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LIZ HEATHER

June 14, 2025

Summer Saturdays Vol. 2

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


BAKING

These blueberry breakfast cookies are insanely good. I keep them in the fridge because I love a cold cookie in the morning.

COOKING

I’ve been baking a lot of salmon lately - nothing too special. I top it at the end with a garlic/soy sauce/maple/mustard glaze and I haven’t grown tired of it yet.

CRAVING

Two things mainly: June strawberries & lap swimming. I don’t ask for much.

DRINKING

When I was in Turks and Caicos earlier this year, I had the same lunch smoothie each day from a place in town and we’ve made it here at home almost 100 times since then it’s so good. Almond milk, chocolate protein powder, green apple, honey, peanut powder, cocoa powder, frozen banana & ice. Heavenly.

EATING

I’ve been slow-cooking the garlic & peppercorn pork tenderloin from Trader Joe’s and making spinach wraps (which is just spinach blended with eggs and then pan fried to resemble a tortilla) with feta for lunch this week.

EXPERIENCING

So happy to have seen the New Jersey town where the original Friday the 13th was filmed so many years ago.

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LISTENING

I went mad with organizing all of my playlists on Spotify, so this week it’s the 1970s that's on repeat at the moment.

LOVING

My dad turned 102 this week (!), which is obviously incredible.

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SHOPPING

Repurchased my favourite coffee beans (hazelnut creme) from San Francisco Bay Coffee.

WATCHING

I’m in the middle of a rewatch of Downton Abbey, which has been great because it’s been so long so I’ve forgotten most of it. Poor Edith.

WEARING

I’m still living in these Target wedge heels. Best thing I’ve bought all year, by far.

You can see last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 1 over here if you like.

TAGS: Liz Heather, Summer 2025, Summer Saturdays, summer saturdays, Summer Saturdays Vol. 2, The New Yorker, The New Yorker summer cover, The New York June 14 1969, blueberry breakfast cookies, salmon recipe, lap swim, smoothie recipe, Turks and Caicos, garlic peppercorn pork tenderloin, Friday the 13th, New Jersey, spinach wrap, 1970s, 1970s playlist, Stan Heather, coffee beans, best coffee beans, San Francisco Bay Coffee, hazelnut coffee, hazelnut creme coffee beans, Downton Abbey, Target wedge heels, best shoes Target, best heels Target


August 31, 2024

Summer Saturdays Vol. 9

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


Welcome to the final Summer Saturdays! Yes, I missed the last two weeks of this series but all we can do is move forward. I know that summer technically ends in a few weeks, but this year it’s over for me as of August 31st (today). Autumn will start as usual on September 22nd, but I would like the first three weeks on the month to remain seasonless. I can decide that, right? I have no desire to prolong summer and I refuse to start buying pumpkins. I intend to use this period of time to focus on myself and myself alone. The most self-involved three weeks I can imagine. But for now, here’s how my final week of summer went.

BAKING

These bran muffins are so incredible with added blueberries.

COOKING

Corn-on-the-cob is perfect right now, so it’s the only reason I turn on my stove these days.

CRAVING

One final lap swim of the season.

DRINKING

Nathan got this peanut butter coffee that’s actually delicious.

EATING

I had this perfect baked haddock when we were upstate that I’m still thinking about.

EXPERIENCING

Jeez, so many things have happened in the past few weeks. My dear friend Marla came to visit me and we had such a great time. Nathan and I also went to Cooperstown, NY this week, which was last minute but so nice. (There are highlights from that trip over here.)

Marla!

LISTENING

Since there was a roadtrip, I made this playlist for the drive.

LOVING

The gluten-free restaurant Thyme & Tonic on the upper west side. The noodles and the popcorn chicken were unholy.

Noodles from Thyme & Tonic

SHOPPING

The autumn candle trio from Bath & Body Works.

They always know how to take my money

WATCHING

Saw Longlegs in theatres and Nic Cage was great (duh). Love an original horror movie. My only notes? Legs could’ve been longer.

WEARING

I will continue to dream about this Dior skirt.

Dior skirt at Beacon's Closet

The previous Summer Saturdays Vol. 8 can be found over here and I have a summer highlights section over here.

Thank you for caring about any of these summer posts! I’ll likely be back for Fall Fridays on September 27th.

