shake your booty friday

 
Hello, lovelies! It's the weekend.  Here's a favorite slow groove of mine to kick off cocktail hour.  
 
p.s. my sister Heather and her darling kiddos are in town this weekend, while our husbands have a guys' weekend in Chicago. While they play poker and drink beer, we will be wrangling five, energetic kids. There will be, of course, some rosé drinking on the patio for the mommas.
 
p.p.s. here's what we're eating this weekend:
Friday: bread salad with roasted chicken and spring greens tossed in a citrus vinaigrette
Saturday: grilled Greek chicken cutlets with feta, grape tomatoes and mint/served with cucumbers, hummus and pita. Ice cream cones for dessert.
Sunday: Pizza brutta with the kiddos

Happy eating, -s.

shake your booty friday: the mama session

 

I couldn't resist a little mom-themed music to kick off the weekend. And since I couldn't pick just one, here are some hits that span a few decades. Have a dance-party with your mom.
 
p.s. Happy Mother's Day to my mom — she's the best, most supportive mom anyone could wish for. I love her a lot.
 
p.p.s Happy Birthday to my two beautiful, amazing sisters who were born on mother’s day a few years ago. Love you, girls!
 
p.p.p.s. Chris and I are heading to a favorite restaurant, Forequarter, for dinner tonight. Cannot wait. We’re also heading out to some Madison Craft Beer Week events, if we’re not too tired after dinner. Should be a fun evening.

Happy eating, -s.

gift guide: mother's day

I'm a girl of simple needs — for mother's day all I need is the chance to sleep in past 6 a.m., a pretty card from my boys, time for a long run, lunch of burgers and beers at the Terrace and a glass of Bandol rosé at the end of the day.

For those who wish for less ephemeral gifts, here are some pretty things for that fabulous, lunch-packing, dinner-cooking, (still) sexy, smart-as-a-whip momma in your life. 

As a collector of all things pig-related, No. 1 is to-die-for! And No. 20 is a dream gift, but how glorious is that coop?!

Anthropologie: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Jcrew: 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
Terrain: 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
West Elm: 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
Williams-Sonoma Agrarian: 17 / 18 / 19 / 20

Happy Mother's Day to all you fabulous moms out there! -s.

shake your booty friday

Since it’s Cinco de Mayo on Sunday, here's a sexy little Latin number to listen to with a margarita or Cuba libre in hand.

p.s. Here's what we're eating this weekend:
Friday: Pizza Brutta with the kiddos
Saturday: Cream of broccoli soup with homemade focaccia
Sunday: Braised tomatillo chicken tacos, black beans and rice/margaritas

p.p.s My book club is walking the Walk MS event on Sunday for Team Vega. If you're in Madison on Sunday head to Warner Park at 10 a.m. to help a really important cause.

¡Buen proveco! -s.