Weekend Non-Negotiables: “Oh. What. Fun.,” Cookie Week, and “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”

We’re baaack. As promised, here’s another installment of our new newsletter: Weekend Non-Negotiables — a carefully skimmed list of what to watch, see, listen to, and do over the weekend. Think of it as a head start on the best part of the week. You’re welcome.

You worked hard enough this week. Let us plan your weekend…

Psst…For more dates worth knowing this week, check out the Skimm+ calendar.

This week, Miley Cyrus debuted some new and very expensive bling. Naturally, we couldn’t help but wonder: Which celebrity engagement ring is the most offensive?

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Happy (almost) weekend. As a reward for surviving the first year of motherhood, I’m treating myself to a staycation at either the trendy Greenwich Hotel (there’s no better spa in the world) or the Langham, which is within walking distance to the Rockefeller Christmas tree and the Fifth Avenue holiday windows. Also, the Langham has a bathtub I’d like to be buried in.

Regardless of where I end up, I plan on enjoying at least seven hours of uninterrupted streaming. Think: comfort watches, like Nurse Jackie and Younger, mixed with the zeitgeisty dramas everyone’s talking about (binging All Her Fault on a mom staycation feels…appropriate). And I’ll do lunch and errands in these Madewell track pants. I abandoned hard pants for good in 2020, but these give any outfit — no matter how casual — just enough polish to make me feel like I tried.

Post-staycation, I’ll put a little more effort into Sunday dinner, with Ina Garten’s Perfect Roast Chicken (it truly lives up to the name) and these disarmingly lifelike tapered carrot candles. Pro tip: If you’re in the midst of holiday shopping, I gave these to my mom at Thanksgiving, and she’s still texting about them.

— Amanda Duberman / VP, Multimedia / New York, NY