{"id":15130,"date":"2016-08-05T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/?p=15130"},"modified":"2016-08-05T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:23:00","slug":"weekly-coffee-date-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/weekly-coffee-date-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Coffee Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/black_chair_with_books_copyright_jodie_johnson.jpg\" alt=\"Black chair with black and white pillow and stack of books - photo copyright Jodie Johnson\" width=\"680\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/black_chair_with_books_copyright_jodie_johnson.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/black_chair_with_books_copyright_jodie_johnson-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/black_chair_with_books_copyright_jodie_johnson-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/black_chair_with_books_copyright_jodie_johnson-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/black_chair_with_books_copyright_jodie_johnson-320x480.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This week had a soundtrack: Paul Simon\u2019s Graceland, a used CD Daniel and I picked up last week at FYE, which is surprisingly still in business. I love this album. <em>He<\/em> loves this album. Every song is familiar and so feel-good&#8211;especially <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uf4YyXVoWeA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Doing this reminds me of a road trip to the Berkshires a few years ago. We stopped at a record store on the way, bought a Hall &amp; Oates album, and now when I think back, all the days of that little trip are set to the tune of \u201cYou Make My Dreams Come True.\u201d Isn\u2019t that the best?<\/p>\n<p>In movie\/television news, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1063517\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathryn Hahn<\/a>\u00a0is a bright, shining star.\u00a0This year alone, I\u2019ve seen and loved her in: <em>Transparent<\/em> (late to the show, but it\u2019s incredible), <em>Captain Fantastic<\/em> (really enjoyed this movie), and <em>Bad Moms<\/em>. In 2009, I met her while\u00a0working on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1341188\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Do You Know<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in Philadelphia and she was as down-to-earth, smiley, and quick with a joke, as you might imagine.\u00a0I&#8217;m crazy about her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here are the links that caught my eye this week:<\/h3>\n<p>Want to Motivate Yourself to Change? <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/83586\/want-motivate-yourself-change-ask-yourself-will-i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ask Yourself, \u2018Will I?\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I adore\u00a0Seth Rogen, and since Daniel and I love to do blind taste tests (also smell tests of every candle in Target\/Bed Bath &amp; Beyond), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/people\/celebrities\/article\/seth-rogen-bon-appetit-blind-taste-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this is the best<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chan_hon_meng-600x360.jpg\" alt=\"Singapore street food chef, Chan Hon Meng, has been awarded a Michelin star, and now the world\u2019s cheapest Michelin-star meal costs just $1.50 \" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chan_hon_meng-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chan_hon_meng-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chan_hon_meng-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chan_hon_meng-900x540.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/chan_hon_meng.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><em>Photograph credit:Roslan Rahman\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re familiar with Michelin stars, you know that eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant doesn\u2019t come cheap. But now that Singapore <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_1dBTqm90A4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">street food chef, Chan Hon Meng, has been awarded a Michelin star<\/a>, the world\u2019s cheapest Michelin-star meal costs just $1.50. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A benefit to forgetting I have something in the oven: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/12-vegetables-that-you-should-really-burn-233050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 12 vegetables that taste better burnt.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you\u2019ve ever wondered <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/this-video-explains-how-your-texts-are-sent-from-one-ph-1784867035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how text messages are sent from one phone to another, here\u2019s a video breaking it down<\/a> (and blowing my mind).<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/07\/30\/488083554\/luke-aikins-becomes-first-person-to-jump-from-a-plane-without-a-parachute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A man jumped from a plane\u00a0WITHOUT A PARACHUTE<\/a>. I repeat: 25,000 feet in the air without a parachute.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Buzzfeed described these as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/sheridanwatson\/good-luck-tbh?utm_term=.aeLMvVLkl#.mg1ZawGnB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18 Impossible Food Choices<\/a>, but not for an\u00a0expert: popcorn, tenders, burgers, doughnuts, pb&amp;j, guac, french fries, pizza, wine, cake, sandwich, tacos, biscuits, milk chocolate, coffee, ketchup, soda, bagel.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What&#8217;s new? Any weekend plans?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week had a soundtrack: Paul Simon\u2019s Graceland, a used CD Daniel and I picked up last week at FYE, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[999],"tags":[1131],"class_list":["post-15130","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-weekly-coffee-date"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}