Friday Favorites from Classic Casual Home, Cooking with Curls, Damn Delicious, The Kitchen McCabe and More

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Good morning! I hope that your week went well. Things here are great, the bathroom is finished except for painting and accessories( the hurricane set us back a few days) which is a good thing because my mother-in-law arrives next week so it is in the nick of time. This weekend I will be preparing the house, baking and getting ready for 3 weeks of guests including my mother-in-law, sister-in-law who arrives a week later and then my parents the week after that. 

I hope that you enjoy my finds this week.

Food

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Hawaiian Pulled Pork sandwiches from Cooking with Curls are perfect for a game day crown, or a Fall party, after a day of apple picking, raking leaves or just relaxing. 

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This French onion grilled apple grilled cheese from Half Baked Harvest looks like a sandwich that you want to eat all season long. 

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Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Tenders from Damn Delicious.

If you want to host a Fall dinner party Mary Ann from Classic Casual Home posted about the one that she just had, the menu is easy and delicious as are the decorations.

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Browned Butter Vanilla Beach Chocolate Dipped Madeleines from the Kitchen McCabe.

If you would like to bake a few chocolate treats this week, visit My 5 Chocolate Favorites this week.

Interesting Articles

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Check out these amazing  Sculptures by Taiichiro Yoshida.

Where’d you go Bernadette? Women can be troubled creative geniuses too.

Bernadette is a cautionary tale about putting aside creativity after kids.

Drawing is the fastest most effective way to learn.

Yes, optimism can actually help you live longer!

America: We Forgot.

Books

Rouge by Richard Kirshenbaum

This fast-paced novel examines the lives, loves, and sacrifices of the visionaries who invented the modern cosmetics industry: Josiah Herzenstein, born in a Polish Jewish Shtlel, the entrepreneur who transforms herself into a global style icon and the richest woman in the world, Josephine Herz; Constance Gardiner, her rival, the ultimate society woman who invents the door-to-door business and its female workforce but whose deepest secret threatens everything; CeeCee Lopez, the bi-racial beauty and founder of the first African American woman’s hair relaxer business, who overcomes prejudice and heartbreak to become her community’s first female millionaire. The cast of characters is rounded out by Mickey Heron, a dashing, sexy ladies’ man whose cosmetics business is founded in a Hollywood brothel. All are bound in a struggle to be number one, doing anything to get there…including murder.

The Only Woman in the Room

She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?

Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich’s plans while at her husband’s side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.

But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she knew a few secrets about the enemy. She had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis…if anyone would listen to her.

A powerful novel based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist whose groundbreaking invention revolutionized modern communication, The Only Woman in the Room is a masterpiece.

The Stationary Shop

Roya is a dreamy, idealistic teenager living in 1953 Tehran who, amidst the political upheaval of the time, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood book and stationery shop. She always feels safe in his dusty store, overflowing with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of soft writing paper.

When Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry—she loses her heart at once. And, as their romance blossoms, the modest little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran.

A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square, but suddenly, violence erupts—a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she resigns herself to never seeing him again.

Until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did he leave? Where did he go? How was he able to forget her?

The Stationery Shop is a beautiful and timely exploration of devastating loss, unbreakable family bonds, and the overwhelming power of love.

Finds

H&M

This brown patterned dress from H&M looks perfect for Fall and winter, paired with your favorite boots you will look fabulous!

This floaty chiffon dress is also from H&M( each  $49.00).

20% off

Pumpkin Spice lotions, candles, soap and more from Williams Sonoma are my favorite scents of the season, they are on sale for 20% off. 

I love transfer-ware and these Fall pumpkin plates remind me of my favorite vintage patterns. If you want to add a few plates to your tablescape this Fall these plates are on sale for 20% off. 

Please share you favorite finds from this week, recipes, books, podcasts and more. Enjoy the weekend.