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LIZ HEATHER

June 27, 2026

Summer Saturdays Vol. 1

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


Welcome to Summer Saturdays! You had to know this post was coming. I won’t shut up about anything. Here’s what happened this first official week of summer!

ADDICTED TO

Seeing Obsession in theatres. We’ve gone twice now, but honestly if it’s still playing in theatres in a few weeks I can see myself going again. By far the best movie of the year so far.

BAKING

Attempting to make Nanaimo bars for the first time because it’s the only Canadian dessert I could think to make for July 1st. I’m also considering a maple tiramisu because that does sound like it has potential.

COOKING

I made this blue cheese vinaigrette for a steak salad and I’m never ordering this from a restaurant ever again, this is the only recipe I will ever need. Next time I plan to put a smash burger patty on top of this salad instead of steak since it’s cheaper and sounds even better? And I might use the rest of the dressing for these cooked carrots. I always forget how unstoppable blue cheese can be.

CRAVING

Words can’t describe how much I want to make this patty melt from The Commerce Inn.

EATING

If there’s a new way to cook a potato, I will find it. This I vow to you.

EXPERIENCING

I saw the new costume exhibit at The Met, so expect a full post on that this week.

HATING

The musical choices on The Bear. Or maybe just the entire show. It’s definitely become a hate watch for me, so I’m really glad it’s ending. I’ve never seen a show that’s more repetitive and boring at the same time.

INTRIGUED BY

The Iris van Herpen exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum because I really love a clothing exhibit.

LEARNING

Just found out about Delta’s “Bags on Time” guarantee. The policy states that if your checked luggage isn’t at the carousel within 20 minutes of a domestic flight’s gate arrival, you can claim 2,500 bonus SkyMiles. I checked Reddit and found out that most times, you don’t even need to set a timer - just fill out the form anyway and you’ll likely get the miles. The submission form is here if you travel with Delta a lot and want to bookmark it.

LOVING

The fact that we haven’t needed to use our air conditioning much lately. I know the more brutal weather is coming, but there’s something so perfect about sleeping with the windows open and having a fan directly on your bed. It’s the most Caribbean thing about me, probably.

OBSESSED WITH

The outfits of baseball players off the field. It’s always nothing I’d expect. I mean, look at this (below). How do you describe it? And why am I enamoured with it? Love clouds judgement?

Max Scherzer’s offday outfit

READING

So I guess it’s just me and the elderly who still love Wii Bowling. I’m comfortable with that. (If you’ve never played Wii Golf, I actually feel sorry for you a little bit… it’s so much fun.)

SHOPPING

Finally bought the Criterion Anora. Such a great movie. Also got the Naked Gun trilogy because the amount of times we’ve ordered that movie on demand is ridiculous. Makes no sense not to own.

THINGS I WANTED TO BE THIS WEEK

The gentle wind that rustled Brandon Valenzuela’s hair.

“It was about time our bats woke up.”

Brandon Valenzuela speaks with @ArdenZwelling after the Blue Jays swept the Red Sox. pic.twitter.com/8KaJqEkxro

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 18, 2026

WATCHING

I saw the first two seasons of The Four Seasons and it was enjoyable. Some of the couples are excruciating to watch, but I love the idea of a show taking place throughout the seasons so I’d say it was worth it. Also, Will Forte is so great in everything he does. I’m also convinced that Steve Carell has some sort of deal with the devil because with every year that passes, he looks better and better.

I mean, c’mon.

WEARING

No comment.

WRITING

A summer bucket list and incase you missed the biggest news out of New York in decades, the Knicks won and the tweets were great.

See you next Saturday!

TAGS: summer, Summer Saturdays Vol. 1, Summer Saturdays, Liz Heather, The New Yorker June 27 summer cover, Obsession, Nanaimo bar, Canadian dessert, maple tiramisu, blue cheese vinaigrette, The Commerce Inn patty melt, must make recipe, potato recipes, The Met, The Bear, The Brooklyn Museum, Iris van Herpen, Delta bag policy, Max Scherzer, Toronto Blue Jays, Wii Bowling, Anora, Naked Gun, Brandon Valenzuela, The Four Seasons, Steve Carell, Zendaya, Knicks


June 22, 2026

Summer Bucket List

by Liz Heather in Personal


There are so many things I want to do this season, so I’m just gonna spitball here and see what happens. This isn’t a must-do list. This is a how-about-this list for all of the summer days coming up.

