Friday Favorites~a weekly series where we share our favorite books, decor, fashion finds, recipes, podcasts, articles and more.
Good morning friends. Happy Friday and happy February. It is the month of transitions, from long dark, cold nights to lighter, brighter warmer days. The month of leaps, from winter weather to touches of spring. Not to mention, this year we leap on the 28th to an extra day. It is hard to believe that it’s already the second month of the year!
How was your week? Mine was BUSY and I am just now coming up for a breather. I was out and about everyday this week for errands, appointments, dinners out, etc.
The only thing on our schedule this weekend is drinks Saturday with friends and Sunday mass and brunch with the family. What are your plans this weekend?
FRIDAY FAVORITES NO. 570
FOOD
This week my mind was on game day food and “take-out” favorites.
Chips and dip are one of my favorite party foods and this roasted onion dip might be my new favorite. Book mark this dip for your Super Bowl party or new gathering.
If you like Korean beef you will love this burrito!
Tacos meet quesadillas in this Crispy Black Bean Tacos recipe!
Cold winter days call for white bean Tuscan soup.
Make these scrumptious cupcakes for game day or Valentine’s Day.
LINKS TO READ+WATCH+LISTEN
The Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now
20 Best Meal Delivery Services and Kits of 2024
There’s no time like the present to add interest to the oft-forgotten fifth wall.
The complicated lives and deaths of TikTok’s illness influencers
How the Rich Keep Their Riches Out of Reach. Interesting read, especially about the art.
This Gardner Grows 35 Herbs on Her Tiny Balcony.
An abandoned cowshed in rural Spain transformed into a glorious country house
How a wild corner of southern Utah became the last place to be mapped in the US
The 35 Most Anticipated New Shows of 2024
TV channels are using AI-generated presenters to read the news. The question is, will we trust them?
13 Single-Serve Recipes for People Who Live Alone and Are So Sick of Leftovers
Visit Landscape Designer Louise Dowding’s Enchanting English Garden
What hundreds of American public libraries owe to Carnegie’s disdain for inherited wealth
I’m a professional baker. I made 5 brands of boxed brownie mix to see which is the best.
BOOKS~ ON MY LIST AND MY BEDSIDE TABLE
Good Guys Love Dogs
She’s Main Street. He’s Wall Street.
Desperate father Ian McKinley moves his delinquent teenage son to the small Virginia town of Keeling Creek, a place very unlike the New York City life he has been leading. Love takes him by surprise when he falls for Colby Williams, a woman unlike anyone he has ever been drawn to, a small town vet with a heart for animals and a fierce love for a teenage daughter she is also struggling to raise.
But Colby has a secret in her past, a secret she’s not sure her daughter will ever forgive her for. And as for Ian McKinley, he seems too good to be true. If she had learned anything from the one time she had thrown her heart fully into love, it was that it didn’t last.
The Hotel
The Whitley is Nantucket’s most exclusive waterfront hotel – a sprawling collection of pristine white cottages and an elegant main building on a long stretch of private white sandy beach. It’s a family owned business – brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, all work there in various capacities.
Paula is happy in her back-office accounting position. But changes are in store when her grandfather promotes her and fires her cousin – who then blames Paula.
Meanwhile, a blond romantic-comedy superstar is hiding out at the hotel for a few months. She meets Paula’s brother, a chef – who has no idea who she is – and she likes it that way.
Paula’s grandfather also hires a consultant to help her settle into her new role. But she isn’t sure what to think of David, who grew up on Nantucket but now lives in Manhattan.
He’s a brilliant consultant and will be assessing Paula’s suitability for the role. He’s also home for another reason, a difficult family issue that makes Manhattan seem very far away.
Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
“There are certain women,” Truman Capote wrote, “who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to be rich.” Barbara “Babe” Paley, Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, Slim Hayward, Pamela Churchill, C. Z. Guest, Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy’s sister)—they were the toast of midcentury New York, each beautiful and distinguished in her own way. Capote befriended them, received their deepest confidences, and ingratiated himself into their lives. Then, in one fell swoop, he betrayed them in the most surprising and startling way possible.
MORE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
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SHOPPING
OUTFIT OF THE DAY
The combination of black and fuchsia is one of my favorites, it is classic with a pop of color. A pair of black trousers can be worn with heels, flats, and even trainers, add a cardigan and a bag and you are ready for the day.
Shoes
Talbots is having a sale! I like this and this!
Valentine’s Day
UNTIL TOMORROW
I hope you enjoyed the recipes, links and books I discovered this week on Friday Favorites.Did you read any good books this week? Listen to an interesting podcast or make something delicious? If so please share!
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So many great links. You have great weekend plans.
Cindy
Thank you Cindy. How are you doing? How is Reese doing?