TAGS: summer, Summer Saturdays Vol. 9, Liz Heather, The New Yorker, The New Yorker August 31 1957, The New Yorker summer cover, Cooperstown New York, Cooperstown NY, baseball hall of fame, bran muffins, best bran muffins, corn on the cob, lap swim, baked haddock, The Lake House New York, Marla Garvey, roadtrip playlist, Thyme & Tonic, GF restaurant NYC, celiac restaurant NYC, Bath and Body Works, autumn candle trio, Nic Cage, Nicholas Cage, Longlegs, horror movie, Dior, Dior skirt, Beacon's Closet


August 10, 2024

Summer Saturdays Vol. 8

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


BAKING

I made these blue sky bran muffins because Nathan loves a bran muffin and they turned out great! Will add walnuts to the next batch.

COOKING

I was walking through the farmer’s market and was hit with the greatest idea of something to make: CAPRESE SCONES. So I found a recipe and it’s happening tonight. I’m going to use my already-made basil pesto (I use walnuts instead of pine nuts) instead of just plain basil leaves, so I can’t wait to see how it goes.

CRAVING

The baby tomatoes this time of year taste like candy. They are incredible.

Baby tomatoes from the Union Square Green Market, NYC

DRINKING

I made peach daiquiris for us and the only time I love an alcoholic frozen drink is at home. They’re so easy to make and it’s completely satisfying to just have one.

Peach daiquiri

EATING

I tried a sample of the Tropicana orange soft serve at Milk Bar and wow was it gross. What is happening with Milk Bar? No Thanksgiving croissant last year and now this?

The orange soft serve at Milk Bar

EXPERIENCING

I went to the restaurant Hillstone (my first time) and I have fallen in love (thank you to Irene for introducing me!). The service was outstanding and the food was ridiculously perfect. (And if you’re from Ontario, the vibe is extremely Canyon Creek-y, which obviously made me happier than I can express.) They bring you a chilled glass midway through drinking your cocktail and the salad plates come chilled, too. Is the secret to a perfect restaurant just chilling stuff? IT MIGHT BE.

Chilled glass at Hillstone, NYC

LISTENING

It has been so rainy and windy this week, it’s been amazing. My desk is right between two large windows so I keep the windows open wide mainly to hear all the wild weather noise. It’s a nice change from the garbage trucks and horns that are usually the norm.

LOVING

I cannot get enough of the RFK jokes. Haven’t seen a bad one yet.

Can we please make, “Looks like the worm is at the wheel” a common expression when someone is acting insane?

SHOPPING

I stopped by the best post office in the city in Union Square and got an insanely good stamp haul. I’ve been looking for those Lichtenstein ones for months.

A beautiful stamp might cure depression?

WATCHING

Saw Trap in theatres and liked two thirds of it! I also watched the horror movie Thanksgiving, which was actually pretty great. Surprising for me because I don’t love Eli Roth.

WEARING

I’ve abandoned my pink nails in search of something new. ‘Seas the Day’ by Essie is a minty-blue that I’m kind of loving.

Essie ‘Seas the Day’

Last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 7 can be found over here and I’m keeping a summer highlights section over here.

TAGS: summer, Summer Saturdays Vol. 8, Liz Heather, baby tomatoes, tomato time, The New Yorker, The New Yorker summer cover, The New Yorker August 10 1987, bran muffin recipe, caprese scone, basil pesto, walnuts, peach daiquiri, Tropicana Milk Bar, Hillstone, Hillstone NYC, chilled glass, chilled plate, RFK, RFK Jr., worm at the wheel, post office NYC, Lichenstein stamps, Trap, Thanksgiving, Eli Roth, horror movies, Seas the Day Essie, nail polish


July 27, 2024

Summer Saturdays Vol. 6

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


BAKING

I made individual blueberry cakes from a reel I saw and they were perfect.

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COOKING

Incredibly soft ricotta meatballs.

CRAVING

Wild blueberries in season right now.

Wild blueberries

DRINKING

At-home mimosas because SHE FANCY.

EATING

Spinach and (fresh) corn quesadillas. Truly a perfect way to use fresh corn.

EXPERIENCING

Fantastic thai at Nimman Thai in Etobicoke.

Pad thai

LISTENING

The Dr. Mario theme is on a loop in my head right now, it’s offensive how good I’ve become.

