Welcome to Friday Favorites, a weekly series where I share interesting articles, books, fashion finds, recipes and more.
Good Friday Favorites morning to you my friends! How was your week? Cold? Rainy? Were you lucky enough to get snow? The weather here has been a mix of cold, warm, gray, rainy but sadly no snow. I do not think we will be getting any this year but a girl can hope.
We are having friends for sangria and street tacos this evening, but I cannot figure out what to make for dessert. Maybe cookies? Or truffles? Of course I could always follow Ina Gartens’ lead and buy something.
Ok, on to my favorite finds, delicious recipes for game day or a weeknight meal, lots of links, books and a cute outfit that will take you from work to dinner.
FRIDAY FAVORITES NO. 515
Food
A couple of healthy meals, an easy game day treat, something sweet(of course) and a drink. Enjoy!
French Bread pizza perfect for game day, weekends or a fast weeknight meal.
Smokey black bean & quinoa chili bowl an easy, delicious and hearty vegan meal.
Mediterranean Hummus Bowl, made with quinoa, fresh vegetables and homemade hummus.
I am not sure I needed to know about this single serve fudge brownie recipe, it makes 2 bite size brownies. Hopefully I will not be making them every day.
Favorite Links
What Were the Most Streamed Movies and TV of 2022?
6 Ways to Practice Mindful Eating
12 Daily Habits to Achieve a Healthier 2023
In-N-Out Is Finally Expanding Eastward After Years of Denials
Louis Vuitton’s New York Store Has Been Overtaken by Yayoi Kusama-Inspired Polka Dots
100 Things We Lost to the Internet
Youthful Regency Is Reborn in This 1920s New Jersey Estate Designed by Steven Gambrel
Get Ready to Be Propanefluenced
The 9 Cutest East Coast Towns for a Winter Getaway
Explore Flower Magazines’ Atlanta Shophouse!
Books
Did you read A Man Called Otto? If so will you be watching the movie with Tom Hanks?
Lola’s Secret
Nestled in a picturesque corner of southern Australia, the Valley View Motel has been run by the Quinlans for years—and nobody adores the place more than Lola, the family’s lovable and mischievous Irish-born matriarch. So when she insists that her relatives spend their Christmas elsewhere, the close-knit bunch can’t help but be a bit curious. Lola has always had a knack for clever schemes; after all, she once slyly reunited her three feuding granddaughters, whom she nicknamed the Alphabet Sisters. And with the holiday season fast approaching, Lola decides it’s time to stir up some extra excitement.
Plotting in secret and online, Lola thinks it would be fun to invite a select group of strangers to stay at the motel for Christmas. Will these guests become friends, ignite sparks, fall in love? As she counts down the days until their arrival, Lola’s own family dramas threaten to upend her best-laid plans. Yet amid moments of humor, heartache, and unexpected twists of fate, Lola finds that she’s the one who’s in for the biggest surprise of all.
The Wife the Maid and the Mistress
One summer night in 1930, Judge Joseph Crater steps into a New York City cab and is never heard from again. Behind this great man are three women, each with her own tale to tell: Stella, his fashionable wife, the picture of propriety; Maria, their steadfast maid, indebted to the judge; and Ritzi, his showgirl mistress, willing to seize any chance to break out of the chorus line.
As the twisted truth emerges, Ariel Lawhon’s wickedly entertaining debut mystery transports us into the smoky jazz clubs, the seedy backstage dressing rooms, and the shadowy streets beneath the Art Deco skyline.
The Perfect Scent
No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances. Now, writing with wit and elegance, he juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes — one created by a Frenchman in Paris for an exclusive luxury-goods house, the other made in New York by actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Coty, Inc., a giant international corporation.
We follow Coty’s mating of star power to the marketing of perfume, watching Sex and the City‘s Parker heading a hugely expensive campaign to launch a scent into the overcrowded celebrity market. Will she match the success of Jennifer Lopez? Does she have the international fan base to drive worldwide sales?
In Paris at the elegant Hermès, we see Jean Claude Ellena, his company’s new head perfumer, given a challenge: he must create a scent to resuscitate Hermès’s perfume business and challenge le monstre of the industry, bestselling Chanel No. 5. Will his pilgrimage to a garden on the Nile supply the inspiration he needs?
The Perfect Scent is the story of two daring creators, two very different scents, and a billion-dollar industry that runs on the invisible magic of perfume.
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Friday Finds
Outfit of the week
sweater//skirt//boots//bag//polish//brooch
I love this cashmere sweater.
Just curious, are you a fan of color block trainers?
How cute are these Valentine heart plates?
And this pin?
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UNTIL TOMORROW
Have a great day friends, I hope you found something to read, make or enjoy on Friday Favorites No.516. If you make one of the featured recipes come back and let us know how you liked it!
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Loveeee French bread pizza in fact we’re making it for dinner tonight! And Ina Garten is pretty much my spirit animal. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I’m headed over to those recipe blogs to check them out. I’m always looking for new recipe blogs. Those heart plates are indeed cute.
Brenda
That pizza looks good.