Happy Friday! I’m super excited that due to the Jewish holidays we have a four day weekend. Shana tova to all my readers who are celebrating the new year! As usual, this week flew by in a flurry of practices, games, scouts, etc. Here are five from this week:
1. Birthday – Last Friday there were lots of birthday texts, calls and Facebook messages! As an adult, a weekday birthday just feels like another day. One of the gifts my husband and kids gave me was a new orchid. I love these flowers and I’m going to try not to kill this one (my record for keeping these flowers alive is I think now 0-4). My husband and I like to celebrate our birthdays by going away for at least one night. It just couldn’t happen this month, so we are hoping we can do do a weekend getaway either next month or at least in November for his birthday.
We were able to celebrate with a delicious dinner at Appetit Bistro in Port Chester. This is a modern French restaurant that we had never been to before. These Wild Mushroom were so good!
2. Eating – MAD Donuts had a donut pop-up at the DogHaus in Mohegan Lake last weekend. I of course had to order some, since I’ve been wanting to try these donuts for some time now. I ordered the French Toast Crueller, Peaches & Cream, Cherry Pie and Strawberry Lemonade.
I also enjoyed this Impossible Haus Burrito from the DogHaus. It’s made with three eggs, Impossible Foods Sausage patty, white American cheese, caramelized onions, tater tots and spicy mayo. It was good, but heavy. I shared it with my husband!
3. Reading – This week I finished reading Just Like the Other Girls by Claire Douglas. I feel like I’ve been reading this forever since I haven’t had much reading time. It wasn’t my favorite suspense book but it did have me guessing until the end.
On another note I met my Goodreads goal of 52 books for the year. I figured one book a week was doable and it was.
4. Cooking – This week’s menu included Cheesy Baked Zucchini Pasta al Pomodoro, Vegan Buddha Bowls with Peanut Sauce, “chikn” sandwiches with tater tots, and pierogies with roasted broccoli.
5. Double Rainbow -Tuesday afternoon we were at the school for a field hockey game. It rained for a short period of time and then a double rainbow appeared! It’s not something I get to see every day!
6. Games – Saturday I went to my son’s away soccer game. This week my daughter had three home field hockey games. My son had two away games, one of which got rained out. He also plays another game tomorrow.
7. Random- Two things I learned last weekend:
It’s going to be getting dark earlier and I am not ready for it!
Phantom of the Opera is closing on Broadway! I saw this on Broadway back in college. It’s a classic and truly an amazing show. I’m not sure I’ll be able to see it again before it closes in February, but we’ll see.
8. New Games – As a fan of Wordle (yes, I’m still playing this) and Heardle, I also just learned about Worldle. I have discovered that I am pretty bad at geography and will likely not keep playing this one. However, I really like Emovi. Actually, I just like these picture type of puzzles, which I’m pretty good at.
Sharing with Friday Favorites! Have a great weekend!
All your food pics look so delicious and they are making me hungry! I loved Phantom of The Opera. I first saw it over twenty years ago and would love to see it again. The double rainbow looks beautiful!
It sounds like you were rightly spoiled for your birthday. I kept an orchid alive for over a year but then it needed repotting and I had no clue what to do! Best of luck to you with yours. I saw Phantom on Broadway in high school and I just LOVED it! So sad to hear it’s closing but boy, did it have a good run.
Happy belated birthday! Those donuts look absolutely to die for!!