Weekly roundup of things that are 🔥🔥🔥

From Gen X love to rebranding breakfast sandwiches to the question I get asked most on Zooms

We saw U2 at the Sphere and it was mind-blowing — from the state-of-the-art facility to the band and set-list to being surrounded by thousands of fellow Gen Xers. There were no bad seats. The band just added lots of new dates — don’t miss it. 🎵

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Just dove in to the “Lessons in Chemistry” miniseries starring Brie Larson. I couldn’t get through the book, but I think the Apple TV show is fantastic. 📺

Fascinating long read in The Intelligencer about COVID lockdowns. It’s an excerpt from a new book, ”The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind,” by Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean. 📚

Right now, the works of a trio of Black portraitists — Mickalene Thomas, Renee Cox and Lyle Ashton Harris — are on display at Yale, Princeton and Duke, historically white spaces with pasts that are entangled with slavery. 🖌️

The works of three Black portraitists are on display at Yale, Princeton and Duke

When I went through menopause, my eyelashes disappeared…? Not sure why, but now I use these lashes from Jenna Lyons’ Loveseen (she’s also my favorite cast member on the RHONY reboot). Speaking of Housewives, wow: “Inside the Real Housewives Reckoning That’s Rocking Bravo.” 👀

During Zooms I often get asked what lipstick I’m wearing and I love to proselytize about it because it’s the best, most natural color in the universe (and it changes shades depending on your lipliner). I use shade 01. 💄

I’m obsessed with breakfast sandwiches — but the name is incorrect; they’re the perfect food all day long. What’s the best breakfast sandwich you’ve ever had? And how can I get one?

If you want to try the new “long and baggy but fitted in the waste wool pants” look, I recommend these affordable slacks by Favorite Daughter. I did have to get them altered, so consider ordering the “shortie” version if you’re under 5’5. 👖

What’s happening in the Middle East is heartbreaking, and social media algorithms (and maybe China?) are exploiting the tragedy to polarize people into two distinct and opposite sides. If you need a break from the black and white viewpoints, check out these educational, nuanced, thought-provoking episodes 💔 :

• “Two Israel-Palestine Historians Explain: How Did We Get Here? And What Happens Next?”

• “The Tragedy of Picking Sides in the Israel-Palestine Conflict”

• “The Jewish Left is Trying to Hold Two Thoughts at Once”

• “If Not This, Then What Should Israel Do?”

If you’re looking for a lighter vibe, my favorite go-to is Vibe Check with Sam Sanders. Sam has another great podcast about culture called Into It. 😎

People sharing their most embarrassing mispronounced words on TikTok is my love language. 🥰'