Isn’t April wonderful? I think so. Let’s all give a round of applause for April – you go April, you go. This picture is from our date night to Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day this week. Will had the classic Chocolate Therapy and I tried their new flavor, The Tonight Dough. Thanks, B&J!
The internet has been a great place to be this week. Here are a few of the links that have enthralled me.
This artist paints and sketches her way through her travels in moleskine sketchbooks. What a fun way to capture trips!
I’m also loving these watercolor outfits. I’ll have all of the stripes, please.
Speaking of art, who said well-styled food had to be fancy? Not this chef. Chef Jacques LaMerde plates high class foods like corn dogs, Bugles and Poptarts with smears of purple Go-Gurt and baby carrot Ranch puree. Looks nice, probably tastes gross.
Since the 19th century researchers have hypothesised that the act of smiling makes us happier. Modern research has supported this and shown that our facial expression changes how we view the world. So turn that frown upside down :)
Another experiment that studied children and lying habits found that kids as young as five-years-old understand that lying is sometimes nicer than telling the truth. Developmental psychiatry at work.
This Pennsylvania store combats the gender wage gap by charging women 76% of what men pay for the products, mirroring the pay gap in the state. (In Pennsylvania, women earn $0.76 to each $1.00 a man earns.) They sell textiles, art and other goods made by women artists and entrepreneurs. The Pay What You’re Paid idea is pretty brazen, but it is a definite way to garner attention around the issue.
Nike recently figured out that not everyone in their customer base actually enjoys working out. Yeah, it’s good for us, and sometimes we feel good after an exercise class or a run, but during the workout, we hate that hill, that plank, that lunge. Am I the only one who has yelled at Jillian Michaels through the tv screen? Nike’s new ad campaign nails these feelings on the head and I love it. Their new ads target women and replace their traditional “Just Do It” slogan with “Better For It.” My personal favorite is the “Far Enough” video. So funny.
Happy Friday!
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