Music: Christmas Playlist

It's December, which means that it is, with out a doubt Christmas Season! All the radio stations are playing those tracks specially saved for this time of year, helping you get in the mood for Christmas! For some of you it means attending parties and getting ready for that long car ride to a relatives house, but for others it means hosting and creating just the right atmosphere for the occasion. One of the major elements to any party is the music, it can be hard to compile a couple of hours of holiday music without the tracks starting to repeat themselves. And there are always those house guests that detest holiday songs. So I have compiled a playlist of music to help you out, there are some decidedly holiday songs in here but a lot of them just have that merry spirit that you want for your party. Take a listen below! What song means Christmas to you? Mine is Cyndi Lauper's Early Christmas Morning!

Music: George Harrison

Here's a song to help you kick off your weekend in a very good way!

 Don't you just love George Harrison?

Music: Rainy Day Playlist

As yesterday was a very rainy day, I was inspired to create a playlist that went along with the wet and windy weather. I've posted the playlist on youtube for you guys to take a listen to and one of the videos from it below so you can get an idea of what's on the list, to hear the whole playlist click here!

  

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday everyone! So glad for the weekend to start, I plan to spend as much time as possible outside. On Sunday I'll be experiencing something new -a Yankee Game! Not much of a baseball fan, but I expect it to be lots of fun, how can it not when you're outside and surrounded by your friends. Here's a song that's been on repeat at my house this week, hope you enjoy!

Lifestyle: Happy Memorial Day!

Hello everyone, hope you had a lovely Memorial weekend. The sky gods were extra kind to us, giving Mountainside glorious weather all three days! We didn't waste it at my house this weekend, taking advantage, we drove over to Dreyer's Farms and bought up a bunch of plants and grasses to fill our garden for the season! Take a look below!

This has to be some of my favorite ground covering in the backyard, it's actually a weed but I love the vibrant hues of green and yellow! 

After a day of hard work in the garden we had a great spread of produce we purchased at the Farmer's Market! We also had some fingerling potatoes left over from our family BBQ yesterday, so today we used a simple  herb seasoning of rosemary, oregano and thyme freshly picked from the garden! 

For the main course we had lamb chops seasoned with garlic cloves, rosemary and salt & pepper and olive oil!

These pigs in the blanket from Trader Joe's are great, they even have a parmesan crust which is extra yummy! 

As I said in one of my previous posts music is a very important part of our everyday life, here is a link to some of the songs we were listening to this weekend, hope you groove out to some (if not all) of these tunes!

Lifestyle: Sunday Dinner!

 It's so lovely to finally have nice weather where we can be outside all day! This weekend was the first of the farmers market season (it actually started last week but I was unaware!) On the menu tonight was homemade Ceasar Salad (with locally grown romaine lettuce!), steamed asparagus, steamed broccoli, avocado salad, turkey burgers with an Indian Onion Chutney (courtesy of Star of India in Kenilworth) and munster cheese, lobster tails and to finish off the meal we had Rhubarb Pie with fresh whipped cream and home grown strawberries! It was one of our better family meals to say the least!

If you're wondering what exactly an Avocado Salad is, its basically what you put in guacamole, but instead of mashing all the ingredients together you slice up the avacado and sprinkle the spices, tomatoes, onions and lemon juice on top! Yumm!

The pup had a good evening too, finishing off some of the strawberries for us!

Like food, music is also a big part of our life, so wether we're working out in the yard or cooking up a storm in the kitchen, we have some of our favorite tunes playing! Click here to visit Bamboo & Fern's new YouTube page where we will be sharing our family favs and playlists! Here is a link to the playlist we were listening to today! Or check out one of the videos below! 

Christmas Movie Clip

Every year, without fail I watch Love Actually, it always gets me into the holiday spirit! Director Richard Curtis always knows what to do when it comes to the soundtracks of his films, the film is filled with the classic Christmas songs to the beautiful sounds created by Explosions in the Sky. In this film there are about ten different story lines going on all about love and family and Christmas. It all leads up to the school's musical performance of All I Want for Christmas is You. It's probably my favorite scene in the whole film, hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Thanksgiving Closure

Yesterday, as my family began to depart after many delicious hours, a particular song came on over the speakers. At the time it just seemed so perfect as we all hugged and kissed our loved ones farewell, and it seemed the perfect send off from one holiday to the next so here you go, a gift of music from me to you! Enjoy!