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Easter Dresses

posted on : April 11, 2017 posted by : nicolesteinthal 0 Comment
Since Easter is this Sunday, I thought I would share 
with you some of my favorite Easter Dresses.  I love 
the idea of a floral dress for Easter Sunday and 
since the weather here in the North East will be 
almost 80, these are perfect options. Happy Dressing!!

Easter Dresses

Lela Rose floral dress
neimanmarcus.com

TIBI mini dress
tibi.com

Grey dress
1stdibs.com

Ted Baker mesh dress
– harrods.com

City Chic floral print dress
citychiconline.com

Dorothy Perkins floral dress
dorothyperkins.com

Chicwish purple dress
chicwish.com

Chicwish floral dress
chicwish.com

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Book Club Monday

posted on : April 10, 2017 posted by : nicolesteinthal 0 Comment

Today’s book club Monday choice is The Women in the Castle.  This book is Amazon’s Best Book Of April 2017 so I had to share it with you!!  The story goes like this:

Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold
Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined—an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Hazards of Good Breeding.
 Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany’s defeat, Marianne von Lingenfels returns to the once-grand castle of her husband’s ancestors, an imposing stone fortress now fallen into ruin following years of war. The widow of a resister murdered in the failed July 20, 1944, plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Marianne plans to uphold the promise she made to her husband’s brave conspirators: to find and protect their wives, her fellow resistance widows.
First Marianne rescues six-year-old Martin, the son of her dearest childhood friend, from a Nazi reeducation home. Together, they make their way across the smoldering wreckage of their homeland to Berlin, where Martin’s mother, the beautiful and naive Benita, has fallen into the hands of occupying Red Army soldiers. Then she locates Ania, another resister’s wife, and her two boys, now refugees languishing in one of the many camps that house the millions displaced by the war. 
As Marianne assembles this makeshift family from the ruins of her husband’s resistance movement, she is certain their shared pain and circumstances will hold them together. But she quickly discovers that the black-and-white, highly principled world of her privileged past has become infinitely more complicated, filled with secrets and dark passions that threaten to tear them apart. Eventually, all three women must come to terms with the choices that have defined their lives before, during, and after the war—each with their own unique share of challenges. 
Written with the devastating emotional power of The Nightingale, Sarah’s Key, and The Light Between Oceans, Jessica Shattuck’s evocative and utterly enthralling novel offers a fresh perspective on one of the most tumultuous periods in history. Combining piercing social insight and vivid historical atmosphere, The Women in the Castle is a dramatic yet nuanced portrait of war and its repercussions that explores what it means to survive, love, and, ultimately, to forgive in the wake of unimaginable hardship.
– Amazon.com
For more information or to purchase this book, click HERE
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Weekend Real Estate Stalking

posted on : April 8, 2017 posted by : nicolesteinthal 0 Comment

Today’s weekend Real Estate Stalking is a house here in Rye in Indian Village.   I love this home…not only is the location so convenient to everything but it has such curb appeal.  The interior is quite spacious with a gorgeous stone fireplace and patio.  The kitchen is wonderfully updated. Luckily for us, there is an open house tomorrow April 9th from 1-3 and its suppose to be a beautiful day!!!!  For more information on this property and the open house contact Elle Dooley Beyer HERE.

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Fashionable Friend Friday

posted on : April 7, 2017 posted by : nicolesteinthal 0 Comment

This week’s Fashionable Friend Friday is Pam and Pat of the Beloved Bath, a company they started with their autistic sons.  The ladies found that the boys enjoyed making the bath mixtures with their moms.  They found themselves calm, centered and happy after a soak.  Each item they made is filled with their spirit, energy and and love.  Their products are heavenly.  I love the pink Hymalayn bath salt, and the bath bombs.  But I am still trying all the products so stay tuned!!  What’s even better is that a proceed of each sale goes to autism education, specifically for vocation training.  How great is that?  Check out the Beloved Bath site HERE.  Bon Weekend!!!!!

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Frank Sinatra’s Fettuccini

posted on : April 6, 2017 posted by : nicolesteinthal 0 Comment

The weather here in the North East is so terrible.  It is hailing, raining and thundering!  I think I just saw lightening!!!!!!  Yikes!!!!  I thought it time for some real comfort food.  I came across this recipe a few weeks ago and tried it.  My family flipped over it…you have to try.   The story goes that Frank was a incredibly accomplished cook.  He favored dishes from Italy and he lived by the mantra that a gentleman should be able to make a good meal for himself and his lady.  Bon Appetit!!!!!

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adapted from Town and Country.com


1 8 oz package of fettuccini
1/4 cup buter
1/2 whipping cream
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs grated Parmesan cheese
salt and black pepper

Cook fettuccini until it is al dente.  Drain pasta.  While pasta is cooking, make sauce by melting butter in a saucepan on low heat.  Remove butter from heat; blend cream and cheese into it.  Return to heat and simmer thoroughly, season with salt and pepper.  Careful not to let the sauce come to a boil.  Add the sauce to the pasta and let stand, covered, for a couple of minutes.  Garnish with parsley.  Serve.  

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BuDhaGirl

posted on : April 5, 2017 posted by : nicolesteinthal 0 Comment

I am so excited to introduce you to a new sponsor….BuDhaGirl…Mindful Glamour.  BuDhaGirl is a lifestyle brand.  A concept that approaches fashion from a Holistic point of view and the result will leave you speechless. All of the items available on the BuDhaGirl site are incredible.  From their bangles to their tassel earrings and everything in between.  If you are looking for stand out meaningful accessories, than this is for you.  The team at BuDhaGirl sent me a set of the gold all weather stackable bangles with the most wonderful serenity prayer.  OMG!! I have not taken them off since.  They are so comfortable, chic and fabulous!!!!!  I highly recommend them for all you fashionistas!!! Check out the entire BuDhaGirl line HERE.

This is a sponsored post but as always all of the thoughts and opinions above are my own!!!