First-Ever Friday Fascinations

Hello everyone!! I've been dying to do this for a very long time, and I finally have the time in which to do it. I talked about taking time every Friday to tell you about what I'm currently fascinated with.

So, here I go:

Adidas Sweat Pants: As part of a weekend adventure up to Roy, I borrowed a pair of purple sweats from Mal's younger sister (thank you, Kirsty). Oh my laws, I put off giving them back for almost a month, they are that comfortable!

{Seriously, it feels like a second skin}

Dessert of the Week: Javier's Fried Ice Cream. On the way back from our friend Natalie's wedding reception, we were hungry. The food was great, but tiny, and we hadn't had any sort of dinner. So we stopped here after I admitted I had never been here and they insisted I try the fried ice cream. I've never had fried ice cream before because it usually involves coating the ice cream in corn flakes, which I think are gross. But this was like Ice Cream and a Churro fell in love, Disney style.

{This was the closest photo I could find}

Recipe of the Week: This is hard, because I have so MANY from cooking class, and everything we eat is total bliss. But if I HAD to pick one, it would be sort of a general, all-around love for Middle eastern food from my lab. Lentil, chickpea, black bean and rice soup? YUM!


Book of the Week: The Magic Bullet. It features Sherlock Holmes, although he is not actually the main character, and takes place in WWI St. Paul, Minnesota.

So, naturally, both my Sherlockian AND my history geek sensibilities were screaming "Oooh, SHINY!!"

Shadwell Rafferty, St. Paul's resident bartender/detective--I cast him as old-man Sean Connery in my mind--works with his African-American business partner Thomas--Taye Diggs, no contest--to solve the nearly impossible murder of tycoon Artemus Dodge, even as a radical terrorist runs rampant in St. Paul.

BONUS POINTS: Isabel Diamond, the hard-as-her-last-name reporter for St. Paul's Pioneer Press,  is the bomb. She was one of my favorite things about the book.

{The book cover, with the very dead Mr. Dodge}

Snack of the week: Pink Lady Apples.

Otherwise known as a preview of the fruit that grew on the Tree of Life.

I love them. Perfectly crunchy, lusciously juicy and sweet, and with just the right amount of tart flavor to balance it out.

So naturally when I found them on sale I bought a bunch...you should too!!

Song of the week: "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel, performed by John Barrowman.

No matter how much inspirational I-can-do-anything girl-pop I listen to--and trust me, that is a LOT--sometimes I get a bit rundown and discouraged. 

This song is perfect. I love John Barrowman's voice, and so for me, this song is like crawling into a corner and getting a big hug and the gentle reassurance that I am not alone.

 

Lesson of the Week: Maybe it's not a setback, maybe it's an opportunity for mandatory re-drafting, so think of it that way!

More like lesson of the year.

First an entire half of a chapter of my book, then the first draft of this post...I thought it saved, but not really. 

At first I was really depressed and frustrated, but when I was re-writing the book I realized "Hey, this is SO much better than what I wrote the first time! Maybe this isn't so bad!"

I put off re-drafting that chapter for so long...but when I actually sat down and wrote, it was so much better! And, hey, anything is better than sulking, right?

So, this is Friday Fascinations! I'd really like to know what you think, ESPECIALLY any suggestions you have for "of-the-week" categories YOU'D like to see! 

Also, how was your Friday? What are you fascinated with right now?

Let me know either by e-mail OR in the comments below {I love comments!}