  • Go lane swimming in the mornings

  • Ride a bike (ideally along some sort of waterfront path)

  • Lose count of how many heirloom tomatoes I eat

  • Tan on my roof

  • Eat the Red Hook Tavern burger in Brooklyn

  • Consider any of these soft serve options: the soft serve from L’Industrie, the vegan tahini soft serve at Seed + Mill in Chelsea Market, try the I’m-sure-overhyped Myka Greek Frozen Yogurt or go back to Madison Fare (which has a West Village location now too) for their incredible tart frozen yogurt

  • If I’m anywhere near Rockaway Beach, get this incredible frozen pina colada

  • See some waterfalls in Hamilton, ON

  • Make Nanaimo bars

  • Ask Marla’s mom to make date squares again

  • Go to the lighthouse museum on Staten Island

  • Make this L’Artusi mushroom ragu again and freeze it for my pregnant friend

  • Start to research for Europe trip in the fall

  • Drink the insane sounding sangria at the Skydome

  • Finish making my own seasonal address labels

  • Watch any of these movies or any of these episodes

  • Take the ferry and go to Centre Island in Toronto or Rockaway in Queens

Lofty list, right? I think so. Happy second day of summer!

Above: me this summer, ignoring that entire list

TAGS: Liz Heather, summer, summer list, summer list 2026, summer things to do, NYC summer, Toronto summer


June 14, 2026

The Best Knicks Tweets

by Liz Heather in Links


Another key thing we gotta credit Mamdani for and it’s been said numerous times but he does believe in inclusivity in ways no mayor has ever thought of and uses the city to its fullest potential https://t.co/Pt6lpAn0QY

— M64☄️ (@dioskokoro) June 12, 2026

og anunoby pic.twitter.com/MY6okwDDoW

— ً (@lamelovesc) June 12, 2026

I’m speechless. I have no speech. The man himself had acknowledged me.

Thank you to everyone who’s liked, commented, reposted and reached out to me these past 36 hours. Never in a million years did I expect this to happen. pic.twitter.com/d8Q0iXZbvd

— Alex (@ajak1033) June 12, 2026

Mike Brown dropped a definition about winning in life.

“If you get knocked down in life and you’re able to get back up and keep fighting - that’s a fricking win.”

You need to hear this.

Success isn’t always winning.

Sometimes it’s refusing to stay down pic.twitter.com/4hMgbyQVjH

— Nacho (@nachomiranda14) June 13, 2026

The Jalen and Rick Brunson embrace has me emotional right now. Just a father and son with a dream. pic.twitter.com/0K2Ugaoiz8

— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) June 14, 2026

Jalen Brunson, espousing Gramsci’s “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will”, brings a championship to socialist New York City https://t.co/8e4p3hbIwq

— Cassie Pritchard (@hecubian_devil) June 14, 2026

That camera pan out is insane. Wow. https://t.co/dh5HVP9Zy1

— HLTCO (@HLTCO) June 14, 2026

crying real tears https://t.co/JxcfPqXTbg pic.twitter.com/xCxjNVZDOn

— sports live tweeter yadira (@jonmoxIeys) June 14, 2026

In its most simplistic form, people just want community pic.twitter.com/MfBi5cMZ0V

— Hayden (@the_transit_guy) June 14, 2026

"Try to get on SVU"

–– Jalen Brunson on what's next pic.twitter.com/z7CVdPCPVK

— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) June 14, 2026

Spike Lee was paraded through Fort Greene in Brooklyn like he was the pope. pic.twitter.com/EOyyor5H85

— Christopher Hale (@ChristopherHale) June 14, 2026

JCO putting “Wemby” in quotes (twice!) is infinitely more devastating than any of the dozens of brutal and witty epithets I heard hurled at his gangly ass over the last two weeks https://t.co/yC4LilRqsE

— Noah Hurowitz (@NoahHurowitz) June 14, 2026

this is about as perfect as an ad can get. no big superstar or elaborate concept. just a simple and visceral reflection of what sports fandom actually feels like https://t.co/sDBb6DHX67

— Molly Morrison (@mollyhannahm) June 14, 2026

This sweet moment between JB and his wife Ali after he became an NBA Champion 🥹 pic.twitter.com/ctUBlxzYuV

— NBA (@NBA) June 14, 2026

TAGS: Knicks, NYC, best of NYC, Knicks tweets, Liz Heather, Knicks in five, NBA Finals


June 14, 2026

Spring Sundays Vol. 13

by Liz Heather in Spring Sundays


The full post can be read over here.

TAGS: Liz Heather, Spring Sundays, The New Yorker, The New Yorker spring cover


June 7, 2026

Spring Sundays Vol. 12

by Liz Heather in Spring Sundays


You can read the full post here.

TAGS: Liz Heather, Spring Sundays, spring


June 2, 2026

May Favourites

by Liz Heather in Food, Links, Movies, Personal, Recipes


The best of the month can be read over here.

TAGS: Liz Heather, Toronto, The Blue Jays, Centre Island Toronto, CN Tower, Skydome, Toronto ferry


May 31, 2026

Spring Sundays Vol. 11

by Liz Heather in Spring Sundays


Last day of May! It’s kind of amazing how fast this year is moving.

