Friday Favorites from Sugar and Charm, Savor the Best and More

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Good morning! Happy Friday! This has been a really long week, I’ve been wishing it was Friday since Tuesday so I am very happy it is Friday. I have no plans for the weekend and I am happy about that, I want to relax and bake. What are your plans for the weekend?

Food

Easy Pozole Soup from Sugar and Charm looks like a great soup to make and have all week long.

I want to make Shredded Beef Chimicangas from Savor the Best for dinner this weekend.

Or this Slow Cooked Chipolte Pork Carnitas from David Lebovitz.

I made this Sheet Pan Greek Chicken from Table for Two last night and it is scrumptious.

These Ginger Almond Bars from Simple Luxurious Life look like a great accompaniment to a cup of tea or coffee.

Foxes Love Lemons made some beautiful Blood Orange Margaritas, I think they would be perfect for happy hour this weekend.

Interesting Articles

The Best Food Shops in Cape Town

9 Powerful Lessons from People Pleasers

How Our  Solo Homes Became Cocoons.

How to Boost Your Happy Hormone

Washing Your Hands Sounds Trivial: Here in the Science Behind Why It Works

A Provence Monastery Turned Into a Home

TV

If you are a fan of Julia Child you are going to want to watch Dishing With Julia the new series on PBS.

Books

I cannot wait for Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop! You can preorder it on Amazon

From the critically acclaimed author of Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune comes a new delightful novel about exploring all the magical possibilities of life in the most extraordinary city of all: Paris.

Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people’s fortunes—or misfortunes—in tealeaves.

Ever since she can remember, Vanessa has been able to see people’s fortunes at the bottom of their teacups. To avoid blurting out their fortunes, she converts to coffee, but somehow fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the ones of those around her. To add to this plight, her romance life is so nonexistent that her parents enlist the services of a matchmaking expert from Shanghai.

After her matchmaking appointment, Vanessa sees death for the first time. She decides that she can’t truly live until she can find a way to get rid of her uncanny abilities. When her eccentric Aunt Evelyn shows up with a tempting offer to whisk her away, Vanessa says au revoir to California and bonjour to Paris. There, Vanessa learns more about herself and the root of her gifts and realizes one thing to be true: knowing one’s destiny isn’t a curse, but being unable to change it is.

The Little Museums of Paris

Rather than traveling by neighborhood, this charming guide explores the different types of institutions nestled within Paris, from time capsules like the Musee Nissim de Camondo to explorations of the world beyond the city limits, including the Institute of the Arab World. Readers will peek behind the curtains of artists’ apartments and into the microscopes of collections of scientific oddities. Each entry opens up a new world of adventure, with a description of the museum’s collection, as well as a short history, watercolor illustrations, and a miniature map. For residents and visitors alike, the captivating illustrations and deeply-researched yet approachable writing will encourage greater appreciation of the cultural diversity, history, and colorful characters that give Paris that je ne sais quoi.

Don’t forget to order your copy of Feels Like Falling by my friend Kristy Woodson Harvey, the books comes out in April. 

From “the next major voice in Southern fiction” (Elin Hilderbrand) and the bestselling author of the Peachtree Bluff series comes an odd-couple tale of friendship that asks just how much our past choices define our happiness. 

It’s summertime on the North Carolina coast and the livin’ is easy.

Unless, that is, you’ve just lost your mother to cancer, your sister to her extremist husband, and your husband to his executive assistant. Meet Gray Howard. Right when Gray could use a serious infusion of good karma in her life, she inadvertently gets a stranger, Diana Harrington, fired from her job at the local pharmacy.

Diana Harrington’s summer isn’t off to the greatest start either: Hours before losing her job, she broke up with her boyfriend and moved out of their shared house with only a worn-out Impala for a bed. Lucky for her, Gray has an empty guest house and a very guilty conscience.

With Gray’s kindness, Diana’s tide begins to turn. But when her first love returns, every secret from her past seems to resurface all at once. And, as Gray begins to blaze a new trail, she discovers, with Diana’s help, that what she envisioned as her perfect life may not be what she wants at all.

In her warmest, wisest novel yet, Kristy Woodson Harvey delivers a discerning portrait of modern womanhood through two vastly different lenses. Feels Like Falling is a beach bag essential for Harvey fans—and for a new generation of readers.

Finds

I got a pair of White Espadrille Sneakers very similar to this at TJ Maxx for $19.99, I cannot wait to wear then this summer. 

This Colorful Ring For Summer would look great with a white linen dress.

As would these Butterfly Earrings.

I hope that you enjoyed my Friday favorites, if you found something interesting this week please share it with us in the comments.  Have a wonderful weekend.