Fab Friday Returns

Oh Fab Fri­day – how I’ve missed thee! There’s some­thing about a lit­tle vir­tual eye candy that makes a gal happy. I’m lov­ing the fact that the fall shoes are start­ing to come out. Now, before you remind me “Aly – it’s just the begin­ning of sum­mer – don’t bring up fall!”, I have to say that buy­ing fall clothes/shoes are some­thing that I look for­ward to EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR! Well, I fig­ure I got 8 weeks of shoe lust to get out of my sys­tem as I pick out THE per­fect stilet­tos to rock this fall. Don’t worry – I’m sure that many can be worn year round and I promise no boots til at least the begin­ning of August – fair?

OK – so, now that we got that agree­ment in place – here’s a few covet-worthy items for you to enjoy!

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1. These gor­geous Chris­t­ian Louboutin’s Laval­liere Bow Pumps just chan­nel that “Mad Men” vibe while flash­ing that red sole. LOVE!

2. I have seen this COOK” cut­ting board by Joseph Joseph a few times and every time I see it, I’m tempted to get it for my kitchen. There’s some­thing about it that reminds me of the Philadel­phia LOVE sign. I even saw it last week in New York but the price dis­suaded me from pur­chas­ing it (plus car­ry­ing glass home on train – never fun!). How­ever, when I got the email that Cam­bria Cove was clos­ing, after wip­ing away my tears, I was thrilled to see this avail­able for sale at such a great price. I even picked up the Sex & The City Cup­cake apron I was obsessed with as well as some fabu ear­rings. I love a great sale but will miss Cam­bria Cove and their gor­geous products.

3. I was SO dis­ap­pointed in the Meyer Lemon crops this year. Talk about a short sea­son – I still always look at Whole Pay­chex to see if, per­haps, they might have a stray, non-moldy (!) Meyer Lemon but so far no go. How­ever, Williams-Sonoma is going to help me brighten up my dishes all year long. They have added not only a Meyer Lemon Brais­ing base to their food prod­ucts but also Dried Meyer Lemon Peel which will go per­fectly when I start using my new Emile Henry Tagine. Note to self: get Meyer Lemon Trees for the apart­ment and tell the Sous Pug that the trees are for cook­ing, NOT for him!

4. Every week, it never fails – I pur­chase a loaf of sour­dough bread and vow “One Day I’ll Learn To Make It Myself!” Then I remem­ber that when it comes to bak­ing in stilet­tos, well, I’m def­i­nitely in the begin­ning stages of bread. How­ever, some­how I think that this Sour­dough Starter & Crock from King Arthur Flour will help me get over my fears and, per­haps, I won’t be as ter­ri­fied to attempt it myself (and, in turn, tak­ing that $4 and putting that in the Stiletto Fund, right?).  Plus – when you bake (and cook) with qual­ity ingre­di­ents – it can only help.

5. I was in New York last week for an event and decided to take some time that after­noon to visit the Chelsea Mar­ket. While I was there, I always tend to buy a cook­book and I have been obsessed with learn­ing to cook Mex­i­can food lately. Now, we already dis­cussed my irra­tional fear of Bak­ing In Stilet­tos, but I think that My Sweet Mex­ico: Recipes for Authen­tic Pas­tries, Breads, Can­dies, Bev­er­ages, and Frozen Treats Fab Friday Returns, will help me get over that. The book is beau­ti­fully pho­tographed and I read it like a novel the whole train ride home. I am look­ing for­ward to giv­ing this book a whirl over the next few months and post­ing about my bak­ing experiments!

What are you obsessed with this week?

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Bargain Alert: Furi Knives On The Cheap…

While I’m a Global gal when it comes to my choice of cut­lery, I do have a duty to you, my dear read­ers, to report a bar­gain when I see it. Tues­day Morn­ing is hav­ing a sale TUESDAY MORNING (ha! I know – lame joke Lys) where they are sell­ing Rachael Ray’s Furi Knives on the cheap. Seri­ously – see the ad below. If you have not been exposed to the beauty that IS Tues­day Morn­ing stores, let me tell you all about it.

Tues­day Morn­ing is where I got my sec­ond Le Creuset pan – seri­ously cheap. Tues­day Morn­ing is where I got a num­ber of Nigella items that I use and adore. Tues­day Morn­ing has some amaz­ing kitchen deals that you won’t see any­where else with brands such as Emile Henry, Cuisi­nart, Jenn-Air, Kitchen Aid, etc. So, even if you don’t like Furi or you just are look­ing for a bar­gain, stop in and browse.

You’ll thank me in the morning.

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Williams Sonoma Update…

WS ScarfPrintTablecloth Williams Sonoma Update...Remem­ber that table­cloth I fell hard for – the scarf print table­cloth in blue?

Well, I ran into it today at Williams-Sonoma and its mine, all mine. I also took home the match­ing nap­kins too. And it was all on sale.

I am a very happy girl, indeed.

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Patience Isn’t Always My Forte…

While wan­der­ing through Costco last night (after a hel­la­cious week), I was greeted by THE Cook­book – The Sur La Table Cook­book that I whined to y’all about hav­ing to get.

And I couldn’t resist. I had to get it after flip­ping through it (and it was cheaper than the full price) I think some of my other cook­books are about to be retired. This one is a-m-a-z-i-n-g for the begin­ning and inter­me­di­ate chef.

What’s a gal to do? I don’t, nec­es­sar­ily, have the patience to wait by the mail­box. I’ll just put that $24.95 towards some­thing else fab­u­lous for my kitchen…

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