Salt and Peppa

My friend came over tonight and brought me my dogs – as salt and peppers shakers…..way too cute!! I love how the black dog is being annoyingly cute.

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Hello Privet House!

I recently stopped into Target and saw their collaboration with the Privet House store. I loved a lot of their items and think they are great for affordable rustic decorating.

I love their galvanized lanterns. I just got a lantern for my birthday, but if I didn’t I would have picked up this one.

Cute Pillows

Affordable servingware – I have pieces like this from PB and the wire basket from C&B

And cute frames and chalkboards

The Queen of the Click is not in anyway associated with Target.  I’m just a customer who likes their new stuff.

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Lonestar and the Food Cart Fight

Lonestar and the Food Cart Fight

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Hom – Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

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RIP Donna Summer

 She Works Hard for the Money by: Donna Summer

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21 Google Tricks

Everyone loves Google Tricks!  Here’s 21 I’ve collected:

1.  At google.com type:  do a barrel roll and watch the screen as you type it

2. At google type: google gravity  (choose first link)

3. At google type: tilt  and then search.  This also works for the word askew and search

4. At google type:  google sphere – choose the first link.  Then do  a search for troll face.

5. Type: google underwater (choose the 4^th or 5^th link down with the Chinese symbols). After it loads, try doing a search for hotdog or the troll face….if you keep tapping ‘enter’ more and more items will enter the water.

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A Birthday Gift with Another Purpose

A friend gave me this ring sculpture. I absolutely love it. Several months ago, while we walked through Crate and Barrel, I admired it. I loved that it is made of metal and is so simple. My friend remembered how much I liked it and bought it for my birthday.  I placed it on the sofa table and admired it.

When I came home from school today, Lee had the ring on the floor and was calling the dog with treats to jump through the ring.

So much for my elegant ring sitting on the sofa table!

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A Great Weekend

Mother’s Day was fantastic. We were going to go to brunch, but gave our reservations away to friends who really needed a day out. We had family over and the men cooked. Lee made meatballs stuffed with fresh mozzarella and pasta. OMG so good. It was a beautiful day and fun to celebrate with family.

The day before I celebrated my birthday. It was a really great day. Friends hung out here in the afternoon and Lee and I went to a great restaurant in the city – One If By Land, Two If By Sea. I didn’t cook all weekend!

I look forward to more beautiful and relaxing weekends!

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Having All You Need

I just celebrated another birthday.  The week before my birthday, Lee kept asking me what I wanted for a present. I told him I would think about it. And although I thought about it, there just wasn’t anything I needed or wanted.

I have everything.

I saw on the deck on Saturday morning and I thought to myself…..this is what it feels like to have everything you want. Birds sang and the sun beamed on my face. I wanted to hold on to this moment. There’s been so many times in my life when I needed things and people too. But for now I have everything.

Later that day, I told Lee about my recent realization……he laughed and said, “you’ve always had everything…..you just realized it now!”

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Half Lifetime Friendships

I have a wonderful friend I met in college who sent me a package today. I didn’t open the package because the note that came with the package said not to open it until a certain date. Regardless of the contents, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your friendship.

You often joke about Karen having ‘the title’ of my best friend or as you refer to her ‘bestie.’     Friendships that have lasted half a lifetime are definitely worth a couple of quarters. So I bestow on you a new title HLF – my friend for half a lifetime. It’s not as cute as bestie, but it’s better than nothing, right?  :)

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Ditto Oprah

Oprah tweeted today:

Today’s challenge is to thank someone who taught you something.

A few minutes later Oprah tweeted: 

I would like to thank the ppl who’ve brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers.

And then Oprah tweeted:

The greatest learning for me usually happens in times of distress, pain, suffering.

Yup. Ditto.

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Brunch in Bay Ridge

New Year’s Day – January 1, 2019 – see here

New Year’s Day – January 1, 2019 – see here

New Year’s Day – January 1, 2019 – see here

New Year’s Day – January 1, 2019 – see here

New Year’s Day – January 1, 2019 – see here

New Year’s Day – January 1, 2019 – see here

New Year’s Day – January 1, 2019 – see here

New Year’s Day – January 1, 2019 – see here

Mother’s Day 2016 Brunch Spots – see here  

Everyone loves brunch in Bay Ridge. The best restaurants for brunch in Bay Ridge are:    (Updated June 2016)

• Blue Agave 7215 – 3rd Avenue – Have brunch on the patio – it was so good and fun!  Menu   See their Facebook page

• We just tried the brunch at Fushimi which includes a great drink, appetizer (I had the tuna, but the shrimp salad was great and crab was good but it had a thick batter on it)  and entree for $18.  I went with a group of friends and everyone tried different things which looked amazing and tasted good too.
• Brooklyn Beet – Saturday or Sunday – delicious and great service…..not cheap….bloody mary needs work
• Cebu – 88th and 3rd – Casual – have brunch everyday – great french toast….okay pancakes
• Longbow – 73rd and 3rd – casual bar – full English breakfast – plenty of food. Good bloody mary.
• Lockyard – 92nd and 5th Avenue – Super casual – not for a fancy occasion. Their bloody mary is awesome. Not your typical brunch food, but so good.  Good service & nice vibe.  A lot of parents with kids come.
• Greenhouse Cafe    Good for occasions (2 seatings – 11am or 12pm)  77th and 3rd Ave  $26 a person bottomless drinks
• Hom – 88th and 3rd Avenue  OMG delicious food – pancakes are amazing. Make a reservation as this place fills up – very trendy

Summer 2018 menu:

• Kettle Black – pay $10 extra for unlimited drinks for an hour
• Skinflints – 79th and 5th Avenue – eggs benedict.
• Casa Pepe – Bunch from 12-4 and then dinner from 4 on

Shirt is from Etsy

Bottomless Brunch

Outside of Bay Ridge brunch spots in Brooklyn:

Scottadito Osteria Toscana   788A Union Street – unlimited mimosas included with meal $20 (make reservation – it’s the best deal around and everyone goes here)

Soigné in park slope (12th Street – 6th Avenue) has an amazing brunch if you don’t mind the ride.

The Spot 417 Prospect Place – Prospect Heights has a great brunch as well! Stone Park Cafe – 324 – 5th Avenue – oh soooo good!  see menu

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