{"id":36064,"date":"2016-02-21T07:49:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T12:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/?p=36064"},"modified":"2016-02-21T07:49:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T12:49:50","slug":"36064","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/36064\/","title":{"rendered":"SEVEN ON SUNDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi friends and happy Sunday to you. Finally we have gotten some moderate weather and it feels amazing! Has me dreaming a bit of spring and getting outdoors, planting flowers, al fresco meals, losing the big heavy jackets and gloves,? I could go on! Hope whatever you are up to this weekend is fun and relaxing. Here we go with my Seven on Sunday…..<\/p>\n

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1 HARDEST RESERVATIONS IN THE WORLD? So a friend recently snagged a reservation at the world famous restaurant Noma in Denmark for an upcoming trip for her 50th birthday and bragged about it the way most boast about the birth of a new child. It was quite the accomplishment and we both had a good laugh (she better bring me back a souvenir)!<\/p>\n

It got me thinking about restaurants that have that degree of prestige and aura that they create such a frenzy to get one of their coveted tables. I remember when we dined at The French Laundry in Napa it was a simliar deal. I mean we enjoyed it, it was great to get it off my bucket list but I am not going to say it was a life changer:) However its fun to let your mind wander and I enjoy reading\/hearing about such restaurants here are a few…..<\/p>\n

Noma<\/p>\n

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The Fat Duck in Berhshire<\/p>\n

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Next in Chicago(watched a great documentary on Grant on Netflix and seeing this restaurant come to life)<\/p>\n

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The immaculate kitchen at The French Laundry<\/p>\n

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Tickets in Barcelona, hummm what am I missing here<\/p>\n

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Lodown on the reservations-<\/h2>\n

I mean lets look at what is involved here to just TRY to get a resey at Noma<\/strong>–<\/p>\n

How to make a reservation<\/strong>: on the 6th day of every month, the third month out opens up for reservations online<\/a> and by phone (this coming February 6th, for example, they start taking requests for May). If the last cycle is any indication, it takes only a matter of hours for an entire month to book up; Noma managing director Peter Kreiner estimates that about 20,000 people<\/strong> attempt to get a table on reservations day.<\/p>\n

And read this reservation “methodology” for lack of a better word on Schwa in Chicago<\/strong>–<\/p>\n

The experience begins with the randomness of their reservations system<\/strong>, which is either the most egalitarian or completely unfair thing you’ve encountered. To get in, you’re supposed to call and leave a voicemail request, but that inbox is usually full. If you do happen to get through and get a call back to confirm a time and date, keep in mind that there’s always the chance that Carlson will decide to close the restaurant at a moment’s notice. So delightfully absurd is the current arrangement that the restaurant’s PR company is now using Twitter<\/a> to field more reservation requests, likely in disorganized fashion.<\/p>\n

Click here if you want to see the entire list<\/em><\/a> and get some tips on how to snap up a table!<\/p>\n

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2. BABIES I AM OBSESSED WITH. Discovered these twins on Instagram and I am obsessed with them, I wish I could adopt them and have even invented a new word for them “pudgealinas”.? One of the many things I miss about my kids being young was pinching the rolls on their delicious little chubby thighs:)<\/p>\n

The savvy mom of these two cherubs has created an Instagram feed? (a booming one at that and with good reason) of them all dolled up in outfits ranging from little gym leotards to bumble bees….just too stinking cute!! Seeing their pictures always puts a smile on my face:) Click here to follow Leialauren on Instagram.<\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n

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3. GORGEOUS BEDS! So I finally am pulling the trigger and ordering an upholstered bed, which I am very excited about getting though it will takes about 3 months. However in my pursuit of a new bed,? I found some more beautiful beds, which made the decision very difficult, plus looking for an e design customer put me in major bed hunting mode!<\/p>\n

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4. INSTAGRAMS OF INTEREST. And the beauty continues…..just wowed every single week by what I find. So inspiring, and always a way to get totally motivated to create something beautiful or yummy or simply marvel:)<\/p>\n

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5. A RECIPE YOU WILL WANT TO? KNOW ABOUT. I have spoken of my Beef Bourgignon before….and made it on a particularly chilly day last week. To say it was heaven in a pot is no exaggeration.? I have had it in a number of places and honestly this is the best I have ever had. It is AMAZING. I got the recipe from a cooking class from the last time we were in Paris. It is a keeper, the ultimate comfort food? and it is so worth sharing…..<\/p>\n

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