Friday Things
1. One morning this week I took a peek at my lemon tree and found a cricket crashing on one of the leaves. I grabbed my camera and snagged a couple of great close-up shots with my macro lens. Those eyes are totally creepy, right?!
2. Speaking of my lemon tree, it has little baby lemons! Aren’t they cute?!
3. If you shop at Nordstrom, you definitely need to check out their Anniversary Sale. It runs through this weekend and I basically want to buy all the things. I can’t stop browsing the boots!
4. Speaking of shopping, a friend of mine recently introduced me to Rue La La. It’s an online boutique shop which opens sales for specific designers for small periods of time and at discount prices. I haven’t had a chance to really dig into it yet, but I have a feeling I’m going to be addicted!
5. I’ve started searching around for some fall and winter crochet projects. Do you have any favorite blanket patterns? I haven’t made one in years!
6. I blew through my first Kindle book, and am trying to decide what my next one should be. I can’t decide between Hunger Games or The Paris Wife. Thoughts?
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7. While we were in DC last week, my Chief Culinary Consultant and I went to see “Despicable Me 2”. Neither of us had seen the first one, but we loved the movie. It was really funny, totally didn’t expect it. If you are looking for a cute, light-hearted movie, I highly recommend it!
8. I saw a story on Twitter about an artist who was inspired by his pup and painted “A Golden Retriever at the Museum”:
Love it.
9. TGIF!
“Ahem, you interrupted my nap, what do you need?”
Those macro pics are great! If you like Rue LaLa try Gilt. It’s my favorite sample sale site. They have clothes, housewares, even food. And they’re really nice whenever I have a question.
Hunger Games for sure, and as a golden retriever lover, I would recommend “The Art of Racing in the Rain”….its great! Also, got myself a Diamencel foot rasp. Love it…thanks for the suggestion.
I have read both _The Hunger Games_ (the trilogy) and _The Paris Wife_, and it’s like comparing cake and pie – both good for different reasons. _The Paris Wife_ was interesting as far as learning more about Hemingway and the time period, but I thought the writing was a bit flat – I never did feel I understood Hemingway or Hadley any better for reading the book, and maybe even left more confused. THG, was a bit predictable, but definitely kept the reader’s interest.
I’m ashamed to say that my kids gave a kindle fire for my BD last September and I haven’t learned how to use it yet!
Personally, I was a little bored with the Paris wife. The hunger games is fun, but a fast read! Get all three!
Read The Paris Wife! One of the best more recent books that I have read. I absolutely adored it. I read it for a book club and we did a Paris theme that evening (pate, french bread, etc), and everyone that came loved the book! It’s engaging and I think it has more substance to it than some other books that have come out lately.
That’s actually not a cricket, it is a grasshopper. Crickets are the noisy brown ones. That painting of the golden is adorbs! :)
I would choose The Paris Wife. Very informative and quite sad but well written. Have a good weekend!
Love that painting!
Thank you, thank you, Thank you for the “Cleaning & Seasoning Your Cast Iron Skillet” link!!! I was JUST going through a crud-dilemma with one of mine, so hopefully these tricks will take care of it!! And can’t wait to order the puppy print! “Friday Things” has become one of my favorite features of BEB, thank you!! :)
Love the itty bitty lemons! I am obsessed with all things lemon!
And the anniversary sale I have been all over that, have yet to actually purchases, but boy have I been ogling!
So glad to learn that the insect on your tree is a Katydid. I wasn’t sure what it was, but there are no crickets that look like that in NC. Good info in your Friday things.
Friend me on facebook. I can lend you the Hunger Games thru the kindle. For crochet pattterns join Ravelry!
Hunger games, of course! That’s a no-brainer! :) And we loved Despicable Me 2, too! I can’t stop quoting the minions, and I’m 27!
Those little lemons are SO cute! Also, I loved the Paris Wife… It’s SO good. Annnd now I’m going to go shopping at Nordstrom!
I vote for Hunger Games. I recently read the trilogy and loved it. It is a quick and easy read.
Your baby lemons are so cute!
So is that pup! Oh my goodness!
I say go for the The Hunger Games, but like other people mentioned you will want to read all of them!
“The Hunger Games” is interesting and it’s quick. If you read that next you’ll be on to the next one in no time!
I haven’t read any of the Hunger Games books. The Paris Wife was fantastic in my opinion. It depends on what kind of books you like. Your pictures are amazing. I, like you am always out in my garden up to my shoulders in plants and trees with my camera. I got an amazing picture of a spider web covered in water droplets after a storm the other day. Later I zoomed in and realized I also caught the spider crouched under a leaf. Gross but amazing! I love your website! I’m seeking inspiration for my hubby’s birthday cupcakes. Your recipes usually provide it! Enjoy your kindle!
I am about 100 pages into The Paris Wife and am really enjoying it! I vote for that one!
I would highly recommend The Hunger Games! I could NOT put that book down and I really loved the trilogy. Still, that first book…amazing.
I still need to read the Hunger Games trilogy! I’ve heard great things. Have a great weekend!
I would recommend Paris Wife. Someone’s gotta be different, right? While I loved the first Hunger Games book, I wasn’t as wild about the 2nd and 3rd ones, but then I’m not into action books and I especially don’t like futuristic doom and gloom.
Those lemons are the cutest!
i’ve only read the hunger games trilogy, but i highly recommend it. i was glad i held out until all three books were out because i flew through them one right after the other and would have been so cranky if i’d had to wait for the next installment.
for crochet projects … i’m a big fan of the continuous granny square afghan.
The Hunger Games for sure. We read the Paris Wife for our Book Club and out of 7 girls, 3 finished it, 3 quit the book and one didnt even start it. It is interesting in theory but it just drug on and on and on with no real climix and all you did was feel yourself annoyed with the character for being a doormat.
Hunger Games!
If you have time to read all three in the Hunger Games trilogy then read that first. You won’t be able to stop after one. The Paris Wife is good too in its own way, but as someone else said, not exactly a page turner.
Okay The Paris Wife is AMAZING but so is The Hunger Games. I say flip and coin to decide which to read first, but definitely read both!