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It’s been so long since I’ve done a Weekend Reading post! I kept coming across things that I’ve been wanting to share so I figured it was high time to finally gather them all up here. Yesterday I took a walk to Central Park and photographed the saucer magnolias by Cleopatra’s Needle with my DSLR and my new film camera – I’m so excited to get the film scans back and compare them to the DSLR images (nerd alert)

You can look at all of the things that have gotten trendy in the last few years – chevron, gallery walls, lucite…they’re design concepts that have been around forever, but just surged in popularity at a certain point. If there are things you’re going to include in your home that are all over Pinterest or that feel trendy, I think it’s important to incorporate some things that at least read as more traditional or timeless. I think it’s helpful to keep the big pieces in your space timeless, and test out more trendy items on smaller things like pillows or framed art. You’re more likely to find unique pieces that will stop your home from feeling too trendy, and these will give it some gravitas and a sense of history.

All that said though, it was suspenseful and I did want to know what was going to happen, so as long as you don’t mind a thriller that’s a little campy at times, I think you’d like this! When Katie Met Cassidy When Katie Met Cassidy tells the story of Katie, a straight, blond, everygirl type of girl who finds herself romantically entangled with Cassidy, a lesbian lawyer she meets at work. These felt like a slice of life, in a way, which is interesting I guess, but I almost felt like I didn’t know what to make of them. It’s a memoir of one woman’s mission to try a different self-help book each month and see if they do what they claim to do

there’s nothing going on in New York, you’re over winter and ready for spring and you won’t be seeing any blooms until April…perfect time to escape to somewhere warm! No Exit was a little over the top and actually, come to think of it, so was Verity! We watched Amy Schumer’s new stand-up special, Growing, while we were away and it was actually surprisingly good!