aloha friday

This year I’m in the mood to do a little holiday decorating. Nothing crazy, just a few things. So this weekend I’ll take a look at what I have and look for ideas online and plan on putting them together on the week of Thanksgiving. Hope you have a lovely weekend.

~ Always happy to hear more positive news that gardening is the new exercise. I also love this beautiful post about the pace with which we garden by Tara Dillard.

~ Books I’ve read recently. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. This is a profoundly compelling portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and of his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. From Scratch by Michael Ruhlman. He is one of my favorite food writers and the audio version is wonderful to listen to. You don’t get all the recipes that you would in the printed book, but you get tons of techniques that you can use in your daily cooking. His books are always easy to read and well researched. Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow. An in depth accounting of Ronan’s investigation & Pulitzer Prize article for The New Yorker about Harvey Weinstein. The Other Woman by Sandie Jones is a thriller. It’s a page turner with a twisty plot and is an easy read during the busy upcoming holidays.

~ Two podcasts that I recently found are Next Question with Katie Couric. Katie has in depth interviews and a fun banter with her producer co-host. If you watch Shark Tank you may like The Pitch. It also has people pitching their ideas to potential investors and people have some really interesting ideas.

~ If you’re looking for an easy and fabulous fall dessert, this Apple Cake from Dorie Greenspan is a winner.

~ Oprah is back with her holiday Amazon shop with a few of her favorite things. The Peepers Blue Light reading glasses are so cute and these gold hoop earrings never go out of style.

Be Well. xo Kai