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Aint To Proud To Beg Broadway

Our next Broadway outing is scheduled for May 14th at 7:00: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, the Life and Times of the Temptations.  We have a few dozen orchestra tickets at $140 each.  Email me to save your spot…I have added the show summary below and a you tube video of the rehearsal.  I cannot wait to see it!!!!



Ain’t Too Proud follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With their signature dance moves and unmistakable harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one. Through friendship and betrayal amid the civil unrest that tore America apart, their moving and personal story still resonates five decades later.

Ain’t Too Proud features an iconic score made up of The Temptations’ legendary songs including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.” The creative team includes Robert Brill (scenic design), Paul Tazewell (costume design), Howell Binkley (lighting design), Steve Canyon Kennedy (sound design) and Peter Nigrini (projection design). Orchestrations are by Harold Wheeler with music direction and arrangements by Kenny Seymour. – Broadway.com

Have You Ordered Your Flowers For Valentine’s Day?

I am so happy to announce a new sponsor, Outdoor’s Contained.  I have admired their gorgeous floral works on Instagram for a while now.  The containers and arrangements (for both inside and outside) that they create are out of this world fabulous!!!!  This Valentine’s Day they are offering the most beautiful floral arrangement, for delivery in the Westchester, lower Fairfield areas, in 3 sizes to accommodate all budgets.  I have included the sample photo below.  To order your’s email outdoorscontained@gmail.com. You can also forward this LINK to your husbands, just to make sure your order goes in for Heart Day!!!!  I am so excited to feature more posts on Outdoors Container with you in the upcoming months.  Stay tuned…..

I am so in LOVE with this arrangement!!!

Kips Bay Show House Palm Beach

Over the weekend I went to see the Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House.  I have gone to the Kip Bay Show House in NYC for the past 5 years and when the second outpost opened in Palm Beach, it was on my list to eventually get there.  I missed last year’s so I am so glad that the stars aligned and I was able to visit the house while I was in Florida for a quick get a away with my book club girls!!!!  We all loved the decor.  Every room was so cherry and bright.  Such perfect choices for a Florida home.  It was very hard to choose my favorite room but I do think that I narrowed it down for you!!!!  If you are in the Palm Beach area, def stop by.  It closes on Feb 20th!!!

This was my favorite room by NY designer Meg Braff Designs.  I love her use of color and we absolutely fell in love with her closet filled with vintage caftans!!!  Check out her site, her interiors are incredible and she has a stunning wallpaper line as well!!

Book Club Monday

Over the weekend, a friend recommended this week’s book choice to me.  I have read many reviews and such positive comments on The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris.  Here is the story:

This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov—an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz is an extraordinary document, a story about the extremes of human behavior existing side by side: calculated brutality alongside impulsive and selfless acts of love. I find it hard to imagine anyone who would not be drawn in, confronted and moved. I would recommend it unreservedly to anyone, whether they’d read a hundred Holocaust stories or none.”—Graeme Simsion, internationally-bestselling author of The Rosie Project
In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners.
Imprisoned for over two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism—but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his privileged position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive.
One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first encounter, Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her.
A vivid, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful re-creation of Lale Sokolov’s experiences as the man who tattooed the arms of thousands of prisoners with what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is also a testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. – Amazon.com


For more information or to order this book, click HERE.

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Chicken Breasts With Artichoke Hearts

This recipe was sent to me from a friend that received it from one of the Sacred Heart RSCJ’s.  Basically the nuns from our school.  It is sooo old school, I love it so much!!!  Bon Appetit!!!

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Ingredients
4-6 chicken breast halved, skinned and boned
1 can artichoke hearts (14 oz)
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
2/3 cup white wine
1 cup Pepperidge Farm Stuffing Mix
Mushrooms – optional
salt & pepper to taste
1/2 stick butter




Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Rinse artichoke hearts and drain well.  Place in a 2qt. casserole dish.
Add mushrooms, if desired.
Wisk wine and chicken soup and add to dish.
Season to taste with salt and pepper
Push uncooked chicken breasts partially into the mixture, leaving part exposed for browning while cooking.
Cover with stuffing mix and pat with butter.
Cover with foil and bake for 45 min at 350 degrees.
Remove foil and continue baking until brown and chicken appears to be done, approx. 30 min.

A Few Things To Get Your Laundry Room In Order……

As promised…here are some of my favorite items to get your laundry room in order and help make the laundry process a little easier!!!  


I always keep a nice basket on top of my machines to drop clothes that need to go in next..this one is perfect!!!


These collapsable laundry baskets are a life saver…its great to keep a few in your laundry room!!!


I love this drying rack


I use these hooks in my laundry room to hang things to dry….


I keep one of these bins on hand in case I need to soak something…


This is great to remove stubborn stains!!


This is a great way to store your laundry soap….


If you have the room, this is the best drying rack


These storage cubes are great on a shelf to hold all the essentials….


I like the look of these storage baskets too!!