Doughnuts, Pajamas & Wine Spritzers = Perfect

it's a sunday

Sunday seems like a good day for a little of this, and a little of that.  You knowโ€ฆ lingering in pajamas, lot of coffee, hopefully a doughnut, a long walk, and at least two hours on the couch.  I wish that for you.  Especially the doughnut.

Here are a few things on the tip of my tongue these days.

โ€ข  Clementine and Red Wine Spritzers!  Donโ€™t wrinkle your nose.  This is really good news for our summer cocktailing.

โ€ข Last time I donated blood I fainted.  Itโ€™s a long story that mostly involves seeing someone else faint.  Who knew that fainting could be so contagious?  Still though, Iโ€™ve watched enough old episodes of ER to know that little bags of blood are super important to people who need little bags of blood.  Stat!

Donation is a big deal to me.  Fainting or not.  Three years ago I joined Be The Match, the bone marrow donation registry.  Itโ€™s a painless and free sign-up situation that only involves a mouth swab.  (I just said mouth swab on my blog!).  Should I ever be called to donate my bone marrow, Iโ€™d only ask that no one faint in my vicinity.  Iโ€™d be a goner.

โ€ข Dine x Design is my favorite new site on the Internet.  Itโ€™s the intersection of pretty pretty food and mega inspired design. This Spring Creme de Violette Cocktail makes my brain sparkle.  Iโ€™ll surely be making this soon.

โ€ข This weekend I made a double batch of pizza crust and now I have unbaked frozen pizzas in my freezer.  Itโ€™s my small attempt at Shutterbeanโ€™s meal prep.

โ€ข Thereโ€™s a new app on the scene! Of course there is. Meet: Steller.  Steller is like Instagram for storytellers.  Instead of sharing a single picture, you can create a book of photos to flip through, combining photos, videos, and text.  Thereโ€™s a major amount of customization.  The designs feel clean, simple, and super intuitive.  Itโ€™s like making your very own Kinfolk magazineโ€ฆ on your phone, for the Internet.  Does that makes sense?  Hereโ€™s a more helpful review.

โ€ข I finally read this essay from the late David Foster Wallace: Consider the Lobster.  Itโ€™s what happens when  a brilliant thinker visits Maineโ€™s largest lobster festival.  Originally published in Gourmet Magazine, August 2004.  I think Iโ€™m tempering myself to read Infinite Jest.  Itโ€™s working.

โ€ข How awesome is it to wear a dainty finger ring on your finger? Also, I love Sweetheart Society.

โ€ข I bought this Nixon Watch with gold and molasses tones.  It was a treat-yo-self moment.

โ€ข  Iโ€™m hosting my first party in New Orleans next weekend!  Scream it with me nowโ€ฆ. DERBY PARTY!  In preparation, Iโ€™ve found an ice crusher and Iโ€™m working on the perfect Mint Julep.  Iโ€™m working on a vinegar-y potato salad with lots of olives and parsley.  Thereโ€™s got to be a Derby Pie inspired cupcake.  And Iโ€™m ordering fried chicken from a place called Chicken Sueโ€™sโ€ฆ which sounds absolutely perfect.  Derby Party recipes coming next week!

Enjoy your Sunday!

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  1. Joy you are a dream girl. Consider The Lobster โ€“ ! I see Infinite Jest at the used bookstore by my house often and I *think* about giving it a whirl! Loving your blog as always! xo

  2. Holy guacamole, that is so rad that youโ€™re part of Be the Match! Equally as rad is that you shared the fact with your gigundo blog audience. Iโ€™m a volunteer courier with the registryโ€”itโ€™s a cause that is oh-so-near and dear to my heart. Thank you thank you thank you for being part of it.

  3. I love Infinite Jest so much, but I highly recommend reading some of DFWโ€™s other prose first โ€” A Supposedly Fun Thing Iโ€™ll Never Do Again comes to mind. Also? Infinite Jest is waaaaay better as an e-book than an analogue book because endnotes are the worst.

  4. I love chicken sueโ€™s in Lakeviewโ€ฆItโ€™s always filled with Cโ€™opโ€™s and construction workers..which in NOLA means itโ€™s a Chowhounds paradise..enjoy!

