Friday Favorites: Mindless Chatter Edition

Happy Friday, everyone! Are you as excited as I am? I hope so. And I hope you are able to dance and drink at least a little this weekend. 

For starters, I'm not quite done being English, at least for now. 

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My favorite image of the week has me so mesmerized, I think I've looked at it at least 10 times!

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I hope you were all good citizens and watched the SOTU speech on Tuesday.  If not, here's a quick re-cap:

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 It's still bloody cold outside. Thank God for weekend trips and summer drinks, otherwise I'd never survive!

 

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In hopes of somehow tricking myself into thinking the weather is more Spring-like, I am wearing one of my lovely scarves today. I referred to Hermes for guidance.

 I have plans to make this soup  along with a lovely tart for my friend CEW on Sunday (I owe her one after ordering us the budget-busting duck last night and not sharing enough of it with her). Cheers!