What would you do if you thought a killer lived next door? This week’s Book Club choice, Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson, takes you down this very intriguing road. Here is the story….
Its Anthro Day…actually Anthro Weekend!! Everything on the Anthropologie site is 20% off, if you are a member of Anthro Perks. If not, you should def sign up and get your discount…HERE is the link to join!!!. Anthropologie has always been my go to. I love everything that they sell. I featured through some of my fav picks from the new arrivals below. Happy Shopping..!!!
I love making Shrimp Scampi for Easter. I recently saw that my favorite food blog, It Happens At The Bean, featured this amazing version. It is so easy to make and comes out fabulous..it is going to be a hit with my family!!!!
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3-4 Cloves Garlic, sliced thin
- 1/2 Cup Dry white wine or shrimp stock
- 1/2 Teaspoon Crushed red pepper To taste
- 1/2 Teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 Teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1-2 Tablespoons Breadcrumbs
- 1.5 Lbs Shrimp Peeled and deveined
- 2-3 Tablespoons Parsley chopped
- 1 Pound Cooked linguine
- 1/2- 1 Cup Pasta water
- Juice of half a lemon Zest of half of lemon
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In a skillet large enough to hold pasta, melt butter with olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add wine/broth , salt, red pepper flakes and ground pepper and bring to a simmer. Let wine reduce by half, a minute or two minutes.
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Add shrimp and sauté until shrimp is pink, 2 -3 minutes. Stir in the parsley lemon zest and lemon juice.
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Add about 1/2 cup of reserved pasta water. Over medium heat add cooked pasta and breadcrumbs, stir to combine and serve.
Tonight I had dinner at the Fontainebleau in Miami with some friends. YESSSSSSS we are still on spring break!!!!! Walking to dinner, we stumbled upon the most amazingly rare exhibit……a photo retrospective of candid shots of Frank Sinatra that was curated by the Sinatra family from their own archives to celebrate his 100th bday. The Fontainebleau was very special to Frank Sinatra. He preformed at the hotel’s La Ronde nightclub every winter in his prime and shot his films A Hole in the Head, Lady in Cement, and Tony Rome there…..
This had to be one of my favorite exhibits EVER!!!! It was really spectacular.
Have you used Ebates yet? I started a year ago and I have to say it is LIFE CHANGING. Basically Ebates is a site that gives you cash back on every purchase. Every few months they make a paypal deposit or will mail you a check with your cash back. It is so easy. I have been getting back money on every single online purchase that I make. It and adds up fast. Stores pay Ebates a commission for sending their members to their websites and they share it with YOU!!!! That’s it plain and simple. I have included a video for you to see step by step how it works….HERE is a link to the site to learn more….to get started scroll down to the bottom under ABOUT and click “Getting Started”. They even have a button you can install (just by clicking a box) that automatically installs Ebates when you visit a participating website and even applies coupons at checkout so you save even more money. It really is the most amazing way to shop. Once you get your first check, you will definitely be thanking me!!!!
Are you ready for a book that is all consuming and you will not be able to put down? My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent is just that…here is the story of this INSTANT New York Times bestseller:
Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous: Turtle has grown up isolated since the death of her mother, in the thrall of her tortured and charismatic father, Martin. Her social existence is confined to the middle school (where she fends off the interest of anyone, student or teacher, who might penetrate her shell) and to her life with her father.
Then Turtle meets Jacob, a high-school boy who tells jokes, lives in a big clean house, and looks at Turtle as if she is the sunrise. And for the first time, the larger world begins to come into focus: her life with Martin is neither safe nor sustainable. Motivated by her first experience with real friendship and a teenage crush, Turtle starts to imagine escape, using the very survival skills her father devoted himself to teaching her. What follows is a harrowing story of bravery and redemption. With Turtle’s escalating acts of physical and emotional courage, the reader watches, heart in throat, as this teenage girl struggles to become her own hero—and in the process, becomes ours as well. – Amazon.com
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