How was your weekend? Again in December, a reader named Molly requested if we might share weekend recaps, which was such a candy request. Right here was our first one, and beneath is the second (and please share yours within the feedback!)…
First off, New York acquired a foot of snow! The boys, in fact, have been thrilled.
We ventured over to buddies’ home and felt like heroes after we made it down the block.
After we returned, we made an extremely moist and scrumptious banana bread with the key ingredient of bitter cream. I added a chopped up sea salt chocolate bar, which made it additional decadent.
Plus, muesli as a snack, courtesy of my dad.
Later, a couple of cute guests arrived at our place. “On our stroll right here, everybody we handed felt like somewhat child,” my good friend Alison advised us. “We pulled Georgie via the snow in a purple sled, and when a bus drove by, the bus driver waved at us. Then a firetruck drove by, and all of the firefighters waved at us. We noticed cross-country skiers on the street, and we talked to everybody about what snow shovels they have been utilizing. It was the friendliest I’d ever seen town.” I like when a collective occasion occurs in New York as a result of everybody instantly turns into greatest buddies for the day.
Then Toby took a settee nap and requested me to learn subsequent to him. He felt like a pet at my toes. Plus, I’m studying THE BEST BOOK YOU GUYS…
Girl Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser. It comes out on March third, and I can already inform, it’s going to be HUGE. Hochhauser tells the story of Cinderella however from the stepmother’s perspective. Girl Tremaine is sensible and considerate and hardworking; and since girls have so little energy and so few choices, she’s desperately attempting to assist her daughters discover safe marriages. Their family has been falling aside ever since her second husband died and left them in debt. In the meantime, Elin (Cinderella) is twee and annoying and always quoting from a ebook about women’ comportment. I can’t cease fascinated about it; it’s superbly achieved and jogs my memory of Lauren Groff’s Matrix however with extra household secrets and techniques.
Lastly, for dinner, we made rooster fajitas, which have been easy however flavorful. We had them with rice, cheddar cheese, and bitter cream. Have you ever made something good recently? I’d love to listen to. And simply in case this all appears very rosy, not pictured, as all the time: sibling bickering, complaints that there’s nothing to dooooooooo, a kitchen leak, and some disappointment. As a result of life remains to be life, even on a snow day.
Now please inform me: how was your weekend? And in the event you’re additionally horrified by what is going on in Minnesota, listed below are methods to assist the courageous individuals there (and this meals pantry that makes deliveries), in addition to the way to assist these preventing ICE in Maine. xoxo
P.S. Extra enjoyable issues, and an entire web page of books we love.
