Happy Holiday Friday!

Hopefully you’re already lounging somewhere, bikini-clad (or donning surf trunks) with a refreshing beverage in hand and shades blocking glorious afternoon rays.

Me? I’m in Starbucks trying to catch up with e-mail and deadlines after a week without childcare. But after that, I’m headed to the deliciously charming wine country town of Healdsburg where the hubby, baby, and me will shack up with my college love, his wife and baby, and our mutual friends who have two kids a barbecue, and a big, glistening swimming pool. In other words, it’ll be a full-blown family weekend.

Before I get to this week’s fun posts, a wish for safety: While driving home from San Francisco last night I was held up at a sobriety checkpoint, which had one of the city’s major thoroughfares blocked with police cars and big busses for loading up the drunks. Be careful out there this weekend. Sometimes, too much of a good thing can be a very bad thing.

Celebrate safely and check back next week!

Without further adieu, here are some of my favorite posts spied in the blogosphere this week:

I love the desk buddies at Chip Chick–they react and move to sound.

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Cooking Gadgets features the quirkiest kitchen utensil that I actually need:

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This product would let me know when my milk is about to boil over

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Daily Olive rocks Riedel’s new decanter.

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Gizmo Diva antes up novel ideas: An electric carpet and GPS platform shoes with a secret compartment.

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These lamps featured on The Design Blog are crazy cool:

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Want to know what time it is while washing your face in the morning? Check the clock drain featured on Luxury Launches.

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Want to save $$ while on vacation? Check the tips at Southern Byways.

Finally, here’s a list of the best of the best from the Glam blogs this week:

I’m partial to my guest blog by Tablehopper’s Marcia Gagliardi; she shares her top 20 dishes San Francisco restaurants.

Over at GlamScene you can get the inside scoop on who attended the Teen Choice Awards.

GlamChic spies fashion’s most stylish mother-daughter combos. Think the Trumps, Versaces, and Wintours.

Here’s my personal fave: Glamblush shows how unrealistic the glam photos of our favorite stars are with a before and after peek at the art of airbrushing as applied to Brittany Murphy.

GlamLive ponders whether you’d wear some frighteningly short and high-waisted sequin hot pants. Well…would you?

GlamSpree showcases von Ruhtenberg’s hot new bags.

Last but not least, our very own GlamSpirit touches on a very personal subject in my family: alternative healing for breast cancer.
Ciao for now, have fun browsing my finds, and have a GREAT one!

–Erika Lenkert