The Friday Five (Birthday Edition 🎂)
Five things I'm 💕vibing 💕 on this week!
Hi Friends! Happy Friday. May is going by in a WHIRLWINDDDD. Every year I get so excited for May because it’s chock full of fun and exciting events.
I always enjoy watching the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May in my beautiful hometown (watch the full race replay here if you missed it… this year’s race was a NAILBITER.) Then my birthday which we’re celebrating all week with brunches, dinners, and a Retro Palm Springs party on Saturday (thank you Michael for putting up with me.) And then Memorial Day and the beginning of “Oppresively and Aggressively HOT Season” (aka Summer) in Austin!
We’ve got frozen drinks to drink and self-tanner to apply, so let’s get to this week’s top recommendations!
Five Things I’m…
📺 Watching: My Friday five this week starts with another Louisvillian event I’ll be tuning into all weekend long… the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Course (it’s airing on ESPN). I’m kinda kicking myself we’re not attending this year as it’s already been quite eventful (not necessarily for the right reasons LOL.) Go Scottie!
🥤Drinking: This delicious soda collab between Ollipop and Barbie™ I grabbed from Whole Foods this morning. I can confirm this description is accurate: “Made with real peach juice and aromatic vanilla, dreamy Peaches & Cream is sweet, but not too sweet, and every bit as iconic as Barbie.” So cute, I felt bad throwing it in the recycling bin!
📖 Reading: Funny Story by Emily Henry. I’ve read all of her summer releases, and I’m excited to dive into this one. Shout out to my husband for driving to three different stores looking for it! This might be a hot take y’all, but I MISS BARNES & NOBLES BEING ON EVERY CORNER. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with the Youths today. They haven’t spent hours milling around a chain bookstore waiting for their mom to check out and reluctantly picking up some boredom-busting reading material — and it shows. But I digress.
🥗 Eating: This Detox Salad via Gimme Some Oven. Birthday celebrations always end up making me feel a little worse for the wear — all that sugar!!! I’m trying to counterbalance it with some vegetables. The reviews on this look good.
👗 Wearing: All things Palm Royale-inspired for my Retro Palm Springs birthday party this weekend! I know the show is technically set in Palm Beach, FL so we’re mixing our “Palms” here but it serves such incredible fashion inspo I have been scanning the interwebs to try to recreate the looks. Side note - if you haven’t watched Palm Royale, please do yourself a favor and Add to Queue! Kristen Wiig is in rare form.
Hope y’all have an awesome weekend!
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