I hope you enjoyed your weekend.  I enjoyed a walk around my yard to see my perennials starting to pop through the dirt.  The bleeding hearts amaze me more than anything.  They grow so fast you can almost see them move!   I also love the Chartreuse color of spring leaves which are just starting to appear on the trees in Columbus.    Spring is my favorite season.

It’s time to grab a cup of coffee and enjoy these worthy reads from the web.

Recipe of the Week

I’m always attracted to a recipe that has great photography.  Second to those mouth-watering photos are the words “Make Ahead”.  It’s music to my ears!

This week’s recipe, Ina Garten’s Make-Ahead Coquilles St.-Jacques was found in the New York Times.  You can also read the article Ina Garten’s Dinner Party Trick? Cook in Advance, which is great advice for any hostess.

How to Really Drive Across the U.S. Hitting Major Landmarks

I have always loved looking at maps and globes.  Give me an atlas and I could be entertained for quite a while!  So needless to say, I found this article interesting about Michigan State University doctoral student Randy Olson.  He devised a map for a road trip throughout the US with the following parameters:  

• It would make at least one stop in all 48 states in the contiguous U.S. 
• Each stop would be at a National Natural Landmark, National Historic Site, National Park, or National Monument
• It would be a true road trip, taken by car and not leave U.S. soil.

You can see the 50 sites that were selected at the site, News Discovery.

The Most Iconic Shoe Moments in Film

How many of these 11 famous shoes do you recognize?  Head on over to Harper’s Bazaar for the slide show.

Cooking with Lidia Bastianich – 20 Great Tips

Anne Kim with InStyle Magazine had the pleasure of taking a cooking class with Lidia Bastianich of the famous Eataly. (I am jealous Anne!)

I wrote about the Chicago Eataly that I went to in October and fell in love with it.  I would have enjoyed taking a class from the wonderful Lidia B!  Second best is reading the 20 tips that Anne walked away.  I loved tip number 6!  She also shares a bonus recipe.

Room of the Week

This laundry room by Newport Beach Home Builders Spinnaker Development was so nice that I thought it was worthy of being the room of the week.  I love the windows above the washer and dryer and that fabulous long counter!  Laundry wouldn’t be a chore in this room!