sunday morning amusement.

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Sundays are rarely the relaxing, care-free days I hope they’ll be, but I do have one ritual that I regard with some degree of sanctity… Reading fashion, celebrity, and food blogs for one hour as I drink coffee and postpone exercising. Today I thought I’d share some of my finds with you… lv, molly

1. Beyonce is releasing a line of temporary tattoos. I’m of two minds about this situation: I love temporary tattoos and currently have lightening bolt ones in my closet / I never thought I’d be able to associate Beyonce’s business model with a vending machine in a pool hall.

2. Because I spend an insane amount of time at work, I often feel cut-off from the day’s news. I didn’t know who buzz-kill Christine O’Donnell was until a week ago, and subsequently I’ve been shocked and amused by her assertions. One of the latest? That she can stop the entire country from having sex.

3. Dan Savage’s It Gets Better Project through which he reaches out to LGBTQ youth to reassure them that the future has wonderful things in store for them. A much-needed message, and I hope there won’t be a need for it much longer.

4. These pictures of Marilyn Monroe.

5. Lauren’s recipe for biscuits. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, biscuits were never a staple in my diet like some of my Southern friends. But then I tried them one fine day, and I fell hard. I want to make these ASAP.

6. Fabulous fall dresses for less than $100. I’m delighted to see that my favorite fall dress, the striped sweater dress, was featured. Perfect with my cowboy boots. (And I’m jonesing for the polka dot and fair isle sweater dress…)

7. This simple stir-fry recipe from the NYT’s Well blog.

8. A mushroom crop top. Amazing… or… just me?

Fungi Crop Top

friday favorites.

These girls, their lipstick, + their bikes. Perfection!

This ridiculously oversized straw hat by James Caviello. I can just imagine wearing a long flowing dress and tipping the enormous brim at gentlemen callers. (That sentence reads like something from a cheesy romance novel.)

This picture of Marilyn Monroe reading James Joyce. It’s impossible not to love her.

This recipe for tabbouleh. It calls for cinnamon + allspice.

Tabbouleh

This song. So pretty– the kind of song that would be perfect on a soundtrack. Happy Friday, lovely people of the internet + friends! lv, molly

friday favorites.

Bright red lipstick. Thanks, Marilyn Monroe, for showing us that it can be an appropriate companion to a bikini.

cheppalleee:  bacinella: googoogoojoob: suicideblonde: Marilyn Monroe photographed by Weegee, June 1949

Chalkboard paint. I hate painting, but I’m so tempted to paint a wall in my bedroom like this.

I want this watermelon ginger cooler already made sitting in my fridge right now. That is the epitome of Friday laziness. Have a very happy, very relaxing weekend! lv, molly

Watermelon agua fresca md