Brennan on Georgette Heyer makes me need to go read some Georgette Heyer.

Neat: Strand Book Store Is Hosting An Exhibit On Notable Book Covers Of The Last Decade With Penguin Random House

I am obsessed with this Truly Devious photoset.

Weekly Rec: Friendly's Big Friendly Chipwiches

I LOVE ice cream and have a lot of childhood emotional attachment to Friendly's. And I really like chipwiches, a.k.a. ice cream sandwiches made with chocolate chip cookies. So when I saw a promoted Friendly's Instagram story about their new Big Friendly product I ACTUALLY SWIPED UP, which I do not think I have ever done on a promoted Instagram story before.

Obviously I was afraid that these would not actually be as good as I hoped, but good news, THEY ARE GREAT:

The ice cream is good, of course, because it's Friendly's, but the cookies are ALSO good, and they manage to be nice and chewy without the whole thing being so soft as to fall apart. It's a nice size, and there are four to a box and they're not ridiculously expensive. Recommended!

Afternoon Tea (3/13/18)

This is a powerful piece from Jessica Valenti: My 2lb baby: 'lonely' is the only way to describe raising an ill or disabled child

Just Doing It: A Conversation with Mallory Ortberg

The Downside of Radical Honesty

Ice cream makes everything better—even science

Chekhov, Sakhalin and the Russian Famine of 1891–92

Afternoon Tea (2/2/18)

In case you don't want to do any more work this Friday, here's a juicy true crime longread: Dead Wake

I LOVE maps in books: Charting the Geography of Classic Literature

LET'S GO: In Iceland, There’s a Word for an Ice Cream Road Trip. Here’s Where to Ísbíltúr This Winter

Around the World in 14,000 ‘Do Not Disturb’ Signs

End your Friday afternoon with a whole bunch of pictures of Animals on the Playing Field.

Morning Coffee (9/1/17)

Happy September! You may have noticed that things look a little different around here this morning! I thought it was time for a change. I've got a few other changes in the pipeline too, so check back this afternoon to read all about it!

But first some Friday happy links...

Isabel Allende is going to be on Jane the Virgin!

This made me want to do a rewatch immediately: When Gossip Girl Ruled the World

Aaaah, Sesame Street made "Despacito" except about Rubber Duckie!!

From the Fug Girls: Queen Elizabeth Plots Some Twists For the Next Season of the Royal Family, TV's Longest-Running Soap Opera

!! Inside the Massive New Bookshop That Could Be the World’s Biggest

Hahaha: Things I Have Googled Trying to Guesstimate Men’s Heights from Their Tinder Photos

Sue Grafton from A to Z

Ooh fun: 20 Back to School Romance Novels

LET'S GO: New York’s fanciest – the city's increasingly dazzling ice-creams

The Search for the World’s Most Enchanting Greenhouses

Morning Coffee (8/25/17)

Time for Friday happy links! Make sure you come back this afternoon for TWO posts, including the return of Friday afternoon links. I've got a doozy for you.

NEW TAYLOR SWIFT SINGLE. I love it.

Eee, trailer for Strike, new show based on J.K. Rowling's mystery novels!

Whoa: Antares: astronomers capture best ever image of a star’s surface and atmosphere

I'm always so relieved when an author I like doesn't say anything terrible in her By the Book interview, and Louise Penny's is great.

Look at my friend Holly's elf ears in the New York Times!

Penguins Filmed Their Own Videos of Antarctica, and the Footage Is Incredible

YES I DO: 15 Next-Level Ice Cream Sandwiches You Need in Your Life

Netflix’s Latest Hit Series Is a Boring, Soothing Japanese Reality Show. I'm in.

Beatles Monuments in Unexpected Places

I have read bachelorette party instruction letters that sound JUST LIKE THIS: Tips for Emily’s Low-Key Destination Bachelorette! PLEASE READ

Morning Coffee (8/11/17)

Finally! Time for some happy Friday links!

Ooh: Get Free Eclipse Glasses at Your Local Library

Lisa Frank pajamas!!! (At Target!)

American Girl's new Create-Your-Own tool is SO MUCH FUN.

This sounds like something your Friday might need: Watch This Adorable Video of Prince William Getting Beaten by a Little Girl at Soccer

! Japanese Scientists Discover the Secret to Un-Meltable Ice Cream

Let's go: The ‘World’s Largest Bounce House’ Is Touring America

Bookish umbrellas!

Nancy Drew Etsy stuff!!

Let's run off to the Greek islands.

Whoa: This Pocket-packed Tote Bag Is a Traveler’s Dream

Afternoon Tea (8/9/17)

An Ice Cream Maker’s Latest Recipe: Saving the Local School

I had NO IDEA: How Ice Cream Helped America at War

Chasing Shadows for a Glimpse of a Tiny World Beyond Pluto

Multilevel-marketing companies like LuLaRoe are forcing people into debt and psychological crisis

Lessons From a Victorian-Era Cat Dictionary