summer overalls and other 90s mom things

So I wanted to keep my promise of writing just ONE Substack article a week, even when I’m on vacation - I am in Destin, Florida but I still wanted to check in and share with you a recipe, activity and product to try for moms who want to live that slower, joy-filled 90s life in the 2020s.

For the recipe, I need to share a summer sandwich that is so fresh and sooo easy. Also a good one for us 90s gardening moms with lots of basil in our gardens. I think this one is slowly becoming viral but let me just share it here in case you haven’t heard it before. It’s a take on Stanely Tucci’s favorite sandwich using only 5 ingredients.

5-ish Ingredients:

• some slices of bread (think ciabatta or a sourdough, something crustyy)

• fresh mozzerella or burrata

• pesto (and some mayo) + balsamic glaze (the ones from trader joes!)

• slices of tomato

• prosciutto

• optional: basil leaves (bonus if they are from your garden)

Directions:

• make a sandwich from the ingredients

Along with Substack, this is my summer addiction. It’s even better when you bring it outside to eat it! And also, even better when you wear overalls while eating it which brings me to my product recommendation: the cutest 90s mom overalls on Amazon!

DENIM SHORTS OVERALLS

The brand is ANRABESS (to be honest, a lot of this brand is very cutie) and I get a lot of compliments on this one. It’s on sale, I believe, for just $38.99 and very worth it - considering I’ll probably be wearing this weekly during the summertime. Going blackberry picking? Overalls. Going to the beach in your swimsuit? Overalls. Going to the movies at 9pm on a Thursday night while your parents have the baby monitor? Overalls.

And yes, that last one is the activity I am recommending! Yesterday, we were playing a game of pool when my sister-in-law asked if we wanted to watch a movie. I thought at first she meant at home but no she meant going to the movie THEATER for a showtime at 9:20pm.

And initially I wanted to say no, we can just go to bed early and watch our usual show and that will be that.

But the movie, Disclosure Day, sounded enticing and also how often do we get to sneak away to the movies when we’re back at home vs. in an airbnb with 3 sets of grandparents and our babies were already asleep… so I said yes let’s do it!

Without knowing very much about the movie, except that Steven Spielberg directed it and there may be aliens involved, we went into it blind and oh my goodness, it was SO GOOD. It kept you on the edge of the seat for the whole entire time and was such a fun ride with some of the best acting I’ve seen in a long time (Emily Blunt was incredible).

So, my activity recommendation is that you go to an AMC MOVIE THEATER (instead of streaming something in bed although yes that’s so tempting) and also that you watch a movie without doing much research about it! There’s something soo nineties about not looking up rotten tomatoes or IMDB or even the trailer and just watching a movie with that buttery popcorn you can only get out and experience the movie.

Also, I was reminded that there was once a time where if you wanted to see what movie times were at your local theater or what people thought of a movie you had to get a newspaper clipping and cut it out (or at least that’s what we did). And I think there’s something so cute and nostalgic about that - you know?

Okay, have an amazing weekend!! Let me know what movie you’re going to watch in the comments lol, I want to go back to the theater like ASAP haha.

xoxo

Andi