ADDICTED TO

Using Spot Hero for advance/cheaper parking in Toronto. Unreal, it’s so handy.

BAKING

Attempting this carrot cake that has so many great reviews for my dad’s birthday this week. Kinda want to omit the pineapple, but I hate being one of those people who thinks she knows better than the tried-and-true recipe.

COOKING

I know it’s not summer yet, but I’m itching to make these recipes: corn and farro salad, grilled tomatoes with scallions, chives and ricotta, grilled romaine salad, grilled summer salmon with chimichurri, and veggie burgers with garlic herb mayo.

CRAVING

I’d love to try the Graza potato chips because there’s such a fuss being made about them.

EATING

This phenomenal curried chickpea salad that Marla made. Still thinking about it.

EXPERIENCING

Centre Island in Toronto and I loved it. Next time I want to see more of it, but it’s the best. It feels so similar to how Ontario Place did in the 90s and I can’t believe it can still exist.

The most Toronto photo I’ve ever taken

LISTENING

This song on a loop:

LOVING

Alison Roman’s 2025 cookbook Something From Nothing. I photocopied at least fifteen recipes, I can’t wait to try them. Snail butter pasta? Genius.

Incredible cookbook from Alison Roman

SHOPPING

Secured the baby Vladdy bobblehead and it was completely worth the three hour wait in line.

Baby Vladdy!

WATCHING

We saw Passenger and it sucked, but that’s okay because I’m still on a high from Obsession.

WEARING (I WISH)

I have dreams about this jacket

There’s not a world in which this is worth $250, IS THERE?

WRITING

The best threads and tweets of May can be read here.

You can read last week’s Spring Sundays Volume 10 here.

TAGS: Liz Heather, spring, Spring Sundays, Toronto, Toronto Blue Jays, Blue Jays, The Blue Jays, Centre Island Toronto, Canada Geese


May 31, 2026

The Best Tweets + Threads of May

by Liz Heather in Links


Dramatic Shohei vs. Dramatic Chipmunk

Shohei is on the left. pic.twitter.com/pZ0y3Utggh

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 14, 2026

Well that escalated quickly pic.twitter.com/kR9oUhTpbL

— Ely Sussman (@RealEly) May 17, 2026

The Coca Cola mist zone from wonderland would save me rn pic.twitter.com/VrBHO0krdX

— Pastor Kyle. (@itsqail) May 18, 2026

THROWING THE GUM NEVER FAILS TO DESTROY ME XJDJSJDHSB https://t.co/roxLRAmPaM pic.twitter.com/7pDk9dlVu2

— roseanne 🥀 (@HoodieFrazier) May 20, 2026

this is so fucking funny https://t.co/cobNB22QCs

— Diana (@bigsportsgirly) May 21, 2026

It's been a long time since I've seen so much useful advice in one place.
I think I'll have a pickle.

(Richard Scarry, author and illustrator) pic.twitter.com/pm9RBElITo

— .stuff (@vintagestuff4) May 21, 2026

The Birds of Canada banknote series was so peak. pic.twitter.com/trFao0wwnX

— Co-op Tory 🍁 (@CoopTory) May 21, 2026

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. comes into this shot like a cartoon character. Fantastic stolen base. #BlueJays pic.twitter.com/9FTfHc7jmm

— Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) May 21, 2026

watch the 2025 mlb world series https://t.co/oSyrQsceuS

— aj (@schneiderholics) May 23, 2026

The Yohendrick Piñango temporary "💋" tattoo giveaway next year will be a weird one, but I think it will sell. #BlueJays

— Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) May 23, 2026

how it feels zoning out when your uncle starts yapping at the family function pic.twitter.com/wMmt2EyEPx

— r (@6ffside) May 23, 2026

Explaining to my girlfriend that even though the Blue Jays are 2 games below .500 they’re in a playoff spot pic.twitter.com/PiMueX4AqV

— johnny (@JohnnyGiunta_) May 23, 2026

Little kid got SMOKED by an Ohtani home run pic.twitter.com/sLvfzHC2oG

— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) May 24, 2026

if i hit someone with a pitch i'd be on the verge of tears and have to take myself out of the game but that's just me

— annie (@sweetndpolite) May 27, 2026

https://t.co/7dXqZSRfAh pic.twitter.com/86EMqWGw9E

— Andrew Stoeten (@AndrewStoeten) May 27, 2026

maybe the real anti-aging principles is living a life of whimsy pic.twitter.com/gOaFY06HCO

— TrueRGM (@TrueRGM) May 28, 2026

The best tweets and threads of last month can be found over here.

TAGS: best tweets, funny tweets, best threads, funny threads, best of Twitter, best of Threads, funny, Liz Heather, Toronto Blue Jays, baseball tweets, baseball threads


May 24, 2026

Spring Sundays Vol. 10

by Liz Heather in Spring Sundays


Full post here.

