Fugs & Pieces, November 17th, 2023

Glad weekend to everybody. Hope you have got a enjoyable/restful/productive one as we head into Thanksgiving.

Associated: We had a fun chat this week about your most humorous cooking mishaps.

Do you, like George Costanza, want to drape your self in velvet? I rounded up options!

Over at Drinks With Broads…issues obtained unhinged, first with our tackle a body wash that aims to abolish Old People Smell, which YOU MIGHT HAVE (it starts early!), then our take on Dior’s new line of…baby perfumes??? Then on Thursday, we got into vintage appetizer cookbooks and….I can’t believe I’m typing this…Napoleon’s penis. Additionally: The Gilded Age was DISHY this week and a variety of you have been irritated by their Oscar Wilde: My recap is here.

YES: On the New York Occasions (gifted hyperlink): We All Love ‘Anne of Green Gables.’ What About ‘Emily of New Moon’? I LOVE Emily. Each time I “air out my mattress” as an alternative of constructing it, I consider her.

It is a actually fascinating piece at Lainey about celeb girl squads, and floats a theory that didn’t occur to me.

Related to our pursuits: Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain’s stately homes [BBC]

Ooh, this could be fascinating: Pedro Pascal might be (Mr.) Fantastic. (Though I do not likely care about Marvel.) [Lainey]

I believed this was actually helpful, at Bon Appetit: What Food Pantries Really Want You to Donate.

Fascinating: “One of the World’s Greatest Shoppers Prepares to Share Her Treasures: Mouna Ayoub has an enormous assortment of high fashion, and now, 252 of her Chanel items designed by Karl Lagerfeld are going up for public sale.” [NYT, gifted link]

That is gonna gross you out and make you mad: How TMZ Became Hollywood’s Grim Reaper. [THR]

I might reasonably eat a bag of nails than see this: Elon Musk is getting the biopic treatment from director Darren Aronofsky and A24.  [Socialite Life]

Associated from Pajiba’s new Substack: “If You’re Still on Twitter, ‘You Know You Shouldn’t Be: ‘It’s a poisonous place run by a poisonous particular person and everybody is aware of it now.’”  Individuals are legitimately hooked on Twitter, which is a part of the issue. (I’m personally use Twitter about 90% lower than I used to, and eradicating it roughly from my life has been an enormous plus for my psychological well being.)

I kinda love this: Why Some Seniors Are Choosing Pot Over Pills. [NYT, gifted link] I’ve began having half a gummy at evening as an alternative of wine and it has actually improved my sleep.

That is so fascinating, at Texas Month-to-month: Inside the “Project Runway” of Fashion Prep for the Austin Powwow

A enjoyable convo at Ask.Metafilter: What offbeat thing goes on your snackboard?

EYEROLL: “WB CEO David Zaslav on writers: ‘I’ve never regretted overpaying for great talent’” SINCE WHEN. [Celebitchy]

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