Book Club Monday

Today’s selection was recommended to me because it is “sharply funny” and I’m sharing it because I think we could all use some comic relief!!!!!  HA!!!  Seven Days of Us: A Novel by Francesca Hornak is a New York Post required reading book, and that is enough for me!!!!!  Here is the story:

It’s Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew’s elder daughter—who is usually off saving the world—will be joining them at Weyfield Hall, their aging country estate. But Olivia, a doctor, is only coming home because she has to. Having just returned from treating an epidemic abroad, she’s been told she must stay in quarantine for a week…and so too should her family.
 

For the next seven days, the Birches are locked down, cut off from the rest of humanity—and even decent Wi-Fi—and forced into each other’s orbits. Younger, unabashedly frivolous daughter Phoebe is fixated on her upcoming wedding, while Olivia deals with the culture shock of being immersed in first-world problems. 

 

As Andrew sequesters himself in his study writing scathing restaurant reviews and remembering his glory days as a war correspondent, Emma hides a secret that will turn the whole family upside down.   

 

In close proximity, not much can stay hidden for long, and as revelations and long-held tensions come to light, nothing is more shocking than the unexpected guest who’s about to arrive… – AMAZON.com
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Do You Want To Join Me For A Girls Night Out?

I just got an amazing offer for a girls night out to see the play Cruel Intentions on 1/29!!!!  The cost of the tickets will be $60 -a discounted rate for out group.  Also we will have a special chat with the producer prior to the show!!!!  Soooo excited!! Email me at nicolesteinthal@me.com if you are interested.  This is going to be such a fun night!!!!!  Hope you can make it!!!!

Based on the 90s cult film, Cruel Intentions: The Musical pulls you into the manipulative world of Manhattan’s most dangerous liaisons: Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil. Seduced by revenge and fueled by passion, the two diabolically charming step-siblings place a bet on whether or not Sebastian can deflower their incoming headmaster’s daughter, Annette Hargrove. As the two set out to destroy the innocent girl—and anyone who gets in their way—they find themselves entangled in a web of secrets, temptation, and the cruelest game of all: love.

The show features songs from the film’s iconic soundtrack as well as some of your favorite throwback hits from artists such as NSYNC, Britney Spears No Doubt, Christina Aguilera and more!  What’s more, this intoxicating new musical will be performed at Le Poisson Rouge, a cool downtown music and multimedia art cabaret venue in the heart of the West Village, where you can enjoy food and drink at tables with friends while indulging in this guilty pleasure!!


Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Recipe

This is probably one of the easiest recipes I am going to share with you.  It is only 3 ingredients…super super easy to make and perfect for a weeknight family after school dinner….I made this last night and it was a hit!!!  I served it with rice but I think egg noodles would be the perfect side (this was my younger daughter’s suggestion and I could not agree more!!!!!).  Bon Appetit!!!


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Ingredients
  • 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, fresh or thawed
  • 1 large Jar Classico Creamy Alfredo Sauce (15 oz. jars)
  • 10 oz. Frozen Broccoli Florets
Adapted from The Frugal Girls.com

Beauty Favorites

I was cleaning out the drawers in my bathroom yesterday and started looking around at the all items that stuck over the past year.  At least once a week, someone sends me beauty products to try and I do test them all out, and sometimes, my kids and my sister and mom do tooooooooo!!!!!!  Over the past year, these are some of my favorites that I have been using over and over.  

I use this every night!! it’s amazing!!!

As far as dry shampoos go…this is the BEST

The most amazing cleanser..it also doubles as a mask you can wear to sleep!!!!

My son goes through these cleansing pads by the case!!!!!!

This is the best shampoo…I will never use another.

This is one of my favorite cleaners!!!!

This paste is amazing too!!!!!

Another amazing face cleanser…a “polish” actually!!!!!!

This makes your eyelashes long and full…you HAVE to give it a try!!!!!

This foot peel is incredible..I use it all the time!!!!

Both my girls got this mask for Christmas and they and all their friends are OBSESSED!!!!!!!

This is also one of my favorite Hair Care Products…….

Pink Himalayan Sea Salt

I keep reading about the benefits of Pink Himalayan Sea Salt.  I have decided to use it from now on in all my recipes. There are so many reasons to switch to this salt.  It has so many health benefits.  It re-mineralizes the body with important minerals and 84 trace elements such as Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and Copper and Iron  (the high iron content give the salt its pink color) .  All essential to health and well being.


HERE is a good starter pink salt grinder.  I like it on the coarser side but you can also get it Fine.   Happy Cooking!!!!


And if you are in the mood to celebrate:

Sweet and Salty Strawberry Daiquiri

Makes 1 Daiquiri
Ingredients
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
4 ice cubes
1/8 teaspoon Pink Sea Salt
1 teaspoon white sugar
1.5 oz rum (your choice)
Directions
1. Blend all the ingredients together in a blender until smooth.
2. Rim serving glass in sugar, pour daiquiri into glass & enjoy!


Book Club Monday

Happy Martin Luther King day!!!!  I have been trying to sit down all day to write this post but the day really got away from me.  I am so excited about today’s book club choice.  It has been on my list for a while and I am just getting around to reading it, The Last Mrs Parrish: A Novel by Liv Constantine.  I am telling you this is just what we need for these dreary, cold January days!!!!  It has been called spellbinding, Mr Riplyesque, and there is a shocking twist at the end!!!  Woo Hoo!!!!!   Here is the summary:

Amber Patterson is fed up. She’s tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more—a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted.
To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne—a socialite and philanthropist—and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale.
Amber’s envy could eat her alive . . . if she didn’t have a plan. Amber uses Daphne’s compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family’s life—the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her. Before long, Amber is Daphne’s closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson. But a skeleton from her past may undermine everything that Amber has worked towards, and if it is discovered, her well-laid plan may fall to pieces.  – Amazon.com
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