Little Weekend Links 60

Last weekend, I was with my mom in Boston, walking through the wintery cold, covered head to toe in snow like abominable snowwomen. It was a fully packed weekend of exploring, of eating delicious food (Spanish tapas at Barcelona, dim sum at Myers+Chang, soup and sourdough toast at Coda, meatballs and kale salad at the Oak Long Bar & Kitchen and pastries every morning from Flour and the South End Buttery), a bit of shopping (blog post on a cool flower shop we discovered coming soon) and a night at the cinema.

I came back with sore throat and uber-long to do list, so it was back in the swing of things all week, working on a new project for my Etsy shop and thinking about some plans for our first trip to Africa in August – exciting! This weekend is up in the air, open to spontaneity or just curling up with a good book and plenty of tea and catching up with all of your blogs I’ve missed on feedly over the last week.

What are you up to this weekend?

Photo: Snow in Boston last weekend

Here are some links for you:

• An inspiring interview on starting your own business over at Breadhive!
• Blogger MessyNessyChic shares some excellent photos of abandoned greenhouses and USB sticks hidden in walls around the world.
• 5 recipes to try: Spanakopita; Cranberry Glazed Meatballs; Baked Lemon Chicken; Pear and Chocolate Brioche Bread Pudding; and Apple and Rosemary Buttermilk Quickbread.
• Have you ever showered by candlelight? Sounds like a good idea to me! Also, plants in the bathroom – yes please.
• When’s the last time you ate a banana?
• 5 things on my wish list: This cute duffel coat; this pretty blue dress; the Deliciously Ella cookbook; everything from L’Occitane’s lavender collection; and some new luxe mini business cards from Moo.
• Here are a few scientifically-proven ways to reduce stress.
• 5 fun pieces of street art: TWOONE in Bunbury, Australia; Seth Globetrotter in Shanghai, China; Shaka in Evry, France; Stinkfish in Panama City; and Invader in Tanzania.
• Some beautiful photography of children and animals by Russian Elena Shumilova. Also, local shop owners in context by Vladimir Antaki. And Buzzfeed has compiled a series of incredible photos of people from around the world.
• And I’ll leave you with a video of quiet Paris mid-Winter:

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Enjoy your weekend!

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