Greetings and salutations -- let's get into it.
Over at Drinks With Broads this week:
-- We are currently hosting a massive live chat so we can all yell about this weekend's basketball! It's open all weekend, so come by if you need company.
-- Here's your recap of the penultimate episode of this season of Severance.
-- And your fresh dispatch from The White Lotus.
-- And also! We run down all the latest revolving door fashion news, the new Freaky Friday, and run a great book giveaway.
-- I agree with Lainey that Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco seem legit REALLY happy.
-- This IS good news: Rare 2025 Good News: ‘Coyote vs Acme’ to Be Saved
-- Ugh: The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem. [The Atlantic]
-- An interesting convo in the /AskFoodHistorians subreddit: Old hotel menus were enormous. Did their kitchens really offer all those options every day?
-- Cool: A Dispatch from the Real-Life Creepy Town in 'Severance' [Ministry of Pop Culture]
-- At Travel & Leisure: I'm a Former U.S. Secret Service Agent — Here's How It Changed the Way I Travel
-- This is SO interesting at the NYT: The Food on ‘Severance’ Is Its Own Chilling Character [gifted link]
-- A really sweet remembrance of Michelle Trachtenberg by Mara Wilson: My Cool Friend Michelle. [Vulture]
-- We had a rollicking chat about Plane Outfits earlier this week. For those of you keeping score, I DID buy these Quince pants and I DO love them!
-- Do you want to look at an 18th century Gloucester farmhouse? [House and Garden UK]
-- Eater asks, What Happened to ‘Appetizers’? (Terminology-wise, not as a thing.)
-- A really interesting profile: Shonda Rhimes on Oprah, Netflix and the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Incident That Nearly Ended It All. [THR]
-- That big Madewell sale is still up and running if you're in the market for something and feeling shoppy!
-- Speaking of feeling shoppy, Saks is ALSO running a big sale and some of the deals are actually quite good; I linked to this Farm Rio dress a few weeks ago, and here it is on sale! I also love this blue and white number if you, say, are getting married and need something to wear to your wedding shower. A lot of jeans are marked down, too.
-- You know I love an art fraud! At BBC: Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece
-- Some people have too much money. At Smithsonian: This Flamin’ Hot Cheeto Is Shaped Like a Pokémon Charizard. It Just Sold for Nearly $90,000 at Auction.
-- The NYT reports: The Houston Rodeo Is the Super Bowl of Country Culture [gifted link]
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