Today’s Book Club Monday choice is Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney.  This book has been getting so much positive feedback.  It is one of  Vogue’s best books of 2017.  Here is the story:

Frances is a cool-headed and darkly observant young woman, vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend and comrade-in-arms is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, Frances and Bobbi catch the eye of Melissa, a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into Melissa’s world, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman’s sophisticated home and tall, handsome husband, Nick. However amusing and ironic Frances and Nick’s flirtation seems at first, it gives way to a strange intimacy, and Frances’s friendship with Bobbi begins to fracture. As Frances tries to keep her life in check, her relationships increasingly resist her control: with Nick, with her difficult and unhappy father, and finally, terribly, with Bobbi. 
 
Desperate to reconcile her inner life to the desires and vulnerabilities of her body, Frances’s intellectual certainties begin to yield to something new: a painful and disorienting way of living from moment to moment. Written with gem-like precision and marked by a sly sense of humor, Conversations with Friends is wonderfully alive to the pleasures and dangers of youth, and the messy edges of female friendship. – Amazon.com

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

Happy National Margarita Day.  I have 2 things for you today to help you celebrate!!!!!!  First an AWESOME Tequila Sunrise Margarita recipe AND a fun celebration for tonight!!!  Blue Moon Mexican Cafe in Bronxville is inviting all readers to have a Margarita with them.  Tonight all Margaritas will be $5 (all night long!!!!!).  Go in and try their skinny Margarita, or Yummy Blue Margarita.   There will also be a complimentary appetizer buffet.  I sampled their menu this week and OMG!!!! everything was fantastic!!!!  Bottoms Up!!!!!!!

About a year ago I started using a face oil at night.  I was very hesitant.  I thought it would make me break out and I really didn’t need that!!!!!  However, it was the best things I have ever done for my skin.  Oils are much better for your skin than night and day creams.  They hold in moisture, and contain “superhero” nutrients, like essential acids.  The result will be healthier, younger looking skin with a fresh glow, without the use of harsh chemicals.   Also with a face oil, a little goes a long way and with just a couple of drops, you will see results almost immediately!!!!!  Here are some of my favorites!!!

Here is the one Gwyneth LOVES,  I used it for a while but I think it is too thick for me.  Better for dryer skin!!!  Click To Buy.

Last week I was invited to the newly opened second location of Boucherie on Park Ave S. Jerome Dihui, the chef of the meat packing now closed Pastis, is the executive chef.   Pastis was one of my favorite restaurants so I was so excited to check Boucherie out!!!  The menu is quintessential chic French Bistro.  There is a fabulous charcuterie counter for carving special imported meats.  The cocktails contain French and Martinique based spirits.  I loved the entire experience.  Everything was outstanding!!! I would say it is a “must try”. For more information or to make a reservation, click HERE.

I love the clothing designs of Zac Posen so when I heard he wrote a cookbook, Cooking With Zac: Recipes from Rustic to Refined, I had to check it out.  I have not featured a cook book in a while so I thought this would be the perfect choice for Book Club Monday!