Friday Favorites #172: Week of 3/24

 

• blueberry salad

Scott’s been on a major dessert kick lately, specifically on mini desserts. We don’t get to cook much together, but I’ve been coming home to random homemade treats throughout the last few weeks, and I’m not mad about it. During a recent blizzard, he made mini pineapple upside down cakes which that tasted incredible. This week he made his step-mom’s popular blueberry salad.

I actually shared the recipe a few years ago here on the blog! It’s a great option to bring to get togethers, and I loved making it with Kay during the first Thanksgiving we hosted back in Detroit. I included a few suggestions to cut back on the sweetness in the recipe if you’re watching your sugar content. Jello lovers — enjoy!

 

• Downy unstopables

Because, yes, great-smelling laundry deserves an entire paragraph in this post. Something that always makes me smile on my walk through the neighborhood is a whiff of laundry detergent when I pass dryer exhausts. Is that weird? I can’t be the only one who thinks this, so I’ll just pretend we’re all on the same page here. Cool.

Anyways, we just started doing our own towel service laundry at work, and I was asked to order for an extra burst of scent!

We just use a small sprinkle per load, but it makes such a big difference. I’m adding them to my next Amazon order, pronto. Total win.

 

• Doughnut Plant

Speaking of desserts, there’s a well-known doughnut shop right across the street from the studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Any time Scott comes in for a workout, we somehow end up at Doughnut Plant afterwards. Way to kick off the after burn, right?

The picture above features the new strawberry and pistachio doughnuts (which I tried a few bites of and are delicious), but my all time favorites are the peanut butter and jam and tres leches. I love that the company makes their own fillings and jams in-house while avoiding any artificial colors and flavorings. They also label what kind of doughnut you’re trying by yeast, cake, and doughseed so you aren’t surprised when you bite into something new.

I definitely recommend a stop in!

 

• elchim professional hair dryer

Some of you may remember my few mentions of a local hair salon I adore and frequent called hairstories. The staff is the nicest, and I’m excited to have an ongoing partnership with them to supply quality hair products for our members at the studio. I absolutely love my hair when I get blowouts there, so I placed an order for the same professional hair dryers they use for the beauty stations at the studio, too. After using them a few times, I just had to get one for myself at home!

It’s called the  and comes in all black, all white, and red and black. The owner of hairstories, however, sent me that offers the same model in red and black for half the price. I didn’t care what mine looks like at home, so I went with that one. It’s the best hair dryer I’ve found yet.

 

• SkyYoga at One World Observatory

You guys. I had the best New York moment yesterday. While living here can get exhausting at times, it’s so nice to take a step back and realize the beauty that this busy city entails. My good blogging friend, Ashley, invited Evann and I to a one-of-a-kind experience that I couldn’t say no to — SkyYoga at One Wold Observatory, hosted by Equinox.

I shared some of the views in real time on Instastories and Shapchat yetserday (<- follow me @lifenleggings!), and even those snippets can’t show you how truly amazing the space is. While Scott and I have visited the One World Trade Center and Memorial before, this was my first time taking the elevator all the way up to the 102nd floor to the Observatory.

We walked into a beautiful, calm space that overlooked all angles and boroughs of New York City and New Jersey. It was breathtaking. It had been a hot minute since I had been able to practice yoga, and this was the perfect way to get back into it. Tickets to this event cost $30, and it was one hundred percent worth it. I’d love to go again and share the experience with Scott and others.

I’m not sure how often you can attend, but I think there will be more opportunities to go in the future. If I hear of them, I’ll definitely share the details!

 

• iPic

Last up today is another New York experience in the form a of an upscale movie theater called iPic, located in Fulton Market in Manhattan. A friend recommended that Scott and I check it out for a date night and I’m so glad I did. Basically, you get dinner and a movie all in one stop. There are different ticket options, all of which include a private space with blankets and pillows. Some seats feature a table service where you can order menu items from the upstairs restaurant including heavy appetizers, entrees, house-made desserts, and a full service bar.

They’re located all over the United States, and I believe we paid $32 per seat, which isn’t any more than you would pay to see a movie in Downtown Manhattan.

(We got the second tier that included the recliners and table service. Pictured is the tier below, which is still very awesome.)

Since I opened at work today, we have tickets to a late afternoon movie, and the difficulties of finding dinner before or after are now solved with during. The food items are fancier than what you would expect at your typical movie theater, and I’m looking forward to trying more tonight. And oh yeah, we’re seeing Beauty and the Beast!

Can. not. wait. (woot!)

 

• Friday funnies

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Have a wonderful weekend!

 

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