HEY APW,
So the best part of my week has been discovering the neighborhood around the new APW office in Oakland. After spending the past four years in rural isolation, I feel like a kid in a candy store being able to do things like… walk places! And meet new people! This week’s find: a cheese shop that serves iced tea from a container with Ice T’s face on it. I mean, clearly these are my people.
Speaking of my people, Michael is in China this week (on serious engineer type business), and it’s been my first time in years being completely alone in my house without a dog or a roommate. And it turns out, I am completely chicken shit. Like, sleep with the hallway light on kind of chicken shit. So just in case you were feeling like you didn’t do enough adulting this week, rest assured knowing that at least you aren’t afraid of the dark. The upside to husbands being out of town, however, is getting to watch all the trashy TV I want. Plus Velveeta. Bring it on, Netflix.
And with that, it’s your happy hour, so get to it!
CHEERS,
Maddie
HIGHLIGHTS OF APW THIS WEEK
The holidays are right around the corner. How’re you managing this year?
I spent $5,000 on my wedding dress (and I don’t regret it).
On the flip side, it’s totally possible to have a mega-glam wedding with sequins for $10,000.
Being bad at money doesn’t make you a bad feminist.
One way to get through the holidays with your family is to focus on all the fancy cocktails. Here are fifteen to try.
Since when is picking an engagement ring less scary than saying “I love you”?
This groom’s perspective on #howwemet is the sweetest thing you’ll read on APW all week.
LINK ROUNDUP
21 DIY costume ideas for you and your person. Do not miss the Oregon Trail one, guys.
Famous quotes, translated into “women in meeting” speak. Hilarious… and sadly true.
Miranda July interviews Rhianna and now they are BFFs.
Did you know you could be “Sexy Darth Vader”? Or “Sexy Chewbacca”? Or our favorite: “Sexy Olaf from Frozen?” Here are a bunch more trashy costumes to LOL over.
What happens when you photoshop the men out of politics.
The hardest part of raising a kid alone “isn’t having nobody to share the burden, it’s having no one to share the love.”
FLOTUS shared her playlist with the world and it’s girl power ear candy.
“Monogamy might not protect you from getting an STI.”
Would you like a Boston Creme and a complimentary abortion?
Jennifer Lawrence gives some straight talk on the wage gap and being a women with (gasp!) an opinion.
The New York Times is formally joining the viral media race.
What happens when shopkeepers have an app that helps them racially profile customers?
Do you know Margaret Hamilton? Oh, she’s the women whose code got man on the moon.
