How was your weekend? Again in December, a reader named Molly requested if we might share weekend recaps, which was such a candy request. Right here was our first one, and under is the second (and please share your recap within the feedback!)…

First off, New York bought a foot of snow! The boys, in fact, had been thrilled.

We ventured over to buddies’ home and felt like heroes once we made it down the block.

After we returned, we made an extremely moist (I just like the phrase moist) and scrumptious banana bread with the key ingredient of bitter cream. I added a chopped up sea salt chocolate bar, which made it further decadent.

Plus, muesli as a snack, courtesy of my dad.

Later, a number of cute guests arrived at our place. “On our stroll right here, everybody we handed was within the BEST temper,” my buddy Alison informed us. “We pulled Georgie by way of the snow in a pink sled, and when a bus drove by, the bus driver waved at us. Then a firetruck drove by, and all of the firefighters waved at us. We noticed cross-country skiers on the street, and we talked to everybody about what snow shovels they had been utilizing. It was the friendliest I’d ever seen the town.” I like when a collective occasion occurs in New York as a result of everybody instantly turns into greatest buddies.

Then Toby took a settee nap and requested me to learn subsequent to him. He felt like a pet at my toes. Plus, I’m studying THE BEST BOOK YOU GUYS…

Woman Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser. It comes out on March third, and I can already inform, it’s going to be HUGE. Hochhauser tells the story of Cinderella however from the stepmother’s perspective. Woman Tremaine is sensible and considerate and hardworking; and since girls have so little energy and so few choices, she’s desperately making an attempt to assist her daughters discover safe marriages. Their family has been falling aside ever since her second husband died and left them in debt. In the meantime, Elin (Cinderella) is twee and annoying and consistently quoting from a ebook about girls’ comportment. I can’t cease fascinated about it; it’s superbly performed and jogs my memory of Lauren Groff’s Matrix however with extra twists and turns and household secrets and techniques.

Lastly, for dinner, we made rooster fajitas, which had been straightforward however flavorful. We had them with rice, cheddar cheese, and bitter cream. Have you ever made something nice these days? I’d love to listen to.

Now please inform me: how was your weekend? And if you happen to’re additionally horrified by what is going on in Minnesota, listed below are methods to assist the courageous folks there (and this meals pantry that makes deliveries), in addition to find out how to assist these combating ICE in Maine. xoxo

P.S. Extra enjoyable issues, and a complete web page of books we love.