You worked hard enough this week. Let us plan your weekend…
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Break out the feather boas and disco balls. Harry Styles just dropped “Aperture,” the first single from his fourth album — aka the only soundtrack your weekend needs. To quote *checks notes* White Claw’s Instagram comment, “SOMEBODY SEDATE ME.”
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We don’t need to tell you Costco’s rotisserie chicken is perfect. But the internet found a way to make it even better. Enter: this viral scallion-chicken rice recipe, which turns the iconic, protein-packed item into an easy dinner that takes minutes and comes together — wait for it — in the bag. And before you ask, we checked: It works with literally any rotisserie chicken.
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Miss the thrill of having a barista punch your coffee loyalty card? The internet is bringing it back, with DIY goal trackers that turn everything into a game in which you ultimately earn a prize. Read 10 books? Meditate every morning for a month? As Oprah would say: You get a treat, and you get a treat.
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If you’re, to put it mildly, completely obsessed with Heated Rivalry and the US Olympic figure skating team, Finding Her Edge will bring you to your yearning knees. Based on Jennifer Iacopelli’s novel, the Netflix series follows Adriana, a competitive ice dancer caught between her former skating partner and her new one — who she’s only fake-dating for sponsorship reasons. With World Championships looming and the fate of her family’s rink on the line, can she stick the landing? Lutz freaking go.
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You already know: This is the year we’re all going analog. Perhaps that explains why your grandma’s favorite pastime is having a very unexpected, very Cool Girl revival.
Happy (almost) weekend. Say what you will about this year’s first viral trend, but it’s got me revisiting the “Live Laugh Love” era of my iPhone lock screen. Here’s the thing about those Rae Dunn-worthy sayings, though: Some of them actually hit. While I won’t be putting it on a mug anytime soon, this one stuck with me: “Call who calls you, visit who visits you, show up for who shows up for you.” So this weekend, I plan to do just that, by…
Going out with friends of a friend of a friend (yes, really). Bonding over our favorite restaurants last summer made me realize my “friendship market” is all about snagging impossible NYC reservations.
Stocking up on birthday cards for my Aquarius friends. Someone has to be the Card Fairy of every group chat.
Using my Brick to stay present and hit my screen time goals.
Finding time for a…good hang with my close personal friends Amy Poehler and Jennifer Lawrence, the latter of whom apparently doles out brilliant fashion advice. Can’t say I’m surprised.
— Sophie Stone / Program Manager / Brooklyn, NY
Skimm’d by: Jamie Feldman and Melissa Goldberg. Fact-checked by Jordan Mamone.
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