It is Friday! I thought the weeks would go more slowly whilst I was off, but nope, they just nip along like always!!
To get you in the mood for happy hour at Dani's, which she gamely hosts each week, not yet turning off the porch light, I thought I would share a few more pictures of last weekend's "do":
Yup - those are indeed pigs in blankets! Big hit of the evening!
Yup that is people between the age of 35 and 65 dancing. I think we were in the "strut your stuff" portion of that dance and Barry was just heading into the center...
You don't see this kind of leisure suit in my kitchen every Saturday night...
Our close friends, dressed like Bianca Jagger and "escort".
My friend painted old workboots silver! I loved them and am now thinking I want silver workboots!!!
The point in the evening when everyone is around the table eating, eating, eating. Oh yes, and drinking champagne...
I leave you with the image of my husband dancing to the front door to answer it. You will either wish you were coming through the door to see that or relieved that you were not!!
As I said, a good and silly time was had by all..
Two things that I saw and liked online this week (besides all of your wonderful blog posts or comments, depending!):
1) The Painted Carousel Shell over at Anthropologie: I can thank Miss M over at Shopping with M for putting that idea in my mind - I always love what she loves...
There is something just so whimsical, and well, so Spring-ish, about this silk shell! I just love it...It is in my cart, but nothing more till next month for me... What do you think of it?
2) a blouse whose name I do not yet know, of a yet-to-be-determined-material, which will likely look like a hot mess on me in real life:
This had a sweet Spring vibe as well. I think this is the Spring of Sweetness. Lucky for you, I bring the sour with me!
I also saw that J Crew has released some spring loafers, which look a LOT like the Gap's loafers of last fall (Oh FFM - could I finally have found one for your blog???):
To get you in the mood for happy hour at Dani's, which she gamely hosts each week, not yet turning off the porch light, I thought I would share a few more pictures of last weekend's "do":
Yup - those are indeed pigs in blankets! Big hit of the evening!
Yup that is people between the age of 35 and 65 dancing. I think we were in the "strut your stuff" portion of that dance and Barry was just heading into the center...
You don't see this kind of leisure suit in my kitchen every Saturday night...
Our close friends, dressed like Bianca Jagger and "escort".
My friend painted old workboots silver! I loved them and am now thinking I want silver workboots!!!
The point in the evening when everyone is around the table eating, eating, eating. Oh yes, and drinking champagne...
I leave you with the image of my husband dancing to the front door to answer it. You will either wish you were coming through the door to see that or relieved that you were not!!
As I said, a good and silly time was had by all..
Two things that I saw and liked online this week (besides all of your wonderful blog posts or comments, depending!):
1) The Painted Carousel Shell over at Anthropologie: I can thank Miss M over at Shopping with M for putting that idea in my mind - I always love what she loves...
There is something just so whimsical, and well, so Spring-ish, about this silk shell! I just love it...It is in my cart, but nothing more till next month for me... What do you think of it?
2) a blouse whose name I do not yet know, of a yet-to-be-determined-material, which will likely look like a hot mess on me in real life:
This had a sweet Spring vibe as well. I think this is the Spring of Sweetness. Lucky for you, I bring the sour with me!
I also saw that J Crew has released some spring loafers, which look a LOT like the Gap's loafers of last fall (Oh FFM - could I finally have found one for your blog???):
I confess to liking the striped ones, but I think I will stick with my espadrilles...
What is up this weekend? Barry and I are making an Indian feast for a couple that we have not seen for a couple of months. It should be really fun and really yummy. We don't make Indian food from scratch very often, but when we do it is amazing!
It is hitting -24 here all weekend. Good Lord! Stay warm AND safe out there!!
Oh I love curries but I've never made one, it's really all about the korma sauce for me, I could happily have two bowlfuls of that and nothing else.
ReplyDeleteI like the print on the carousel top but I think it's very young, it would be wonderful on a party dress for a little girl or as a summer dress for a teenager but then agin I tend not to get anthro, it's too crafty for me.
I love all of the loafers.
I would make you a korma sauce in a heartbeat. We even make our own garam masalas!
DeleteI hear you on the carousel piece - I can't decide myself if it is too young for me. Probably I would be just as happy to have it on a pillow!
I wonder if the loafers will be comfortable? I don't have any JC loafers. The Aldo ones I bought last summer are not really comfortable at all. I did look at the snow leopard ones on sale but really, do not want to buy any more winter clothes as I really do not need them this year unless something I have dearly loved pops back (which should be easy as it is only 1 item and i am not pursuing it that hard!)
Oh my, I was just talking to my friend Jules about that carousel top yesterday! She's been having an anthro thing lately. I like the top because it reminds me of the carousels in Paris, which my little girl loves of course!
