Lifestyle

Today we’re announcing the opening of our Warsaw office as our first-ever engineering hub in Central Europe. Our new office will enable us to continue to scale our global engineering resources to serve our Pinners, creators and advertisers around the world.  The motivation for opening an office in Warsaw began with our acquisition of VOCHI

Lately, this question comes up often in conversations. Mostly prompted by me because I have been feeling… adrift. Like many others, I spent my adulthood chasing one goal after another. On and on, I climbed a ladder that kept spawning new rungs, assuming I would reach an eventual summit. Then 2020 happened. In my case,

Pinterest is expanding its partnership with Shopify to Japan. Now, Shopify merchants in Japan have an easy way to bring their products to Pinterest and turn them into shoppable Product Pins that are discoverable across the platform.  The Pinterest channel on Shopify provides frictionless access to Pinterest shopping features including tag deployment, catalog ingestion, and

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. This means, we may receive a small commission if you choose to purchase something from a link we post (including links to amazon.com because we are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.) Don’t worry, it won’t cost you anything. I may have an obsession with

Plot twists get us every time. By the lovely Grace Farris. P.S. Books as self-care and Friday night plans. 15 COMMENTS

These past few weeks have been bumpy, so I’ve been looking forward to moments in the day when I can catch my breath. Here, nine Cup of Jo readers share rituals — including barefoot walks in snow and Friday Fun Days — that bring them joy… On the magic of water: “Every night, I read in

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. This means, we may receive a small commission if you choose to purchase something from a link we post (including links to amazon.com because we are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.) Don’t worry, it won’t cost you anything. 123 Shares Somewhere along the way

The other day, I turned to the back of my daily planner and made myself a list: • Haircut• Eyebrow wax• Order tinted moisturizer• Order a red lipstick• Mani/pedi• Get running shoes• Mammogram• Pap smear• Eye exam• Writing retreat I barely even knew what to title said list. “Self Care” was inaccurate. I already lit

What are you up to this weekend? We’re throwing Toby’s 12th birthday party. (Side note: 12?!?!) We got a photo cake, which is always a crowdpleaser. My dad is also visiting, which means that we will be watching this movie. Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the

Just because I’m in a happy, monogamous, long-term relationship, that doesn’t mean I’m not engaged in several other love affairs… I’m involved in a love affair with my sweet barista, Michael, who tells me about his life and has followed the stories of my work sagas and kid stuff in a way that makes me

We believe that a more inspired internet starts with a more transparent internet. Today we published our latest Transparency Report, covering the second half of 2021. We started publishing a biannual transparency report in 2013, and since 2020, we’ve routinely expanded the content to include more information and deeper reporting detail. In this latest report,

Summer 2022 is set up to be one of the biggest travel seasons ever as people are making up for the last two years and are eager to explore new destinations, get inspired by nature, and discover ways to give new meaning to the concept of camping and beyond.  More than 63 million people engage

Emily Meggett, age 89, is considered to be one of the most important figures carrying on the history of the Gullah Geechee Corridor. The term refers to a string of coastlines along North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, where enslaved Africans from tribal groups of west and central Africa and their descendants managed to

“I’ve always been a colorful person,” says author and bookstore co-owner Emma Straub, whose newest novel, This Time Tomorrow, comes out today. “I recently met a friend for lunch, and she said, ‘You look like a crayon box.’ That’s what our house looks like, too.” She shares her book-filled Brooklyn home with her husband, Mike,

This year, my best friend Angela is getting married and I’m her maid-of-honor. While I plan on taking my MOH duties very seriously — handing her glasses of bubbly, delivering a heartfelt speech, and shimmying on the dance floor ’til the night ends — one of my top priorities is planning an unforgettable and cheeky

I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I’ve been waiting for someone to ask me about my daughter’s last name. I was promised we’d be stopped at the border, denied entry to public school and interrogated by neighbors, colleagues and friends. That’s the whole reason she has it. Yes, I gave my daughter my name to

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. This means, we may receive a small commission if you choose to purchase something from a link we post (including links to amazon.com because we are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.) Don’t worry, it won’t cost you anything. *This post is sponsored by Shutterfly.

We’ve loved answering 21 reader questions in the past (and hearing everyone weigh in). Here are three more, including where to find a cute swimsuit and how to talk to teenagers… Q. My partner and I are in a long-distance relationship, and next month I’m going to visit him (and meet his parents!) in his

As a New Yorker, I love the convenience of delivery, but sometimes when I get home from work… I’m just too hungry to wait. So, before attacking the box of chocolate-covered marshmallows, I take a minute to reference the Japanese principle of ichijuu sansai: one soup, three sides (plus rice). None of the components need

If you’re not on TikTok, let me fill you in: the youths are all about “core memories.” What does that mean, exactly? If you peruse the 661 million videos ascribed to #corememory you’ll find sentimental piano tracks playing over the moments people want to remember. There’s a toddler’s wobbly entrance into his first day of

What are you up to this weekend? My mom is visiting and we are going to a new pasta restaurant and seeing Cyrano de Bergerac, which I’m really excited about. I haven’t been to a play in years! Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web… Is

There’s always a favorite. By the brilliant Becky Barnicoat. P.S. Hanging plants and yoga poses for parents.

Pinterest is committed to advancing emotional wellbeing and supporting everyone to build a self they love — both on platform and off. This month, we are taking deliberate steps to lift the voices of young creators and drive a culture from awareness to action on mental health. On May 18, Pinterest will join MTV and

Good Drinks author Julia Bainbridge and chef Alan Delgado fell in love during the pandemic. Despite lots of calls and texts from Amsterdam to New York, they didn’t meet in real life until he moved to New York in May 2020 for work. But things clearly worked out because this very cute couple recently got

Last night, a Supreme Court draft opinion, which would overturn Roe v. Wade, was leaked. When I write news pieces, I usually try to strip emotion out of them. But I can’t stop my hands from shaking. This would be catastrophic. Here’s the deal: The Supreme Court draft opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito in

In 2021, Pinterest made a philanthropic commitment to fund organizations that are focused on increasing awareness of mental health and wellbeing challenges, advancing innovation in the field and explicitly tackling racial inequalities and other disparities in access.  To date, we have invested $6M with 26 Purpose Partners leading the field in mental health and wellbeing,

One of the gifts of my life is the Cup of Jo community – I love everyone here so much — so I was thrilled to go on Jenny Rosenstrach’s podcast to talk about all things Cup of Jo. We chatted about how I started blogging because of a breakup; the career risk I took while

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. This means, we may receive a small commission if you choose to purchase something from a link we post (including links to amazon.com because we are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.) Don’t worry, it won’t cost you anything. 159 Shares Best Mother’s Day Gifts: