You worked hard enough this week. Let us plan your weekend…
Quick, grab your baby-doll dress. Olivia Rodrigo just dropped You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love — which, yes, the Queen of Heartbreak knows is a mouthful. On the other side of what she calls her first “big-girl” relationship, the album’s 13 songs trace a love story that falls apart, including the debut single “Drop Dead” (you can guess who the “Gemini” is), tracks inspired by a certain Sex and the City couple, and the album’s “thesis statement.” Good 4 her.
As anyone who has ever tried to pull off the effortlessly cool dress-and-sneaker combo knows, the line between giving and giving up is fine. Thankfully, these looks will help you nail it every time.
Decluttered everything and your home still feels packed? You’re probably overlooking this very specific, very sneaky type of garbage. RIP to all those empty candle jars.
Believe it or not, if we had a nickel for every time a TV show based on a BookTok-beloved novel featured a teen romance, a resort town, and two brothers, we’d have two nickels. Adapted from a Carley Fortune bestseller, Prime Video’s Every Year After tells the story of Percy (Sadie Soverall) and Sam (Matt Cornett) over the course of six summers as they go from childhood friends to first loves to strangers after…a choice tears them apart. Years later, when Percy returns to idyllic Barry’s Bay for Sam’s mother’s funeral, the two are forced to reckon with what went wrong. Cousins Beach, it’s been nice.
The FIFA World Cup has kicked off — which means we’re all into men’s soccer (sorry, football) again. Tonight, tune in to Fox to watch Team USA play its first match against Team Paraguay, which is returning to the international tournament after a 16-year absence. Will Katy Perry perform “Dark Horse” during the US opening ceremony? (Honestly, fitting.) Will any of the players break one or more of the new rules? Will we suddenly be Captain America fans? (No, not the Chris Evans kind.) We’ll be watching from the couch with our limited-edition Nestlé Toll House cookies.
PS: Skimm HQ is off next Friday to observe Juneteenth, so the next edition of Weekend Non-Negotiables will be back in your inbox on June 26.
Happy (almost) weekend. Tomorrow I’ll be jockeying for a stool at my local sports bar and praying the Knicks pull this off (I might also do my own saging ceremony to help things along). Here’s what else I’ll be getting into this weekend:
Reading voraciously is technically my job. So as soon as I finish the one Margaret Atwood novel I somehow missed, I’ll move straight to a gothic enemies-to-lovers romance one fan called “a fever dream you won’t want to wake up from.”
Figuring out what to wear for a summer trip to England, which on its own requires an advanced degree in meteorology. I’ll be there for 10 days — a book signing, the Cotswolds, and the British Grand Prix included — and this minimalist packing list should handle most of it. But I’ll also bring a light windbreaker for when the sky opens up.
Making this restaurant-worthy chopped salad using my favorite tangy vegan cheese. I’ll serve it in a big stoneware bowl, which scientifically will make it taste even better.
Celebrating my nephew’s second birthday. I can’t wait to watch him achieve his lifelong dream of licking bubbles with this gift.
Braving the Apple store to get a new phone, as I might be the last person on Earth with an iPhone Mini. It’s mostly an excuse to get a cute case in summer’s trendiest print.
— Caroline Goldstein / Senior Commerce Editor / New York, NY
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