Byte Bites 0.2

Byte bites volume two is here. You can read volume one here. These posts are a collection of web links, recipes, ideas, and inspirations of things I’m currently taking a bite of.

BYTE BITES 0.2

What does your Thanksgiving look like this year? Are you able to meet up with close family or staying home and going virtual? My fam is postponing Thanksgiving a week, so my Thursday plan is to eat pumpkin-themed food all day, still get dressed for the day (I rented this and these), and have a marathon viewing of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Thanksgiving episode of Gilmore Girls, You’ve Got Mail, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

Is this your first year cooking for various reasons? Gaby has a master guide you can sign up for on her site right now and Jessica has a great list of non-traditional Thanksgiving meal ideas (cacio e pepe pie).

If you are in charge of bringing a Thanksgiving dessert, my Pecan Pie Bars are always a hit. And it’s not Thanksgiving morning without the Best Breakfast Casserole and Pumpkin Bread.

In other pecan news, the new pecan flavor of RxBars is everything.

These holiday recipes have me drooling!! Brown Butter Stuffed Acorn Squash, Whipped Goat Cheese with Crispy Bacon and Dates, and this Spiced Apple Cider Cocktail or Mocktail.

How Does Ina Do It? I’m not entirely sure, I just know I want to be her more and more every day.

Have you started holiday shopping yet? I went from having no idea what I was getting anyone, to going online shop happy this week, checking a few people off my list. In addition, everyone in my circle is getting one of these this year.

Cup of Jo creates my favorite gift guides year after year. A few other gift ideas from my friends who are far more on top of it than me suggested the Pura Scent Diffuser, Our Place pan, Ember Mug, and a Whoop bracelet.

On my wish list this year: a Weezie robe, new silverware (any suggestions or recs?), and a weighted blanket!

Christmas pajamas are a big tradition in my world. I have my eyes on a few styles, but waiting to see if a Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal arises and pushes me to order a pair. Pjs I’m watching: Roller Rabbit, Lake, Honeydew Intimates, and Katie Kime’s Dallas Toile (she also has New Orleans, New York, Nashville, Fort Worth, Marfa, and Austin).

I know everyone is wigging out on The Crown and The Undoing, but I’m over here binging Dawson’s Creek living out my love for late 90s/early 2000s teenage TV dramas. I was too young when it first came out and I’m truly living for this binge 22 years later.

Happy weekend everyone! If you need me I’ll be testing a Thanksgiving dessert recipe and making friendship bracelets.

Annie

Byte Bites 0.1

Kicking off Labor Day weekend with a what I hope to be a new blog series. Byte bites will be a collection of web links, recipes, ideas, and inspirations of things I’m currently taking a bite of. I’ve written a slew of “link” style of posts in the past, but want to bring them back. As a reader, I love reading these style of posts and I hope you enjoy them too.

I’m headed to Beaver Creek, CO to enjoy the long weekend and I cannot wait for a change of scenery and some mountain air. I hope you all have a great weekend.

Byte Bites 0.1

I discovered Whitney Port’s podcast, With Whit last weekend and binged almost the whole series. I’ll always love LC, but Whitney was always my inspiration on The Hills/The City. She drops new episodes every Tuesday.

I’m a new follower of Ashley Kane and her How to Nancy Meyers blog post solidified why I follow her.

On the Nancy Meyers topic, I’ve been loving Ashely’s playlist Nancy Meyers Vibes and this Nancy Meyer’s Kitchen playlist. Ideal work from home background noise.

I’m leaning into fall around my apartment. That means pulling my Nest Pumpkin Chai candle out of retirement. I light the candle the moment I wake up and it sets the best tone for the day.

I recently subscribed to the weekly newsletter, Girls Night In. Their newsletter goes out every Friday and it’s full of recommendations for the modern girl.

Sweats and the City is a new favorite follow of mine on Instagram. They are New York City-based fitness influencers who review different boutique studios around the city. However, they also mix in a healthy dose of food, beauty, and lifestyle content that makes it enjoyable if you aren’t in NYC. I absolutely love their Monday “snacktime” IGTV’s and spent a few days watching episode after episode to catch up.

Are you following @confessionsofarentaholic? It’s my new creative outlet and I’ve been having so much fun with the graphics, community, and fashion that has resulted from it.

I bought Gaby’s No Kid Hungry spatula for myself yesterday. Click the link to see why it was an obvious purchase.

On the menu for the weekend: I’ll be in the mountains with my Tini Tuesday friends so an Espresso Martini and a Mary Martini are likely in our future and should be in yours.

Idea for your weekend: I spent this past Sunday cozied up on a couch with a few friends watching a marathon of Nora Ephron movies. We got through When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail, while we wore our pajamas, drank mimosas, and made breakfast for dinner. See photo above from when I was heading out the door, slippers on and my contributions in tow: champagne, a baguette, and blueberry jam.

Annie