Today’s Book Club Monday choice is Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up In The South Taught Me About Love, Life and Making Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon. A friend of mine who is also a blogger emailed me this weekend that it is a MUST read. Here is the summary:
Academy Award–winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm.
Reese Witherspoon’s grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty and strength made southern women “whiskey in a teacup.” We may be delicate and ornamental on the outside, she said, but inside we’re strong and fiery.
Reese’s southern heritage informs her whole life, and she loves sharing the joys of southern living with practically everyone she meets. She takes the South wherever she goes with bluegrass, big holiday parties, and plenty of Dorothea’s fried chicken. It’s reflected in how she entertains, decorates her home, and makes holidays special for her kids—not to mention how she talks, dances, and does her hair (in these pages, you will learn Reese’s fail-proof, only slightly insane hot-roller technique). Reese loves sharing Dorothea’s most delicious recipes as well as her favorite southern traditions, from midnight barn parties to backyard bridal showers, magical Christmas mornings to rollicking honky-tonks.
It’s easy to bring a little bit of Reese’s world into your home, no matter where you live. After all, there’s a southern side to every place in the world, right? – Amazon.com
This book is being released tomorrow 9/18 and can be ordered on Amazon. Click HERE for more information or to order the book!!!!
With summer now a distant memory, a bunch of gorgeous real estate listings have been coming across my email. This week’s Real Estate Stalking pick stopped me in my tracks. This Greenwich, Ct home is simply marvelous. It is a turn of the century carriage house which has been updated to it’s 6700 square foot splendor. I just love the look this home and love the history of its 1915 origins. For more information or to arrange a showing, contact Julie Burke.
This week’s Fashionable Friend Friday is one of my favorite instagrammers, Margie Cooper of Thrift and Tell. Everyday, Margie posts fabulous designer finds
that she searches the internet for.
Since she cannot buy everything for herself she happily shares them with her followers. Over the past few months, I’ve seen Margie post Gucci, Chanel, Cartier, YSL and so many more amazing treasures at prices that you would not believe. You really need to follow her. Before you do here is Maggie account of how she started her Thrifty Site!!!! Bon Weekend!!!
My dear friend and fellow blogger, Jessica Ryan posted this amazing recipe on her PAGE today and I could not resist reposting it. You know what we will be making in our house this weekend!!! Bon Appetit!!!
INGREDIENTS:
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup salted butter at room temperature, 1 stick
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup sugar
1 large egg at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract (I used milk chocolate)
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups toffee bits
I recently stopped into one of my favorite store, Stile, in Armonk. The owner Julie Root, has the most amazing taste. The store is full of fashionable finds at the most amazing prices. I left with a bag full of stuff! Some for me, some for my girls and a few gifts for friends. I took a bunch of photos of some of the new fall arrivals but new things are still coming in every day so you have to check it out yourself!!! Happy Shopping!!