ReplyDeleteClearly we are on the same wavelength completely because I also noticed and liked that pretty blouse.
I'd love to have some good Indian food. We have a restaurant here but it always makes me really sick. I think I need the home-cooked stuff!
So are you bringing pigs-in-blanket to Miller Time? I hate to be fussy but could you use vegan hot dogs? ;)
I will bring vegan pigs in the blanket AND hickory sticks!
DeleteI thought of Paris immediately when I saw this blouse!
Am cleaning this morning. We gave up our cleaning ladies for now, as it made more sense with me and Mr. WMM home. Am kind of looking forward to it actually - they do well, but I am more persnickety!
Dani, the next time hubs makes whatever the equivalent of curry's "mother" sauces are, he's going to double the batches so can bring you some. If you have the sauce and masalas, like WMM also makes, it is really easy to roast or sautee your own veggies and meats and have "instant" curry dinner with basmati and some PC naan bread. I like the paneer making best. It's a bit fiddly to get the curds at first, but I imagine one day I'll be a cheesemaker.
DeleteAnd Barry has a tomato chutney that will make you weep!
DeletePUKKAH! WMM, if you lived a few hours closer we'd be round with homemade saag paneer, a vindaloo and maybe a biryani. (The hubs includes building his own tandoor for naan in list of things that would be cool in the country.) Meantime, I am bringing gougeres for Miller Time as I would love to make some today, but they are not on the clean and green moderate eating plan (lashings of eggs, cheese and butter). Please tell Bianca she's gorgeous. And as for silver work boots I can pick you up a pair from the Dr. Maartens store right around the corner from me. They are actually in the window.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that will be a next summer project for Barry - his own tandoor! I will tell my friend she is gorgeous!
Delete-24!!! And here I was complaining about it being 10 this morning. I shall think of you before I complain next time! Love the pics, esp. the one of your hubby dancing. You seem like a couple who knows how to have fun and not take yourselves too seriously - love that!
ReplyDeleteHi! We could take ourselves more seriously, but I guess because we have/had such serious jobs, when we are with our close friends we like to be anything but serious!
DeleteI spotted that lovely JC blouse with dancing flowers. I did a live chat a week ago. The chatter said there was no info on said blouse and would it be okay if she emailed me with the details.
ReplyDeleteI am waiting for details. Why does any retailer feature an item that cannot be procured?
Yippee - I am with you! They do it all the time! It is so frustrating!!!
DeletePigs in a blanket are one of those things that nobody admits they love, but they always go fast at a party. :) Your party looked like such a lot of fun, and I loved those silver workboots as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the love camp of course with that carousel blouse. It made me think of springtime in Paris as well. I love a whimsical blouse as you well know. I can't bear to pay full price for it, so it's sitting in my cart as well. I haven't seen it in stores at all, so we'll see if I can hold off until next month to try it out.
I keep wanting to love loafers, and then I try them on and feel too frumpy in them. The stripes and the pink do make me think I could change my mind, but likely not.
Have a lovely rest of the weekend!
Thanks! I sort of feel like you about the loafers! the problem with living around here that:
Deletea) it is winter
b) it is summer
c) sometimes it is fall but you can only count on a couple of good days!
Oh sure - we get spring, but it doesn't last more than a week or two! And then it is too hot for jeans! Quite frustrating!! So loafers can be nice but if they are to mostly wear around the house, then I should just stick with what I have! I am holding out on carousel blouse until I see a real life version. Too skittish, I guess!
Looks like you threw a fun bash! I like that carousel print but I can't pull it off in a blouse (like your idea of the print on a pillow). That J. Crew blouse caught my eye too. So did the silver mesh Superga sneakers I saw in a Nordstroms catalog, although I don't think that silver mesh would be a good look for my feet but they were super cute shoes. Or I could just buy some spray paint...
ReplyDeleteStay warm!
Hi Cate! I am always a little afraid of a lot of silver, but I love silver, so this could be the year!! I think this could be the year I learn to paint shoes!
DeleteI have a weakness for prints, and am in love with that carousel blouse and red skirt! As Dani said, it does look like Paris.
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday!
HI Merry Wife! It makes me want to grab a plan and head over to Paris for the weekend!
DeleteHi WMM, I'm looking forward to hearing more about your home made curries. I wish Get Fresh had a blog, so she could post her 'mother' curry sauces too! Our home made curries are not terribly authentic.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely weekend!
I bet Dani and I could convince her to share the recipe and then would be happy to put it up!
DeleteKEEP CALM & CURRY ON! Ladies I have to credit my Brit-nadian hubs, watching Madhur Jaffrey (the Julia of Indian cooking) and another Canadian, author Naomi Duguid, as well as Vancouver's Vij restaurant for getting me into Indian cooking. WMM, what was source of your inspiration?