LOVING

Freshii frozen yogurt, playing basketball behind the school, playing Jenga with the kids, night food markets, orange moons, constantly swimming, there are too many things to love this week.

Summer orange moon

Basketball with Rome

SHOPPING

Excited to try these Ordinary products.

The Ordinary products

WATCHING

I saw Twisters in theatre and it was surprisingly good. Little annoyed that there was no Helen Hunt but what can you do. And <spoiler> they really did rob us of an incredible kiss scene.

always remember what they took from us https://t.co/bnZaDe9eJV pic.twitter.com/YYzsalplza

— Sarah | glen powell summer 🌪️ (@sydglenx) July 20, 2024

WEARING

The closet in your childhood bedroom might have some gems.

Childhood closet find

Last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 5 can be found over here and I’m keeping a summer highlights section over here.

TAGS: summer saturdays, Summer Saturdays Vol. 6, Liz Heather, The New Yorker, The New Yorker July 27 1957, The New Yorker summer cover, individual blueberry cake, ricotta meatballs, Canadian wild blueberries, mimosa, spinach corn quesadillas, corn recipe, Nimman Thai, best Thai in Etobicoke, Dr. Mario, Freshii frozen yogurt, basketball, swimming, Ordinary, Twisters, childhood closet


July 20, 2024

Summer Saturdays Vol. 5

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


BAKING

Made a batch of oven cooked bacon to add to the tomato toast for the week.

COOKING

Officially time to make the world’s greatest panzanella salad.

CRAVING

With all the rain from last week, the kids and I made paper sailboats but the winds were too strong so we decided to wait to sail them. Now we need another, lighter storm so I can finally sail them.

Paper sailboats

DRINKING

Got a cider flight with my niece Tianna at Spirit Tree Estate Cidery in Caledon and that place is the absolute best. Their seasonal soup is almost the main reason to go.

Cider flight in Caledon, ON

EATING

My dear friend Marla brought me plums she grew and they are heavenly. Summer produce solves all.

EXPERIENCING

Went to Activate again and I love that place, especially the hoops room. Maybe I should buy a basketball?

Activate in Mississauga, ON

LISTENING

Swim playlist!

LOVING

Heirloom tomato season IS HERE. Right now I can only find them at Whole Foods, but I’ll take it.

Heirloom tomato

SHOPPING

My jaw will forever drop at specialty butters. Fact.

Butter with maple syrup

WATCHING

I made the kids watch all of the Naked Gun movies and they were a massive hit.

WEARING

Summer outfits >>

Oh yeah!

Last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 4 can be found over here and I’m keeping a summer highlights section over here.

TAGS: summer, summer saturdays, Summer Saturdays Vol. 5, The New Yorker, The New Yorker July 20 1981, Liz Heather, oven cooked bacon, oven bacon, tomato, tomato time, tomato recipe, panzanella salad, paper sailboats, Spirit Tree Estate Cidery, cider flight, plums, summer product, summer fruit, Caledon Ontario, best soup Ontario, Activate, swim playlist, swimming playlist, pool playlist, heirloom tomato toast, heirloom tomato, Whole Foods heirloom tomato, specialty butter, maple syrup butter, Naked Gun, summer outfit


October 27, 2023

Fall Fridays Vol. 5

by Liz Heather in Fall Fridays


BAKING

I made apple cider doughnut cookies that were really good (although shouldn’t there be apple cider in a cookie with a name like that?), so I’d definitely make them again.

Apple cider doughnut cookies

COOKING

Made Halloween cake pops with my niece Maya and they came out perfect. (Sprinkles and sticks from Michaels.)

Halloween cake pops

CRAVING

The nutella-covered hazelnuts at Nuts Factory on Sixth Avenue.

DRINKING

The ‘This is Halloween’ cocktail from the bar Beetle House in the East Village and it was stellar.

Cocktail from Beetle House, NYC

EATING

Had dinner at Grano Ristorante with Harmeet and it was so lovely, I always forget what a sweet, dark place this can be.

EXPERIENCING

Two things: 1)The annoyingness of locating apple butter. I needed it for that cookie recipe above and couldn’t find it anywhere (I just subbed in applesauce). I hate when a recipe has one obnoxiously hard thing to find. It’s 2023, we don’t have time to be going to numerous grocery store for homemade baked goods. DO BETTER. 2) MOSQUITOES got into our bedroom last night because of how warm it was outside. Mosquitoes in late October. I woke up with ten bites and I wanted to murder someone.

