First Rodeo

First Rodeo

The Weekender // 024

The jelly sandal of the season, great business advice, the best paper plates I've ever seen, and more.

Azora Zoe Paknad
Apr 25, 2026
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Welcome to THE WEEKENDER, your weekly dispatch full of ~Saturday spirit~! I fill you in briefly on the week, share a few Little Luxuries that make the mundane feel special and save the best for last with some Brain Food to mull over, expand your horizons, or discuss with your friends over a cappuccino. There are usually lots of links and pictures which perhaps will get clipped if you’re reading in your inbox— click here to read in browser!

I want to come clean. I have a TERRIBLE case of the shoppies. I think it’s Spring, I think that I want the weather to turn for good SOOOO BADLY that I yearn to buy its way into existence, and I also think my impending wedding and the travel that comes with it just makes me a relentless Cookie-Monster-of-buying-cute-things. I just need to get that out of the way. Anyone else?

Anyways, shocking expenditures aside, this week was a microcosm better than last week… I got one sunny day where I was able to work from the patio for a moment in time as I listen…

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