The Weekly Wrap: April 20, 2025

After a week in Florida and yesterday's travel day, I am le tired. Happily, we did lots of laundry while with my folks so that made unpacking and reentry at home a little bit easier.

I'm going to miss the kiddo's joy as she caught lizards. But at least my dad grabbed an excellent picture of her elation. That's now my desktop background. 

Gonna keep this short today, so let's just get to this week's links.

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• Hands and pans. [Best Food Blog]
• The juxtaposition of reading this while my parents provided childcare over the kiddo's spring break was not lost on me. [The Atlantic - gift link]
• 15 minutes better. [The Analog Family]
• Shopping in a French Costco. [David Lebovitz Newsletter]
• The fascinating kid culture of the cootie shot. [The Atlantic - gift link]

• Parking breaks pretty much everything. [College Matters]
• We could all probably use some ways to destress right now. [Life Kit]
• Write more letters. [Life Kit]

• An excellent breakdown of why the SAVE Act is pure stupidity. [thedadchats]
• Need some absolutely mindless drivel to watch? Might I suggest Meg 2: The Trench? Unlike the first film, which was a creature feature, this was more of a sci-fi escape movie that happens to have really big sharks. The plot is completely absurd and full of holes. Watch this one just because it's fun and nothing else. [Max]
• After our glass bottom boat tour, my dad thought it would be fun to put on the 1966 flick The Glass Bottom Boat. The boat is the teeniest plot point. This is an insane rom com "spy" caper of a flick. It stars Doris Day and a bunch of people I don't recognize. The movie fully gives into the space race tech vibe you see in The Jetsons. [YouTube]

• One night this week, we took the kiddo to, as she calls it, "treehouse pizza." In Gainesville, FL there is a pizza place called Satchel's. The pizza is really good, but the vibe of the restaurant is even better. It's full of mosaics and fun things glued to walls, wind chimes, and other zany things. We eat in the "treehouse" section outside that even has an airplane the kiddos climb in and out of. I had a slice of The Major (you only need one cause they're huge) and it's got veggies and sausage. The crust is fantastic. [Satchel's Pizza]
• After we went to the Gator's softball game, we came home for a "raid the fridge" dinner. I grabbed leftover cascatelli pasta and dino nuggets. I added some spicy tomato sauce to the pasta, toaster ovened the nuggets to toss in, and added the last of the parmesan cheese on top. It was a poor man's chicken parm, but it was really tasty.