Weekend Update

1. On my list this week, this excellent pair of jeans, from J.Crew.

I’m a big fan of the wide crop pant. So comfortable. I know this may not be the most flattering especially for a short person like myself but if there was ever a time to use that “disheveled mother” card this is it. But honestly, I think there are tons of great styles lately! And some are even flattering on petites, usually because they make petite sizes, like with these J.Crew versions here. Love the wash, pockets, everything.

2. I love Taffy Akner. This profile she did, on the business of being Gwyneth Paltrow, is so so so good. All of her profiles are good actually – I also loved this recent one, on Jonathan Franzen.

3. Thank you to Dinah for this awesome article via Vice – How I Bullshitted My Way To The Top Of Paris Fashion Week. SO good and hilarious! Why wasn’t this shared more widely? Or did I miss it? Oobah Butler does a fabulous job.

4. Remember that Refinery 29 profile from last week? This is actually a very prescient piece, via The New Yorker, about how money is one of the last places “we” as a society feel we can openly judge. Refinery 29 also did a follow up.

5. This week, I finished There Are No Grown Ups, by Pamela Druckerman.

I first came across Pamela Druckerman when I read her book Bringing Up Bebe, on French parenting. I was so interested in this topic that I actually read this parenting book before I had actual kids. And I didn’t regret it! Druckerman is witty and insightful and the book gave me some ideas for when I did have children, as well as lots of funny stories to enjoy. Years later, when I read she had come out with a new book about adjusting to her forties/mid-life, I knew I wanted to check it out right away. I had read some early reviews of the book, some of which mention that she comes across more “unlikeable” in it, because of the focus on wrinkles/attractiveness. I mean…I admire anyone who really doesn’t have any vanity but the reason why I like certain writers is because they shed light in an entertaining way on the doubts and insecurities that plague me. I very much enjoyed There Are No Grownups and recommend it for anyone who has a sense of humor about, yet wants to learn about how others have faced, the inevitable process of aging.