Friday Favorites~a weekly series where I share interesting articles, books, fashion finds, recipes and more.
It’s Friday and just like that is it September! How was your week? It was a busy one here and I am ready for a little time to relax.
This morning it is the start of a 4 day weekend. What are your plans? We are staying home and have plans with family and friends and some pool time is on the schedule.
Now, let’s talk about my Friday Favorites!
FRIDAY FAVORITES NO. 548
FOOD~RECIPES TO TRY
It’s busy season, the kids are back at school, there are lots of Fall activities on the horizon and the weather is cooling off. So more time to enjoy the falling leaves. That means easy meals are on the menu, I’ve included a cocktail as well to celebrate this weekend.
It doesn’t get any easier than Sheet Pan Lemony Chicken With Potatoes and Green Beans.
Spicy Southwest Salad with Shrimp is perfect for the seafood lovers in your life.
Beef Pita Nachos are a great appetizer or a meal.
Strawberry Lemonade Aperol Margarita can be served with bbq, tacos and any other snacks or meals you are hosting this weekend.
Don’t forget dessert, dulce de leche brownies are always a good option.
Links
6 of the Coolest Rest Stops in the U.S.
Who am I hurting by Shopping at Walmart?
Riley Keough on Growing Up Presley, Losing Lisa Marie, and Inheriting Graceland
11 Timeless Décor Items You Should Invest In
We don’t “move on” from grief. We move forward with it
Why married people are happier?
Irish “Death Metal” Baron Rewilds His Historic Castle Estate to Create a Sustainable Future
100 Million Seeds From Native Plants Are Released Into the Brazilian Amazon by Daring Skydiver
Books
On June 5, 1944, as dawn rises over a small town on the Normandy coast of France, Emmanuelle is making the bread that has sustained her fellow villagers in the dark days since the Germans invaded her country.
Only twenty-two, Emma learned to bake at the side of a master, Ezra Kuchen, the village baker since before she was born. Apprenticed to Ezra at thirteen, Emma watched with shame and anger as her kind mentor was forced to wear the six-pointed yellow star on his clothing. She was likewise powerless to help when they pulled Ezra from his shop at gunpoint, the first of many villagers stolen away and never seen again.
In the years that her sleepy coastal village has suffered under the enemy, Emma has silently, stealthily fought back. Each day, she receives an extra ration of flour to bake a dozen baguettes for the occupying troops. And each day, she mixes that precious flour with ground straw to create enough dough for two extra loaves—contraband bread she shares with the hungry villagers. Under the cold, watchful eyes of armed soldiers, she builds a clandestine network of barter and trade that she and the villagers use to thwart their occupiers.
But her gift to the village is more than these few crusty loaves. Emma gives the people a taste of hope—the faith that one day the Allies will arrive to save them.
1968, Sicily. Just months after a terrible earthquake has destroyed the mountain town of Gibellina, Enzo and his wife Irene Borgata are making their way back to the family home, Villa Alba, on roads overlooked by the eerie backdrop of the flattened ghost town. When their car breaks down, Enzo leaves his young wife to go and get help, but when he returns there is no trace of Irene. No body, no sign of a struggle, nothing.
2003. TV showman and true crime aficionado Milo Conti is Italy’s darling, uncovering and solving historic crimes for his legion of fans. When he turns his attention to the story of the missing Irene Borgata, accusing her husband of her murder, Enzo’s daughter Maddi asks her childhood friend, retired detective April Cobain, for help to prove her father’s innocence. But the tale April discovers is murky: mafia meetings, infidelity, mistaken identity, grief and unshakable love. As the world slowly closes in on the claustrophobic Villa Alba, and the house begins to reveal its secrets, will the Borgata family wish they’d never asked April to investigate? And what did happen to Enzo’s missing wife Irene?
Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this involving story tells of an extraordinary young woman’s coming of age, coming to grips with love and sadness, and in every sense of the term, coming home…
In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore. At Saint Ursula’s, her friendship with Loveday Carey-Lewis sweeps her into the privileged, madcap world of the British aristocracy, teaching her about values, friendship, and wealth. But it will be the drama of war, as it wrenches Judith from those she cares about most, that will teach her about courage…and about love.
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FINDS & SALES
OUTFIT OF THE DAY
Here are the details for my outfit of the day: dress//boots//bag//nails//perfume/earrings.
The White Company has some of the most beautiful candle scents, this week they announced their newest fall fragrance Bergamot & Cedar.
There are so many great sales this weekend. I will be checking out J.Crew, Boden and Banana Republic.
J Crew~40% off
Boden~30% off
H&M
Talbots~25% off
If you are looking for Fall Finds for your home make sure to check out My Fall Shop!
Until Tomorrow
I hope you enjoyed the recipes, links and books I discovered this week on Friday Favorites. If you have missed a Friday Favorites post you can find them all here.
I’ll see you tomorrow for Weekend Meanderings with Kim and Juliet. Have a wonderful weekend.
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All the food looks delicious. Interesting article about Riley Keough. Hard to believe her mother didn’t think it was necessary for her to go to school, thus she has no high school degree. Seems maybe Lisa Marie was just not mother material. Also true we do not move on from grief; we move forward with it. Have a lovely weekend.
Brenda
Brenda,
Thank you! I love the fact that you read the articles and links! Not many people do and that’s ok, but it is nice when someone enjoys them.
Have a wonderful weekend!