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4 days ago | 
joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard
Hi!! We are in England right now and the boys went to the playground and I have an hour to myself. I’m in the mood for some girl talk! Do you have any questions or topics you‘d like to discuss? If you’d like, please submit your big or small questions for this Friday’s Ask Me Anything issue of Big Salad on this short form, and I’ll give you my honest answers.
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1 week ago | 
joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |Kaitlyn Teer
Hi! Today, the boys and I arrived at my aunt Lulu’s house in Cornwall, England, where we are hanging out with relatives who all talk at the same time but somehow hear each other. It’s wild to be part of! Is your family like this? Or do you actually take turns? One of the questions we get most often from readers is, what shoes are cool right now?
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1 week ago | 
cupofjo.com | Joanna Goddard
What are you up to this month? We’re be visiting family for the next two weeks. In order to fully soak it all up (fresh air, long walks, jet lag, sibling squabbles, the whole shebang), we’ll be pausing the site, and we’ll be back on July 7th with a bunch of new posts. We will be sending our Big Salad newsletter during the next two weeks, so feel free to sign up here, if you’d like. And thank you, as always, for being here.
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1 week ago | 
cupofjo.com | Joanna Goddard
What are you up to this weekend? We’re doing the link list a day early because the boys and I are heading to Cornwall tonight to visit my aunts, dad, brother, cousins, and cousins’ kids, and to eat our weight in Cornish pasties. Hope you have a good one, and here are some links from around the web…Happy Juneteenth! Here are nine places to celebrate today. (NYTimes gift link)Very cool vacation pants.
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1 week ago | 
joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |Kaitlyn Teer
Have you ever stumbled across the perfect shirt/pants/shoes that are way less expensive than they seem? The best feeling! The other day, I was on Instagram when…
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1 week ago | 
cupofjo.com | Joanna Goddard
What are you wearing these days? Now that the weather’s warming up, it feels so good to pull on breezy, lightweight clothes. This week, J.Crew is having their Big Summer Event, where you can shop up to 50% off almost everything. Here are our picks, including the sweet pointelle cardigan and tank, above…A classic summer outfit: striped shirt and white shorts. Plus, a barn jacket you can wear year round — what a gorgeous blue.
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1 week ago | 
cupofjo.com | Joanna Goddard
What’s on your summer checklist? Here are 10 low-key things I’m thinking of doing (and I’d love to hear yours)…1. Lean into drinks o’clock. When visiting our relatives in England, we always gather for ‘drinks o’clock’ at 6 p.m. with friends, neighbors, and anyone else walking by. Back in Brooklyn, my kids and I often head to our stoop at that time, as a way to transition from workday to chill summer evening. These days, we like sipping Sprite and lingonberry, but even sparkling water does the trick.
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2 weeks ago | 
cupofjo.com | Joanna Goddard
What are you up to this weekend? We’re hosting Anton’s birthday party at a pool, and I can’t wait for cannonballs and Marco Polo. And thank you for the wonderful comments on this post — this community makes me feel hopeful. If you’re protesting this weekend, stay safe and know your rights.
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2 weeks ago | 
joannagoddard.substack.com | Joanna Goddard |Kaitlyn Teer
Hi! How’s your week going? We saw old friends last night, and it was funny to watch our kids, who were young last time, meet again as teenagers. I also realized how deep Toby’s voice has gotten!For this issue, very excitingly, Big Salad editor Kaitlyn Teer spoke with author Barbara Kingsolver. Have you read Demon Copperhead? Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the opioid crisis in Appalachia brought me to my knees. It’s funny, charming, gritty, moving, and devastating — to read it is to love it.
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2 weeks ago | 
cupofjo.com | Joanna Goddard
Do you have clothes you’ve worn a million times? Mine include this shirt and these flats. So easy and comfy. (Here’s a steal version of the shoes.)Last weekend, Freddie and I went to see the Amy Sherald exhibit at The Whitney Museum. She paints portraits of Black Americans, both as a way to show people just being themselves and also to correct the omission of Black people in classic American portraiture.