LISTENING

Halloween playlists on Spotify while carving mini pumpkins and I’ve got to say - the song choices weren’t very good or unique. I’ve gotta make one this weekend.

Mini jack-o-lantern

LOVING

I visited my parent’s house and I can’t express how satisfying it is to rake leaves. It’s the second best outdoor chore next to shoveling snow.

SHOPPING

The sweetest felt Christmas ornaments just went on sale at Target and yes I’m breaking my rule of no-Christmas-activities before November 1st, but if I wait too long to buy them they’ll sell out because other psychos are Christmas shopping already.

WATCHING

The horror movie Thanksgiving looks kind of good maybe? I might be thinking that because I love a holiday-themed movie.

WEARING

I’ve decided I need to expand the feathered section of my closet because I’m wearing this one black top to death.

Everything needs 100% more feathers

And I’ve created an autumn highlight reel on my Instagram incase you care!

TAGS: Fall Fridays, Fall Fridays Volume 5, Liz Heather, autumn, The New Yorker, The New Yorker autumn cover, The New Yorker October 27 1945, apple cider doughnut cookies, apple cider, pumpkins, jack-o-lantern, Halloween cake pops, Michaels, Halloween treat, Halloween dessert, nutella covered hazelnuts, Nuts Factory, nuts store NYC, This is Halloween, Beetle House, Beetle House NYC, East Village spooky bar, East Village Halloween bar, NYC Halloween bar, Grano Ristorante, Mississauga restaurant, Mississauga Italian restaurant, apple butter, mosquito, Halloween playlists, mini pumpkins, carving pumpkins, raking leavles, fall outdoor chores, Christmas felt ornaments, Target Christmas ornaments, Thanksgiving horror movie, feathers, feathered top, feathered clothing


September 29, 2023

Fall Fridays Vol. 1

by Liz Heather in Fall Fridays


Welcome to Fall Fridays! After the mild success of my Summer Saturdays series (and by mild success I mean that it made me happy), I wanted to start the weekly roundups again. There are too many things that go on this season to wait until the end-of-month post. Here’s what went on this week!

BAKING/COOKING

Making these sweet & spicy chicken (sometimes turkey) meatballs on rotation.

CRAVING

I might bite the bullet and buy this spooky front door wreath. $10 for some autumnal joy? Completely justified.

DRINKING

I made this pumpkin spice coffee syrup for my iced coffees at home and it’s heavenly. (If that seems like a ton of sugar, just use less - it still tastes great.) And if you prefer a creamier texture, then just add a bit of milk/half and half to it.

Ingredients for pumpkin spice coffee syrup

EATING

Currently obsessed with sriracha, soy sauce and garlic-drenched rice noodles.

EXPERIENCING

I met R.L. Stine! He did a book signing at Barnes & Noble and it was the best. I grew up on Goosebumps, so this was a big deal. Man’s a living legend.

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LISTENING

Currently updating and making the very best autumn playlist on Spotify.

LOVING

Global News in Canada interviewed my dad for celebrating his 100th birthday this year, which was very cool. Shoutout to my mom for keeping my glamour shot on the wall in the background when they taped it.

SHOPPING

Okay, so I may or may not have bought the Frosty Goes Ice Skating moving figurine for my Christmas village because it’ll be my first moving figurine and it’s important to find small pockets of happiness while we barrel towards death?

WATCHING

Nathan and I watched The Black Phone and WOOF. What a bad time. I like Ethan Hawke, but this was atrocious.

WEARING

One day I’ll stop wearing this Aritzia 1/2 zip sweatshirt daily, but I can’t give you any information on when that will be.

And I’ve created an autumn highlight reel on my Instagram incase you care!

TAGS: Fall Fridays, Fall Fridays Volume 1, autumn, Liz Heather, The New Yorker, The New Yorker September 29 1975, sweet and spicy meatballs, pumpkin spice coffee syrup, rice noodles, R.L. Stine, Goosebumps, Barnes and Noble, autumn playlist, autumn playlist Spotify, Global News Canada, Stanley Heather, Glamour Shots, WWII vet, Frosty Goes Ice Skating, The Black Phone, Ethan Hawke, Aritzia sweatshirt, best of autumn, autumn wreath, spooky wreath, Amazon Halloween wreath


July 15, 2023

Summer Saturdays Vol. 3

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


EATING

The patatas bravas at Huertas were the best I’ve ever had.