DeletePatricia, if you are in Ontario, I have seen Duguid's book with her husband (surname Alford), "Mangoes & Curry Leaves", in libraries. IMO it's a bit overwhelming as a cookbook, but beautiful inspiration and understanding about the style and flavour profile of Indian cuisine.
We will be making curry on Sunday, likely including a Goan style one, so I will take careful measurements/ photos and see if WMM a/o DBP will indulge me.
We started cooking Indian food about 20 years ago. A little convenience store opened down the road and was owned by some immigrants who stocked all the spices and good. We just went from there! I think I was Indian in a past life, as there are more chicken/Lamb/veggie dishes than fish ones in my experience! I will take some pictures tomorrow night! Now I need to find that cookbook. We have several, but not that one!
DeleteWMM, it's a wonderful armchair travel and cooking book, highly recommend for your sabbatical. For actual cooking, other than Madhur, "50 Great Curries of India" by Camellia Panjabi is a good one. My other fave is Fresh Flavours of India by Das Sreedharan with photos by David Loftus of Jamie O. fame. Take a peek inside here: http://www.amazon.ca/Fresh-Flavours-India-Sivadas-Sreedharan/dp/1840912871/ref=tmm_pap_title_0#_
DeleteLast time we were in London, we searched out his newest restaurant for lunch and luck would have it he came out to serve our condiments on his way to the market. Wish I had brought the book to sign.
That is so cool! One of my favourite restaurants in NYC is Utsav, an indian resturant not far from Time Square. Lovely decor, top-knotch service and the lamb I had there made me weep!
DeleteHah, I know the hubs has been there on a biz visit with a good friend of ours (he raved and is an Indian know-it.) Are you going back in March? "Problem" is NYC has so many brilliant choices.
DeleteI think we will hit again for one of our meals - don't usually do that, but my goodness it was good!
DeleteHi GT, I *have* seen the Mangoes and Curry Leaves book, got it out of the library several years ago. It was a beautiful read. We also have an old BBC book by Madhur Jaffrey, she is very good indeed. Did you know that she is also an actress? She was in the romantic comedy 'Prime' with Meryl Streep. And her first husband was in Coronation Street years ago! Anyhoo, it would be fantastic if you could pass on your recipes to Dani or Wendy, for a guest post! Have a great weekend!
DeleteYour party looks like such fun, you will remember it always. Where does one get a leisure suit like that anyway, was it still in his closet from the original era?
ReplyDeleteNow I am in love with that carousel shell and must order it. I'm not much for prints but this one looks whimsical yet elegant and it is not a floral so I'm going to give it a try.
excellent! PLS review if you get it!
DeleteHe went to Value Village! APparently, there was a LOT of polyester at Value Village!!!
The shell is now ordered. I'm a bit concerned about the deep armholes and needing a size large enough to pull over my head/bust so we'll see how it works out. I'll definitely let you know.
DeleteTotally LOL-ing at the leisure suit!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your curry and your weekend!
thanks LR - My dad had a suit like that in the 70s! Can you imagine!
DeleteLove that piccy of your husband and your comment made me laugh out loud, you guys know how to have a good time, good on you. You know you're going to have a good night when a bloke paints his work boots silver! That top is lovely, the pattern is something you won't tire of, its pretty whimsical but not over the top
ReplyDeleteYou are so right!! I really am seriously considering that blouse! WIll give it the 2 week rule - if I still love it in 2 weeks, will consider!
DeleteHi WMM! I hope I'm not too late tonight! Are there any pigs in the blanket left? My mom used to make them quite frequently when I was young. Ah, childhood memories...
ReplyDeleteI have such a hard time imagining it being so cold for you! It has been in the 80's here all week except for yesterday and today when it cooled down to the 60's. I would prefer it to be colder for longer, but unfortunately it appears as if we are going to have a warm winter this year.
Your Indian feast sounds delicious! I look forward to pics and recipes, please. ;)
Love your 'Familiar Find' of the loafers! I'll include them in next Tuesday's post. :)
Btw, thanks for sharing the additional pics of your party. It looks like everyone had such a great time, and the costumes were fantastic, too! Gotta love those silver work boots!
DeleteHey FFM! I save some just for you, though had to wrestle Dani for them...
DeleteI can't imagine it being warm again, so there you go! It is fun to make your friends dress up now and then - they grumble, but always come through!
-24! Tell me it's a typo!
ReplyDeleteI am going through a black phase and the springs colors don't appeal to me at all, except for white (to pair with black). I received the Lookbook email and there wasn't a single thing I would have ordered, except for the tuxedo pants but they have a May shipping date and who wants to wait that long.
Looks like such a lovely party, I would have had fun.
I don't do indian food, the last time that I had indian food was probably ten years ago!