Friday Favorites~a weekly series where we share our favorite books, decor, fashion finds, recipes, podcasts, articles and more.
FRIDAY FAVORITES NO. 621
Good morning friends! How was your week? Are you ready for the weekend? Me too! It was a busy week here. My husband was gone last week and he came home with the flu and now I have it.
I spent some time looking for wallpaper, I know I have said this ad nauseam but what I want I’ve not been able to find it here in the US. This week I ordered 6 samples from the UK, hopefully one of them will be “the one.”
The master bathroom is almost finished! We are waiting on the mirrors(arriving today), the lights(to be installed) and some little touch ups. I promise that I will share it with those who asked.
Of course one project leads to another, next up floors in the master bedroom and quotes for the bookcases in the living room.
Ok, enough about the house, let’s get to Friday Favorites.
FOOD
Creamy Parmesan Pasta Roni is a delicious 6 ingredient meal that cooks in one pan!
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with longevity noodles.
Roasted Cauliflower Salad, with dates, salted maple pecans, goat cheese, red onion, and an orange maple vinaigrette dressing.
Looking for a sweet treat to make this weekend? Or for Valentine’s Day? Why not try this scrumptious chocolate ganache mousse?
LINKS TO READ+WATCH+LISTEN
Auschwitz: 80 years after its liberation, three survivors tell their stories
What Moving Day at the White House Is Really Like, According to a Designer
TO DYE FOR: The Dangers of Food Dye
Do you still need to pay for your home if it was destroyed in a disaster?
Stop Wasting Your Fridge Space.
5 money-draining mistakes travelers make when planning a vacation
Why don’t you remember all your dreams?
Seoul’s plan to become a ‘loneliness-free city’
Books
The First Day Without You
Leonie has left behind everything and everyone she loves for a fresh start in California. Desperate to outrun the mess she’s come from, she hopes the change of scenery can mend her broken heart and bury her secrets forever. But when she discovers a bundle of unread love letters hidden in the back of a wardrobe in her new apartment, she is intrigued by the mystery behind them…and can’t help but notice the similarities between them and her own story.
With the help of her new friend Alex, a news reporter toting around baggage of her own, Leonie embarks on a quest down the West Coast to find the ill-fated lovers from the letters and reunite them, whatever it takes. Even if it means confronting the hurt she’s buried deep within herself. Because if the couple behind the love letters can find a happy ending, then perhaps she just might too.
The Girls
Four old friends. Thrown back together after forty years apart. What could possibly go wrong?
In the 1970s, The Girls were best friends sharing a house and good times: Zara the famous diva actor, Val the uptight solicitor, Jackie the wild child and Pauline the quirky introvert. Now they’re in their twilight years, and Zara suggests that they live with her to support each other through old age.
Initially, being housemates again is just as much fun as in their heyday. But then Zara reveals the real reason she asked them to move in with her, and suddenly things take a sinister turn.
As the women confront their demons they come under the spotlight of the press, the police and an angry parrot. With their lives spiralling out of control can they save their friendships and each other?
We All Want Impossible Things
Edith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They’ve shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; Gilligan’s Island reruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children. As Ash says, “Edi’s memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.”
But now the unthinkable has happened. Edi is dying of ovarian cancer and spending her last days at a hospice near Ash, who stumbles into heartbreak surrounded by her daughters, ex(ish) husband, dear friends, a poorly chosen lover (or two), and a rotating cast of beautifully, fleetingly human hospice characters.
As The Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack blasts all day long from the room next door, Edi and Ash reminisce, hold on, and try to let go. Meanwhile, Ash struggles with being an imperfect friend, wife, and parent—with life, in other words, distilled to its heartbreaking, joyful, and comedic essence.
For anyone who’s ever lost a friend or had one. Get ready to laugh through your tears.
Need More Book Recommendations?
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Window Shopping
Contrary to the emails flooding my box with all things Spring, it is still winter. If you have the Winter Blues, add a little color tor ouch of Spring to your wardrobe Boden is the place to shop! Their Spring collection is filled with bright and beautiful pieces, including this coat and this dress.
This outfit is a little more subdued but does have a pop of color for Valentine’s Day and the month of February.
Outfit Details
Until Next Time
What was your favorite part of the week? Something you made? Read? Or did?
I hope you enjoyed the recipes, links and books I discovered this week on Friday Favorites. Thank you for spending part of your day with me, your time is valuable and I am grateful that you spend a little of each day with me. Have a wonderful weekend.
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Wonderful blog! Thank you! I look forward to reading your posts whenever they arrive! Add me to those who wish to see your bathroom and wallpaper choices!!
Cindy, thank you! I hope that you have a wonderful weekend.
Hi Elizabeth,
I look forward to you sharing when everything is done in your home. I so appreciate what you said about, “one thing leading to the other.” Once you get started, look out. I hope the wall paper that is coming is something that you just love. I know you have excellent taste, so whatever you pick will be great.
Oh no, your honey coming home with the flu is no fun, now you have it, yuck. Take TLC of yourself and get well soon.
Hope you are both feeling better soon. And that creamy pasta dish, yum.
Thank you Rita! Enjoy your weekend.