• Those Darlins released their first album yesterday! These girls are just so adorable you will want to drink lots of cheap beer with them somewhere stiflingly hot, where you are all wearing summer clothes & there are free pretzels on the table, and also to listen to their new album a whole lot (go on. give ‘em a listen).
• My friend Katie made the most beautiful cake I have ever seen (in-progress pic above).
• I was searching for this New York Times article on women & biking that ran last week, but instead I found this:
• In case you are on the fence: 10 Very Good Reasons Why You Should Grow a Giant Beard
W/r/t beards, when I had a somewhat-long beard, reasons (1), (4), and (9) applied. I really wish (2) had happened, but it didn’t. Now the beard is gone, and I don’t feel as scary, smart, or able-to-hide-things-on-my-face as I used to.
You should totally check out Beard Revue. It’s got all sorts of beardy stuff, including the 10 Very Good Reasons…