TAGS: Liz Heather, Spring Sundays, The New Yorker May 24 1947 cover


May 17, 2026

Spring Sundays Vol. 9

by Liz Heather in Spring Sundays


Something about mid May feels great. No horrid heat yet, no jacket weather, everyone seems to be in a good mood - I’ll take it. I also love that it’s planting season. Not sure when I became this person, but here we are.

ADDICTED TO

The $2 coffee from Second Cup. Do not sleep on Second Cup.

BAKING

I made Ina Garten’s coconut cake for Mother’s Day and good god, that’s a good cake. I would absolutely make it again. Almond extract is so underused and I love it. But honestly the frosting especially stands on its own. I might make just the frosting next time and put it on banana bread.

Coconut cake

Frosting Recipe

1 pound cream cheese, at room temperature

½ pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon pure almond extract

1 pound confectioners’ sugar, sifted (doesn’t matter if sifted or not)

6 ounces sweetened shredded coconut (optional)

Frosting Instructions

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and almond extract on low speed. Add the confectioner’s sugar and mix until just smooth (don’t whip!).

The next coconut cake I make (which will likely be in a year or so because I think I can only stand coconut once a year) will definitely be the Smith & Wollensky coconut layer cake. It’s on their dessert menu and it’s luxurious and perfect, but seems like a finicky recipe. Have to attempt it, though.

COOKING

Still making the blue sky bran muffins on a loop.

CRAVING

The sun. It’s finally warm today and I might just spend an hour on the lawn and read a book in warmth.

EATING

An incredible beetroot salad at Lobby in Hamilton.

Beetroot salad at Lobby in Hamilton, ON

EXPERIENCING

I know I won’t shut up about this tree, but look at it. She’s gorgeous.

Magnolia tree

HATING

Torrisi in the number three spot of the New York Times list of New York’s top 100 restaurants?! Get real. Overrated as hell.

LEARNING

I did that trick where you wrap fresh/warm cake layers in plastic wrap to lock in moisture before frosting a cake and I think it really worked! Love a new baking tip.

Wrapped cake layers in plastic wrap

LOVING

This article on Martin Short in the New York Times. Great idea from it:

“EVERY MONDAY, Short reflects on the week and gives himself grades in nine categories of life, including Career, Family, Friendship and Lifestyle. The fact that Discipline is one of the nine is telling. He’s done this for decades. Originally, it allowed him to feel good about himself during slow professional stretches. When his career wasn’t going well, he raised his score by working harder on something like Family. There’s clearly a best-selling self-help book here.”

And if you’re curious what all of the nine categories are, I looked it up.

  1. Self: Your own personal physical health, mental well-being, and daily maintenance.

  2. Immediate Family: The core of your daily life, including your spouse, partner, children, and pets.

  3. Original Family: Your relationships with the people you grew up with, including parents and siblings.

  4. Friends: The health, frequency, and attentiveness of your friendships.

  5. Money: Financial security and stability, which provides peace of mind.

  6. Career: How fulfilling and successful your daily work is.

  7. Creativity: Your creative endeavors, outlets, and innate creativity outside of your primary work.

  8. Discipline: The self-control and drive to sustain work toward your goals.

  9. Lifestyle: Are you having fun, making a difference, and actively enjoying your day-to-day life?

God, I love this man. You should really read his memoir.

READING

I found an index of all of Ina Garten’s published recipes and I bookmarked all of the ones I want to try this year. I really can’t remember a time when I tried one of her recipes that fell flat, so that’s what started this journey. Some ones that especially stood out: Roast Chicken with Bread and Arugula Salad, Roasted Italian Meatballs, Maple Roasted Carrot Salad. Wait, maybe I just like roasted things. Also this potato basil puree looks nuts.

SHOPPING

This notepad was on sale at Indigo so I didn’t have a choice but to get it and it’s thick as hell, which is great. It’ll take me forever to go through it.

I also bought another bowl from Zara Home. No idea what I’ll use it for, but she’s gorgeous.

Rose bowl from Zara Home

WATCHING

We saw Hokum in theatres and wow. It’s almost refreshing to see such a laughably bad movie. Terrible writing, awful story, Zero respect for Adam Scott doing it.

You can read last week’s Spring Sundays Volume 8 here.

TAGS: Liz Heather, spring, Spring Sundays, Zara Home, Hokum, coconut cake, Ina Garten, recipes, best recipes, best dessert recipes, summer dessert, coconut recipe, best coconut dessert recipe, Martin Short, baking tip, magnolia tree, Lobby Hamilton, beet salad Hamilton, bran muffins, coconut layer cake, best frosting recipe, Second Cup, The New Yorker, The New Yorker May 17 1969


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