DRINKING

An unholy amount of iced coffees with vanilla sweet cream.

COOKING

I had a piece of leftover steak, so I made Philly cheesesteak potatoes that were unexpectedly great. It was literally just sliced steak, sautéed onions and provolone atop some cubed, roasted potatoes with a basil dip. Am I entering my era of creating my own (albeit basic) recipes? I MIGHT BE.

BAKING

Absolutely nothing, it’s hot as hell.

CRAVING

Making a mental note to get the incredible Emmy burger cheeseburger dumplings (only available in July) at Mimi Cheng’s.

The cheeseburger dumplings at Mimi Cheng’s, NYC

LISTENING

How have I never heard of the song deja vu before? In love.

WATCHING

I watched the newest season of Black Mirror and my favourite was definitely Beyond the Sea. That scene after Josh Hartnett puts his kids to bed and goes downstairs with his wife? May have watched that scene more than once. I also started the newest season of The Summer I Turned Pretty, which can be pretty corny but can also make you teary? Can’t explain it. Love it.

WEARING

Living in these all-red running shoes.

EXPERIENCING

I took a brutal fall on a sidewalk in the East Village and the wound is… wild. I really didn’t want to pay for a doctor visit, so I just went to a CVS pharmacy and begged a pharmacist to take a look and tell me what to do (is that as sad/cheap as it sounds? yup!) and thank christ for pharmacists.

LOVING

I don’t tend to idolize anyone physically, it’s not really my style. (I mean, except for early-aughts Joshua Jackson, Pennywise-era Bill Skarsgård, Riverdale-era Skeet Ulrich and any-time-he-appears-in-water Jason Mamoa…) Okay, forget what I said, I pine like no other. And I can’t get these outfits on these men (below) out of my mind. Just flawless. And they’re all Gucci?? I’ve gotta start paying attention to the Gucci men’s collection runway shows.

Ryan Gosling in Gucci

Josh Harnett in Gucci

Ryan Gosling in Gucci

Oh my jesus, I’m relooking at those photos and maybe I just like a half-open dress shirt?? Yep, cracked the code. Someone convince Nathan to stop buttoning up to his chin, please?

SHOPPING

Secured my Barbie ticket. Now we wait.

You can read Summer Saturdays Vol. 2 over here, and you can see my summer highlights on Instagram over here.

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July 8, 2023

Summer Saturdays Vol. 2

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


EATING

Finally tried the veggie burger at Superiority Burger and it’s as good as everyone claims.

DRINKING

Not Caesars, that’s for sure.

COOKING

I can’t stop making this steak salad.

BAKING

These protein cookies are perfect as breakfast side, but also great for when you’re traveling.

CRAVING

This garlic butter pasta sauce that looks incredible.

LISTENING

To the new Olivia Rodrigo song Vampire.

WATCHING

I rewatched the second season of Big Brother (mainly because of how much I loved Will Kirby when it first aired) and it’s a great summer rewatch. Also saw the new Indiana Jones, which was great (except for the last ten minutes).

WEARING

The OPI Barbie collaboration has a firm grip on me.

OPI Barbie Collection

EXPERIENCING

After years of trying, I finally won a ticket to Shakespeare In The Park (Hamlet) and it was so good.

LOVING

Every single thing on the menu at Figlia in Astoria.

Figlia in Astoria, Queens

SHOPPING

The Holler and Glow self-heating eye masks finally got restocked at Target so I loaded up.

You can read Summer Saturdays Vol. 1 over here, and you can see my summer highlights on Instagram over here.

TAGS: summer saturdays, summer, summer saturdays vol. 2, Liz Heather, The New Yorker, Superiority Burger, veggie burger NYC, Caesar drink, steak salad, protein cookies, garlic butter pasta, Olivia Rodrigo, Vampire, Big Brother season 2, OPI Barbie Collection, Shakespeare In The Park, Hamlet, Figlia, Figlia Astoria, Holler and Glow eye mask, Target


August 8, 2021

July Jiffs 2021

by Liz Heather in Beauty, Best of NYC, Food, Links, Movies, Personal, Products, Recipes, Television


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All of the things I did in July 2021.

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