Today on Friday Favorites No. 535 I am sharing the Mille Victoria dress, summer recipes, beach reads and more.
Friday Favorites No. 535
Good morning friends, happy Friday Favorites to you!
After almost a week or rainy, gray days the sun finally came out. Just in time for us to haul and spread 6 tons of stone around the driveway.
Long story shirt, the estimates to replace/add to it were outrageous. So we decided to have the stone delivered and do it ourselves. Thankfully we have great neighbors because with their help we were finished in a few hours.
A couple of blisters and a sore back later it looks beautiful. Hopefully I won’t have to tackle that for another 20 years.
I have lots to share today on Friday Favorites today. Including a gorgeous Mille dress, a tomato galette as well as a few beach reads and some interesting articles you may have missed this week.
Let’s get to it!
FOOD~RECIPES
My sister sent me this recipe forButtered lobster pasta, I think it would make a beautiful summer dinner with friends.
It’s peach season and if you want to try a delicious treat make these pancake tacos with caramelized peaches.
Image Healthyish Food
Grilled balsamic chicken with toasted pine nut and cherry saladis my new favorite summer salad.
Image Cooking with Books
Tomato Mozzarella Galette with Basil Flecked Crustwould make the perfect summer appetizer. I wonder if you can bake it in a pizza oven?
Yesterday at the farm stand I picked up some blueberries along with my basket of peaches. This morning I am making thisblueberry lemon lavender bread.
Links
How Your Phone Can Teach You Mindfullness
How Many Calories Do You Burn Cleaning a Kitchen?
The Best Canned co*cktails to Drink this Summer
How Katie Ridder Brought a Garden Fantasy to Life in Palm Beach
A Kansas City Home Inspired By Centuries-Old Japanese Imari Porcelain
How Long Can Companies Keep Raising Prices?
What’s in the debt ceiling deal? Everything to know, from student loans to IRS funding
Bookshop boosts sales by visualising time wasted on social media~ this is so interesting.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Will Josh embrace the passion of the woman he adored and lost? The images in the attic of his memory dissolve any doubt. Much like the elderly dogs they had rescued over the years, it’s now his turn for a miraculous transformation.
Set amidst an extraordinary dog sanctuary, he now sees their mission slipping away, much like Maddie, his loving wife. Graced with tender memories, he keeps her spirit alive and their love unending. Josh not only gave her his heart, but continues caring for dogs through Maddie’s inspiration.
Josh finds himself on a heavenly journey among angels, reunited with those he held in his arms as they crossed over. Cherishing once again being with the love of his life and furry family. What seems like an illusion, may indeed be a miracle.
A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas.
The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago. Just two miles long and half a mile wide, it is remote, tranquil, and, these days, largely ignored.
Yet 370 years ago, Run’s harvest of nutmeg (a pound of which yielded a 3,200 percent profit by the time it arrived in England) turned it into the most lucrative of the Spice Islands, precipitating a battle between the all-powerful Dutch East India Company and the British Crown. The outcome of the fighting was one of the most spectacular deals in history: Britain ceded Run to Holland but in return was given Manhattan. This led not only to the birth of New York but also to the beginning of the British Empire.
Such a deal was due to the persistence of one man. Nathaniel Courthope and his small band of adventurers were sent to Run in October 1616, and for four years held off the massive Dutch navy. Nathaniel’s Nutmeg centers on the remarkable showdown between Courthope and the Dutch Governor General Jan Coen, and the brutal fate of the mariners racing to Run-and the other corners of the globe-to reap the huge profits of the spice trade.
Art historian Cate Adamson, desperate to succeed to console her grieving parents, leaves the Midwest to complete her doctorate in New York—only to find herself assigned to an impossible sexist advisor. She struggles to impress him until she discovers a hidden painting, possibly a Baroque masterpiece. Risking her career, financial disaster, and further alienation from her family, she flees to Spain with the painting to consult art experts.
Summer in the Hamptons should be filled with co*cktails by the pool, bonfires on the beach, and sunset clam bakes. Instead, Nora, Megan, and Courtney are battling dreadful blind dates, duplicitous roommates, and blackmailing ex-boyfriends.
- Nora recently moved into her newly constructed dream home on Dune Road. She sold her company in a legendary eight-figure deal and now has unlimited time and money to spend however she chooses. But sadly, she’s alienated friends and family on her rise to the top and now finds herself all alone when things may be at their worst.
- Megan has let a dangerous situation spiral out of control and needs a chance to clear her head and regroup. Her plans for a post-graduation trip have fallen apart, and the closest thing she has to a family is inconveniently using the summer to relocate. So, when Megan gets a last-minute offer for a guest house in Westhampton Beach, she jumps at the chance, even though her hostess is a stranger, and it’s only a temporary solution to a persistent problem.
- Courtney just graduated from college and simultaneously lost the two things that defined her – collegiate basketball and her best friend turned boyfriend. She desperately needs a change of scenery to recover and mend her broken heart, which is why Courtney takes the leap when the opportunity to spend two months in the Hamptons falls in her lap, even though the classmate who invited her is barely more than an acquaintance.
When a series of disastrous events transpire, Nora, Megan, and Courtney band together and find solace in their unlikely friendship. While it’s a far cry from the respite they each imagined, this improbable trio may not be too late to enjoy an unforgettable summer on Dune Road.
Al Fresco, with its fresh, delicious recipes and unexpected ideas, its tips for exploring new ways to get outdoors, its interviews with dozens of kindred spirits, is an inspiring and beautiful playbook for anyone who wants to spend more time outside with friends and family. The credo is simple: Nature opens us up to ourselves, and the food we share opens us up to each other.
NEED MORE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS?
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FINDS~WEEKEND SALES
OUTFIT OF THE DAY
sandals//dress//polish//bag//earrings//perfume
Do you wear summer pajamas? These are beautiful.
This outfit looks classic, chic and comfortable.
UNTIL TOMORROW
I hope you enjoyed the recipes, links and books I discovered this week. If you have missed a Friday Favorites post you can find them all here.
Have a wonderful day and a happy and safe weekend. Thank you for spending part of your day with me, it’s always nice to have you here.
Don’t forget to visit the blog tomorrow for Weekend Meanderings with Kim and Juliet.
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