Beauty

What are you wearing this summer? We asked our team of writers and editors to share their favorite pieces… Joanna Goddard, editorThree words to describe your style: simple, breezy, walkableTravel destination: England to see my grandmother.Beach read: Chrysta Bilton’s memoir Normal Family, coming out in July, is wildly compelling. She talks about her loving, dysfunctional

Whenever we paint, I’m amazed by what a difference color makes. Case in point: Here’s a photo of our dining room “before.” The walls are painted Chantilly Lace, and it’s fine. But! After six years in our house, we were curious what color might look like. My friend Maud, who is a creative director, helped

What are you up to this weekend? We are heading to see Alex’s mom and sister in Atlanta. They have a dog and basketball hoop, so the boys are psyched. I’m also curious to check out the Noguchi playground. Hope you have a good one — take gentle care of yourselves — and here are

Yesterday, a lone gunman killed at least 19 children and two teachers at a predominantly Latino elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. On May 16th, a man opened fire at a Taiwanese church in Southern California, killing one person and wounding five. On May 14th, a gunman fatally shot 10 people, almost all of them Black,

Ruth Chan is an illustrator who lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend. Her comics tackle lighter topics like dogs and curry fish balls to heavier topics like grief and race. She writes and illustrates children’s books. For Cup of Jo, she also written about losing a pet and Lunar New Year. P.S. Taking care of

Children often see the world in cool ways, and I love hearing their pearls of wisdom. So! At bedtime last night, I asked my own kids — Toby, 11, and Anton, 8 — to reveal their pro tips… 1. What’s a good breakfast?Toby: Toast with butter is always satisfying.Anton: Frosted Mini Wheats plus Kashi Cinnamon Harvest.

Find yourself someone who looks at you the way babies look at ceiling fans. By the brilliant Brooke Barker. P.S. Ways to say I love you and great things bookstores have. 2 COMMENTS

You’ve probably heard the phrase “Grief is love with nowhere to go.” One minute, our person is here, and the next they’re just…gone. But the love, passion, anger, sadness, and everything else that make a relationship dynamic still exist. Know that the relationship changes but lives on. If you’re in the early days of grief,

“My mom really pushed me and my siblings towards the arts, going to museums, taking art classes, reading art books, everything. So I studied art history in college [at Skidmore] and then, for my senior thesis, I curated an exhibition at the museum on campus, which was about the Malian photographer Malick Sibidé—I’m half Malian—and

This morning, I Instagrammed a photo of my friend Alison with a caption about how she’d told me a funny story about running into Ethan Hawke. Suddenly, the comments came in fast and furious: “You’re not going to leave us hanging, are you??” said one reader. “Bring on the random Ethan Hawke run-in story!!” wrote

“When I was graduating from college, I had no idea how to get a job at a magazine or a newspaper, which was what I wanted to do. It seemed really difficult, and the only thing that my college really knew how to help me with was to get a job in consulting or to

What clothes do your kids (or the kids you love) knock around in all summer? Over the years, we’ve found some great mix-and-match basics for wearing everywhere and while traveling, and I’m curious to hear yours… What run-around clothes do you swear by? It’s funny because I see my kids wearing the clothes above in

By the hilarious Grace Farris. P.S. Taking kids on a hike and signs of spring. 27 COMMENTS

Turns out, similarly to painting, contouring is all about location—where you place color is equally as important as which color you’re actually working with. If you’re a talented enough painter (or makeup artist) you know exactly where to place certain shades to accentuate shadows, angles, or certain features of an object, which are important skills

“Hi! My name is Taylor Dorry (@taylordorry) and I am a fashion designer and maker based out of South Florida. My instagram started out as just my personal account but has evolved to both personal and my brand. It’s actually pretty fitting considering my brand is me through and through. I’m also really grateful for

What kind of accent do you have? Growing up in Michigan, I picked up a slight Michigan accent. For example, I’d say “maahm” instead of “mom,” and “Bab” instead of “Bob.” Now that I’ve lived in New York for 20 years, I’ve mostly lost it, but sometimes when I drink much wine, it can come

When I was 27, I felt bad all the time. Every morning, I’d wake up with hot gulps of anxiety, as if I were drinking boiling tea. Then I would feel panicky all day: if a car honked, I would jump; if my boss shouted, I would cry in the bathroom. Friends always seemed vaguely

On date nights, I usually throw on a sweater and lipstick. But the other day, my friend Gemma texted me this photo of her look, as she headed out to dinner with her husband. How gorgeous is she? And how fun does it sound, after these intense couple years, to smudge on eyeliner and spritz

I’ve always been an obsessive, stay-up-too-late, crush-on-favorite-characters type of reader. When I was little, I believed in Peter Pan. I knew — really knew — that he would come to my window. Throughout elementary school, at bedtime, I even made my parents call me “Wendy” (and my poor twin sister “John”). Books made magic almost

After years of documenting my design projects on the internet for the world to watch, criticize, and hopefully enjoy, in 2018 I found myself once again crying in the shower. We are renovating an old farmhouse in Oregon, and I was extremely frustrated with our renovation process. I was so sick of feeling dumb, being

If I had a recipe hall of fame, this one would be the first inductee… I first wrote about smashed peas with mint, a classic spring pairing, in 2010, after my friend Todd served it to me in dip form alongside a bowl of pita chips. I have since deconstructed the dip — lightly fork-mashing

My husband and I had been married a year and a half when we decided to have a baby. It was New Year’s Eve, 2017, and we were having dinner in a pizza restaurant on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, near our apartment. We were overheated, both from the wood-fired oven and the exhilarating

Be still my heart. By the brilliant Brooke Barker. P.S. Dog voices and a love letter to dogs. 5 COMMENTS

Designer Hopie Stockman describes her L.A. home as “a skinny cliffside house that looks right out of a Tim Burton movie.” She’s the co-founder of the sister-run design studio Block Shop, and her space reflects her love of color, comfort and creativity. “During the pandemic, I thought, ‘I’m going to be alone inside my house

The older I get, the more I crave certainty, and the more miraculous the whole concept of springtime becomes to me. The dogwood in my front yard will flower, the thrushes will break into song at dawn, and, any day here in New York, the farmer’s market will be overflowing with peas, arugula, asparagus, leeks,

How have you been sleeping lately? We just switched from our cozy winter sheets to our crisp summer sheets, and it feels so good. (Nothing better than climbing into clean sheets, especially after shaving your legs.) Brooklinen, the wonderful bedding brand that we’ve loved and used in our home for almost a decade, is currently

During a recent Cup of Jo team meeting, conversation veered towards our kids, and we realized that we are each in a different phase of parenting. At the time of this writing, Maureen was 39 weeks pregnant; Jannelle is the mom of one-year-old Ella; Joanna has Anton, 8, and Toby, 11; and Jenny’s two daughters

“This is my second career. My first career, I worked in educational reform at various nonprofits that provided services and training to low income schools, specifically teachers and administrators. I worked in every kind of school setting you could think of, from preschool to high school. Eventually, I was working with a principal and she