New & Notable Mentions 11/12/22
This week on New & Notable Mentions 11/12/22…
When I saw the photograph of the dining room below, I thought, what a pretty cottage-y fall table.
It evokes a time when people were more apt to put a tablecloth on their table, a sign that they were getting ready for guests.
Worried you won’t have room for all the food as well as the guests you’ve invited? Consider a Thanksgiving buffet station in your home that’s both functional and pretty.
Check out the tour of this Manhatten family’s apartment that’s full of street finds.
Five tips for creating a romantic and elegant table for Thanksgiving. This sweet lacy tablecloth exudes romance.
This DIYer shows you how to make DIY Mod Podge leaves.
The Importance of Time: 8 Reasons Why Time is Important In Our Lives
I ran across this cute tree made out of fall leaves and knew I had to show it to you. Want to know how to make one?
Make a harvest charcuterie board with ingredients from Trader Joe’s.
Would you like to try a vegan stuffing recipe for Thanksgiving this year?
A list of 20 books you should read at least once in your lifetime.
Here is a recipe for easy apple crisp bars that ooze with sweetness and flavor.
How about adding this green chili corn casserole to the Thanksgiving side dish choices this year?
The Break:
In “The Break”, after the traumatic birth of her daughter at a New York City hospital, Rowan O’Sullivan returns home to her apartment with her perfect newborn, Lila.
At her side are her husband, Gabe, and June, a part-time babysitter hired to help Rowan in any way she can.
But in this time of joy, Rowan can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t right. She feels dread. She’s breaking.
Rowan’s growing instability leads her to accuse June of unspeakable things. And when June disappears just days later, Rowan becomes a suspect. The neighbors heard the screaming. But only Rowan knows what really happened. If her mind can be trusted. Since Lila’s birth, her memory has been both unreliable and frightening.
To uncover what happened to June and protect her new baby, Rowan must try to untangle the deep recesses of her mind and face the dark things she’s so desperate to keep buried. When she does, no one is prepared for where the truth leads.
The Vibrant Years:
“Bursting with humor, banter, and cringe-worthy first dates, Sonali Dev’s The Vibrant Years is a joyful and fun read, but it’s also very much a timely tale about a group of underestimated women demanding respect and embracing their most authentic selves.” ―Mindy Kaling
When sixty-five-year-old Bindu Desai inherits a million dollars, she’s astounded―and horrified. The windfall threatens to expose a shameful mistake from her youth. Desperate to keep the secret, Bindu quickly spends it on something unexpected: a condo in a posh retirement community in Florida.
The impulsive decision blindsides Bindu’s daughter-in-law, Aly. At forty-seven, Aly still shares a home with Bindu even after her divorce from Bindu’s son. But maybe this change is just the push Aly needs to fight for the segment she’s been promised for years at the news station where she works.
As Bindu and Aly navigate their new dynamic, Aly’s daughter, Cullie, is faced with losing the business that made her a tech-world star. The only way to save it is to deliver a new idea to her investors―and of course, they want the half-baked dating app she pitched them in a panic.
Problem is, Cullie has never been on a real date. Naturally, enlisting her single mother and grandmother to help her with the research is the answer.
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So many great links to check out! I’m all over that Trader Joe’s Charcuterie board – it looks great!
I rarely use a tablecloth on my table because all it does it attract my cat! (And my other cats, when they were alive.) I have a few pretty vintage ones and sometimes I use them anyway…and then just shake out the cat hair outside every day. 😉 My mom uses tablecloths all the time – but she irons hers!
Those apple bars look so yummy.
I love that tiny apartment in NYC. It’s so unique, charming and fun. Sometimes I wish I were bolder and braver in my decorating choices!
That apple crisp looks so yummy. Happy Weekend.
So much fabulous information, Brenda. Thank you. I read through your post several times.
I am loving these wise quotes.
The apt in New York was just lovely. What a happy environment for her children and so magical. I printed the apple crisp recipe as it looks delicious.
Loved the article about the Manhattan apartment that is furnished with a lot of street finds and freebies from a Facebook group. The tenant Marcelline sure has a talent for combining things together that I wouldn’t think of in a million years! Seeing the tables dressed with table cloths reminded me holiday meals at my paternal grandparents’ home back in the 1950s. We kids didn’t fit at the big table in the dining room that was stretched to the limit with extensions, so we sat around a couple of fold-up card tables, but still boasting table cloths. I have several and every now and then will pull one out to “dress” my small dining table.
I didn’t remember seeing the apartment and went back to search for it. She is so creative and resourceful! Very cheerful and family friendly.
Great collection. The centerpieces are so pretty. I love the white hydrangeas! And the leaf tree – what a great idea.
I look forward to seeing the New and Notable Mentions blog. It just so happens that I had collected a lot of leaves when they started falling, I thought the red and orange ones were so beautiful, I had no idea what I was going to do with them, now I do. Also love the leaf tree.
The vegan stuffing sounds nice, I have printed the recipe just in case I want to make it. Even though I don’t care for Christmas I do make an effort for christmas day supper. I decided to make a proper Christmas cake this year., one with fruit, and ‘drown’ it in sherry or some kind of alcohol to make it nice and moist just like my Mum used to make it.
Hi Brenda – The Mod Podge leaves… such a great idea. One of those where you say to yourself, “now why didn’t I think of that. ” 🙂 Love the John Kabat Zinn quote. The best way to live life. 🙂
And people can just walk outside and pick them up for free!