  5. If youโ€™re looking to work up to Infinite Jest, you might try DFWโ€™s essay collections, if you havenโ€™t already.

  6. Thank you for your mention of Be The Match! I recently joined as well after finding out that my Dad needed a marrow transplant (he had a successful one 82 days ago!). Iโ€™m also trying to spread the word, but its so nice to see someone with a louder voice than me taking the time to do so!

    Oh, and I also enjoy your recipes of course :)

  7. Iโ€™m a big supporter of donating too; you go girl! Also, I cannot wait to see the beautiful recipes you come up with for your Derby Party!

    xoxo
    Taylor

  8. Iโ€™ve been a long time lurker around these parts, but I had to come out of the shadows to implore you to read Infinite Jest. Itโ€™s the first thing I ever read by Wallace and it completely ruined me for fiction for approximately a year. So, be prepared to be completely unsatisfied by other writers for a while after finishing it!

  9. I didnโ€™t have a doughnut, but I did make puffed pancakes with strawberries and bacon. Looking forward to the recipes for your Derby Party! Now itโ€™s time for a nap!

  10. yes! read Infinite Jest! This might sound like a strange book to group it with, but besides the Bible, itโ€™s the only book that is a part of my thoughts on a regular basis. Totally worth the undertaking.

  11. Joy, as a born and bred Kentuckian, I am thrilled that youโ€™ll be having a Derby Party! Also, how legit is it that you just call it a โ€œDerby Partyโ€ w/out the โ€œKentucky.โ€ Thatโ€™s some serious Kentucky speak. Anyway, you should definitely consider serving some Benedictine Spread at your party. Itโ€™s easy, delicious, and the official recipe involves just a touch of green food coloring. Serve it with some fritos out of the bag (seriously!).

    Hereโ€™s the historical recipe: https://archive.courier-journal.com/article/99999999/DERBYFUN/90422022/Benedictine-spread

    Yay Derby!

  12. Joy!!!! Such a fun and educational postโ€“Iโ€™m going to check out steller AND see if I can dip my toes into DFWallace with you and the lobsters. I love that you take reading (and writing) seriously. So fun to have you back with us here on the blog. It felt like things were rough there for a bit. Have a good Sunday over there yourself!

  13. I am planning for my birthday party of my office mateโ€™s daughter. What do you expect? Yeah she wanted a Frozen Birthday Party so I found you blog and very thankful for these wonderful frozen birthday party ideas. If I have found this before my birthday last January, I myself would have wanted one for myself. Lol ? Anyway, please allow me to include this in my Pinterest album please? Thanks and good day ahead!
    https://www.pinterest.com/adreales/frozen-party-ideas/

  14. Coming from someone who has 11 years in remission from Acute Myoloid Leukemia, Thank you for being a donor. If it werenโ€™t for Gallons of blood and platelets that people like you donated I would not be here. I was fortunate to have two siblings who were complete matches for a transplant, but there are so very many who donโ€™t have and depend on you and others like you who are willing to give life to a stranger. Thank You!

  15. Your Sunday is an inspiration to me, Joy!! I am getting myself into my kitchen to make your chocolate cookies and cream puddingโ€ฆand then spend two hours of couch time/ tv watching?! When I get the green light to drink again, those clementine/ red wine spritzers are first on my listโ€ฆ.holy, whoa!

  16. Iโ€™m enjoying my Sunday so far because I just made and ate your Dutch baby recipe! SO YUM!

  17. I learned what a โ€œshelf-ieโ€ (autocorrect wonโ€™t let me spell it without the hyphen) was yesterday, so I smiled when I opened this and saw you combined a selfie with a shelf-ie! Happy day!

  18. Finishing Infinite Jest has always felt like my greatest accomplishment โ€“ it took me 6 months (not including the month off I took after finishing the first 100 pages) and has remained my favorite book since. I recommend 2 bookmarks :)

    Happy Sunday!!

  19. Infinite Jest is amazing but itโ€™s TOUGH. There will be like several hundred pages where you hate your life and donโ€™t know why your doing it. If you can, try to find a friend to read it with youโ€“thatโ€™s the only way I got through it! And it is so worth it in the end. Iโ€™m even considering a reread one of these days.

  20. Joy, Iโ€™m always impressed by the range of essays, memoirs, and books you explore. It makes my poet heart sing!

    1. Oh! And I was amazed by the fact that lobster was fed to prisoners (but only twice a weekโ€“otherwise, it was considered torture)!

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