On Our Radar: Things to Read, Try, Watch & Do This Thanksgiving Holiday

Perhaps you have a bit of extra time this holiday weekend—here are a few suggestions for how to use it.

Author:: The Fold Team
Publish date:: Nov 27, 2019

Illustration by Amanda Berglund for The New Yorker

Here's what we are thankful for: you. As we sign off until next week, know we are grateful for your readership and thoughtful participation in our journey here at The Fold.

In the meantime, we leave you with a few things we are looking forward to experiencing over the long holiday weekend.

To read: Grab your broomsticks: The Witches Are Coming

To try: Cooking in a small kitchen—or any cooking in any kitchen for that matter. "Because this year it's my house, my Thanksgiving, 100 percent."

To listen: Dolly Parton's America (related: Dolly Parton May Look Artificial, But She's Totally Real)

To watch: Dan Levy in all his introverted glory, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge on female rage and her mother's best advice

To do: Shop Small!

To see: The Twenty Seven Best Movies of The Decade

To remember: A list of questions to ask yourself before you shop, and on being (mostly) grateful.

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“Because I’m of the old-fashioned conviction that reading is a pleasure to be carefully guarded at all times.” - Jenny Colgan, The Bookshop on the Corner

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Need a good listen for the long weekend? We have you covered!

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We asked a few friends to tell us about how more time at home has impacted their daily beauty and skincare regimes. Their answers were surprising, conveniently low-maintenance, and refreshingly honest.

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"I was so focused on making choices that would allow me to grow old and have a life that everything else came second. I had to put myself and my health first, which felt radical even while facing a life-threatening disease. It is often expected that women put others before themselves, making decisions based on the good of their partners and families, not necessarily their own needs."

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Fanny Singer and Alice Waters by Brigitte Lacombe

"It wasn’t that I woke up one morning and thought this is the book I needed to write, but then it was the only book I could write. I very quickly understood there was no way for me—as Alice Waters’s daughter—to exist in the public eye without acknowledging and writing that. Rather than feel encumbered by it, how can I talk about all the wonders of this relationship?"

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"I like to remind myself that in our behavior, actions, and the way we treat others, we are constantly telling people who we are and what we want. That sentiment extends to what we wear and how our homes look...I've worked hard to clear my own mental and emotional clutter, and I like to think my space now represents that same thing."