post-election.

Well hello there. How we all doing? Everyone successfully avoid election talk at Thanksgiving?

Sorry for the abrupt hiatus, I didn't have much to say for a while there (unless you wanted a streaming flow of rage and devastation). I am in India this week for work and it is nice to be outside of the US for a hot minute. Not to mention, Ben and I have been playing with the idea of an India trip, so this is a quick taste test. The picture is the sunrise from this morning!

I promise to post soon about our Thanksgiving in NY and India, and in the meantime, to keep you company, here are some links I have been collecting for you (fair warning, much of this was post-election reading)...

• At least Minnesota did something good. 

• We are officially the land of a bigot. 

• This bathmat is so pretty, don't you think?

• Ever presidential indeed.

• Thank god I married a feminist too. 

• I have always sworn by a good thank you note.

• Joe memes - get me every time. 

• This line in this Atlantic piece is everything - "On August 18, 2020, American women will celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the right to vote.  That will be just 77 days before the next presidential election."

• Shout out to the IRC and others. Time to start channeling the rage.

• Jabril Peppers on the Michigan football team is quite something - this profile makes me want to watch him even more.  

• I would hire her. 

TIME 100 photos.

TIME is out with an updated book - The Most Influential Images of All Time. I am a total sucker for these books (also a great holiday gift idea for any photography lovers you know). And even if you aren't going to get the book, their interactive website with the photos and background is a fantastic procrastination tool for this fine Monday...

the aftermath.

I don't know when I will forgive America for this election. I am not one for polls and never have been. And I frankly don't want to hear every other person's brilliant opinion and assertion as to why we lost, but I will say, this exit poll stat makes me angry and hurts my heart. And indeed, there is a special place in hell for women who don't help women...

running it out.

This weekend can't come soon enough! We are headed to NYC tomorrow to celebrate my father-in-law's 70th birthday. He is running the marathon on Sunday. Amazing, right?

We can't wait to be back east for crisp fall weather and to be surrounded by sarcastic, no bullshit new yorkers...hope you have an equally awesome weekend - and here a quick links in case you are interested....

• Tartine Manufactory is now open for ice cream - we can't wait to go taste it out!

• Audrey Gelman is at it again and I can't decide what I think of her latest foray -- want to grab coffee and talk it out with me?!

• I am loving all over this JCrew coat - pretty much anything tweed gets me every time. 

• Water Wars in Central Asia.... this is a fascinating quick read (Hat tip to Ben)

• We are a couple weeks out from that last debate and hopefully we are all recovered and ready to dominate this coming Tuesday - but this NYTimes Late Term Abortion piece is worth your read. 

• Hillary's website error page is phenomenal. 

church it up.

I am crawling to the finish line of this week - it's a brutal one. But these two songs are currently on repeat, so I figured I would pass it along. Electric Church by Mike Taylor is a little too poppy and upbeat for my normal but MK (our Soul Cycle instructor that I have a serious girl crush on) put it on one of her lists and was loving it a couple months ago. And Like a Dream by Francis and the Lights came highly recommended from a good friend who is young and cool and has his pulse on the music scene. A Wednesday gift for all of you...
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