Hiya, associates!

How was your summer time? I turned the Scottie Pippin of summer time by launching a friendship tour throughout our lovely nation, catching up with associates from numerous levels of my life. It was an unimaginable train in reconnecting with a few of my dearest individuals + components of myself that had fallen to the wayside over the previous few years. So I’m urging you to start out your 2024 Summer season of Friendship itinerary proper now as a result of I promise promise promise you gained’t remorse it.

August hyperlinks are under and have a wonderful weekend!

Xo,

Toby

• After I began a brand new job final week, I texted my mother, “Do I’ve to put on a bra AND make-up?” We compromised on simply the bra. However I’ve been swiping this on my cheeks & lips actual quick each morning and respect the additional dose of colour + solar safety. (Amazon)

• This vid got here out months in the past, however I swear at the least half a dozen associates have DM’d it to me with some variation of, “This jogged my memory of you!!!!” Let me let you know one thing: I get the trace. (Twitter)

• Let’s assist the individuals of Maui by supporting this meals financial institution. (MauiFoodBank.org)

• Since having fun with a funnel cake on the truthful a pair weeks in the past—then nearly feeling it return to sender on the rollercoaster—I respect Lyz Lenz’s put up on the agony and ecstasy of the state truthful. (Males Yell at Me)

• An inspiring trainer’s tackle why she’s staying in training: “We’re staying not simply because our youngsters want us, however as a result of we’d like our youngsters, and we’re going to stick with them as a lot as we will.” (Teen Vogue)

• When y’all nearly canceled me final month for linking to a giant ol’ racist (whose title I gained’t dare point out once more) I made a decision to take heed to this Emily Nussbaum pod on the nation music tradition wars going down in my beloved Nashville. (New Yorker)

• Including Pleasure’s One-pot Hamburger Helper w/ Veggies to my weeknight rotation subsequent week though deep down in my coronary heart I do know I’ll be the one one in my crew consuming the veggies. (Pleasure the Baker)

• I’ve adopted Kiko’s Closet because the darkish days of the pandemic ‘trigger her posts at all times make me smile. And I lastly sprung for a Sixties mini. Zero regrets. (Instagram)

• This kid-friendly combine was a success at our final celebration so I made it public. Lemme know you probably have any songs so as to add! (YouTube) 

• I’m going to Vegas subsequent weekend for the final leg of my Friendship Tour so I’m including this brief vid of Hunter S. Thompson’s alter-ego, Raoul Duke, to my moodboard. (YouTube and Pinterest) 

• Lastly, what are you watching now? I kinda favored Happiness for Freshmen, a enjoyable Hallmark-adjacent rom-com that *nearly* impressed me to go tenting. (Netflix and Pleasure the Baker)