Have a Great Weekend.

You know what, I wish I could eat stake all the time! haha, but it seems like it would be very troublesome to arrange meals with other family members and friends that don’e share the same diet.

Oh my gosh, that interview about only eating steaks! Can it possibly be real? I feel like I need to talk with someone after reading it.

The thing I love about the “summer wardrobe inspiration” link is that the model is smiling so big in some of the photos! It’s so refreshing, and I know they say the models don’t smile because the audience/viewer is supposed to focus on the clothes, but I can’t deny how much more drawn to the particular outfits she’s wearing when she looks like she’s having fun wearing them.

I am studying holistic nutrition at the moment, and the story about the family who only eats steaks…horrid! How you can you not eat the abundance of fruits and veggies we have? If only their bodies were see- through. Maybe they’re really lions?

Steak! After reading that article I don’t think I can every eat a steak again… no really.

Seriously tho – that steak article. holy cow, no pun intended, but really intended. If it is real..which I am assuming it is? i just got hungry for steak but also I never want to look at steak again. I have complicated feelings about it.

I love the food map! My mother-in-law is from the U.P. in Michigan and every year she orders Michigan pasties through the mail for her birthday dinner with the whole family. They’re kind of like a meat pie and really filling! And I couldn’t help but laugh that my state’s food is funeral potatoes. Hey, they’re not fancy, but they’re tasty!

You always post such great links! Thanks for sharing.

I’ve lived in Virginia all my life and don’t think I’ve ever had a ham biscuit! But I am in Northern VA and have definitely had my share of MD crab cakes and DC half smokes…

That steak family is bonkers. Eating pounds of steak until they are “Thanksgiving” full every night? Oy… Whatever happened to moderation??

This is truly the best round up EVER!

First, I’d never heard of Amy Schumer until you posted that awesomely hilarious video with Will (oops, Josh Charles) yesterday, and this new one with Tina Fey and JLD is even better! (waxing the beard, ha ha.)

That CRAZY steak family!

The amnesia story!

Avocado Toast (from the things thought of first)

Truly the best, you’ve made my day!!!! WHERE DID YOU FIND THESE THINGS?

Although you forgot to mention Madewell’s 40% off sale :)

Eating steak all the time and nothing else, not even spices? I mean, c’mon! Why don’t they have scurvy?!

The story about the women who woke up thinking she was 15 reminds me of a great book What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty. If the idea of this intrigues you, read this book. It was really fun.

Thanks for the well wishes to the community :) I hope you have a stellar weekend.

I read the article about The Woman Who Up at 15.. my head is still spinning! Not only is HER story spectacular, but it has me thinking about my 15 year old self waking up in my current life and what she would think. Pretty crazy and amazing.

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the steak family tho, wow.

@sandra, thank you!! such a great tip, i really appreciate it. i generally listen to the podcast on low volume so i can very easily hear cars/people/birds/etc around me, but i’m going to do one ear bud from now on!

I have to argue that it makes me SOOOO happy when the mess is cleaned up! My anxiety definitely kicks in when I have a dirty home.

I agree with everyone else…the steak family interview is shocking, interesting and inspiring all-in-one! I do not foresee becoming an all meat family, but I applaud them for sticking to a choice and sticking together! I have made several changes to our eating habits (definitely lowered our carb intake) and people just assume we are on a diet–when I really did it so that we can be healthier and more balanced.

Don’t agree with the food map. I’ve lived in Mississippi my whole life and I’ve never even had a Mississippi Mud Pie. It’s not that popular here. I think southern fried catfish or chicken would be ours, not Arkansas.

Sam, if you’ve lived in Virginia all your life, you know that NOVA isn’t really VA:) Thus the lack of ham biscuits. Here in Richmond, I’d estimate 90% of all parties include them.

Jo, I love your Friday links. So much variety!

Great links! Thanks for sharing and happy weekend!

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Ah the Michigan Pasty! That is totally a northern Michigan thing, but they are pretty good! I just posted this map on my blog too. So fascinating to me!

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Saturday morning: plumbers at home.
Saturday evening: bachelorette party!

Anyway, I’m with you and Anastasia. Only steaks and one meal a day.
I don’t know what to think, really.
I cannot believe that those kids have NEVER tried a piece of fruit.

Hi Joanna! I am a longtime reader, and just thought you might like to know that I look forward to your Friday posts every week! My husband and I camp out on the sofa, both on our laptops of course, and I save this post as a little reward, with a bottle of wine, for making it through the week. You’re a part of our weekly tradition! Thanks for your great blog and I hope you have a great weekend! :)

Yes! You should try our Memphis dry spice ribs!

I live in Marquette in MI’s UP. I’ve had about a million pasties, always with ketchup. They are comfort food for sure. They also aren’t nearly as popular in the LP and when you do find one (outside of the yoop) they don’t compare. They’ve got to be Jean Kay’s from Marquette, the ORIGINAL, with rutabaga. You can order them online too!!

The meat family…I was open minded until I got to the part where they eat regalr beef from the grocery store. I don’t even like to eat that once a year, never mind every day. I di with them luck though.

Food map looks good. The definitely got it right for Florida!

Sorry, another steak family comment – I kept thinking it was an Onion article?! The part where he talks about not eating organic or grass fed meat anymore – What!? So instead they are eating loads of chemical and antibiotic laden meat? So, not cool for the environment either. Yikes. Anyone else get sucked into that page reading all the interviews? It’s really…real.

Oh my gosh the steak stuff. UGH.

I love podcasts! This American Life (of course) TED Radio hour is good, and if you don’t have time for a full hour NPR Planet Money is interesting (and although it’s about money, it’s weird stuff, so it’s fun). And Serial, obviously… I have more I like but I’ll stop now.

At first I was horrified and in disbelief about the ‘All Steak, All The Time’ family, then I realized there are some cultures that eat like that out of necessity and are very healthy (i.e. Inuits). I wonder, though, how acidic their bodies are – which is a prime environment for cancer cells to flourish. Also, wouldn’t they be constipated ALL THE TIME?

Such a beautiful post. I espeically liked the last point you spoke about (and it ended this sad topic on a slightly lighter note) about the kids bringing a smile to your face when you least expect it. I remember at my mother in law’s funeral all the kids in the family being just devestated. After the mass the family all stood and we exited the church first. My husband’s mother was born in Ireland and they had bagpipes playing – as we all stood and somberly walked down the aisle with tears in our eyes, my 5 year old nephew covered his ears and yelled “THIS MUSIC IS TERRIBLE!” haha. It was so real, and so fuunny. Bless their hears xo

The map is mis-labeled! Nebraska and Kansas are switched…I’m from Kansas and had to look :)

That steak family. Holy cow.

I mean, good for them if it works for them and they’re all happy, but I simply cannot imagine.

I can’t even imagine being vegan. Life without ice cream or pizza? No thanks. But this! No breakfast?! That’s crazytalk.