Happy Weekend!

Hello Friday! Thank goodness you are here, because I’m in MAJOR need of some downtime. With everything that’s been going on in our house the past few weeks, we haven’t had a low key weekend in quite a while. I’m really looking forward to getting started on some projects that have been sitting on my desk and spending some quality time with my crazy little family. They are nerds, but loveable nerds.

Here are some links to get you through your weekend:

The Crazybananas house is sending lots of love and peace to the people on the east coast who are now dealing with a winter storm on top of the Hurricane Sandy damage. This post by Brooklyn resident Mara Kofed of A Blog About Love is so beautiful. I love how New Yorkers come together in times of crisis.

One of my favorite Hurricane Sandy online fundraisers is being held by 20×200, who is selling this NASA print of how Sandy looked from space. Just incredible.

The Park Slope Parents group in Brooklyn is organizing an awesome project to help elderly victims of Hurricane Sandy! Kids can create cards and pictures, mail them to the group, and they will be passed out to the elderly living in shelters with their meals. How cool is that?! More info here.

I dare anyone to watch this video and not cry. I was so excited to hear about all the marriage equality bills that were passed this election cycle. Our world is becoming a better place every day.

I love Michelle’s post about people in real life reading her blog. Being a blogger is such a totally strange and wonderful experience. People think they know you, but who you are on the blog is just a small fraction of what you’re really all about, so it’s definitely jarring when your worlds collide.

The newest Les Miserables trailer is out and Vulture is evaluating every single second of it.

This song just…holy wow. And I never thought I’d say that about anything featuring Drake.

23 women’s magazines, then and now.

Below are some Instagrams from the past few weeks. Have you seen the new web version of Instagram? I’m not sure how much I’ll use it, but it is nice to have somewhere to point people who want to view my photos, but don’t use Instagram themselves. You can see my online Instagram profile right here. I’m @crazy_bananas if you want to follow our fun!