How was your weekend? Back in December, a reader named Molly asked if we could share weekend recaps, which was such a sweet request. Here was our first one, and below is the second (and please share yours in the comments!)…
First off, New York got a foot of snow! The boys, of course, were thrilled.
We ventured over to friends’ house and felt like heroes when we made it down the block.
When we returned, we made an incredibly moist and delicious banana bread with the secret ingredient of sour cream. I added a chopped up sea salt chocolate bar, which made it extra decadent.
Plus, muesli as a snack, courtesy of my dad.
Later, a few cute visitors arrived at our place. “On our walk here, everyone we passed was in the BEST mood,” my friend Alison told us. “We pulled Georgie through the snow in a red sled, and when a bus drove by, the bus driver waved at us. Then a firetruck drove by, and all the firefighters waved at us. We saw cross-country skiers in the street, and we talked to everyone about what snow shovels they were using. It was the friendliest I’d ever seen the city.” I love when a collective event happens in New York because everyone immediately becomes best friends for the day.
Then Toby took a sofa nap and asked me to read next to him. He felt like a puppy at my feet. Plus, I am reading THE BEST BOOK YOU GUYS…
Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser. It comes out on March 3rd, and I can already tell, it’s going to be HUGE. Hochhauser tells the story of Cinderella but from the stepmother’s point of view. Lady Tremaine is smart and thoughtful and hardworking; and since women have so little power and so few options, she’s desperately trying to help her daughters find secure marriages. Their household has been falling apart ever since her second husband died and left them in debt. Meanwhile, Elin (Cinderella) is twee and annoying and constantly quoting from a book about ladies’ comportment. I can’t stop thinking about it; it’s beautifully done and reminds me of Lauren Groff’s Matrix but with more family secrets.
Finally, for dinner, we made chicken fajitas, which were simple but flavorful. We had them with rice, cheddar cheese, and sour cream. Have you made anything good lately? I’d love to hear. And just in case this all seems very rosy, not pictured, as always: sibling bickering, complaints that there’s nothing to dooooooooo, a kitchen leak, and some sadness. Because life is still life, even on a snow day.
Now please tell me: how was your weekend? And if you’re also horrified by what is happening in Minnesota, here are ways to help the brave people there (and this food pantry that makes deliveries), as well as how to help those fighting ICE in Maine. xoxo
P.S. More fun things, and a whole page of books we love.
