Last weekend, I was in Newport Beach and want to show you some Southern California global style inspiration that I got from one of my favorite shops, Juxtaposition Home. Followed by a delicious barbecue menu that we had at my sister’s in San Diego. In Southern California, when we cook on an outdoor grill, we call it “barbecue-ing.” What do you call it? Grilling?
Loving the elegant, flea market look here at Juxtaposition Home. And global textiles are still going strong!
What do you think I brought home with me? You can see at the end of the post 🙂
This is a Simple Summer Heirloom Tomato Salad with sweet onions, chopped basil and crumbled bleu cheese served on the side…
Howard and I had SEVERAL hours in the car ride back to San Francisco. Which gave me enough time to squeeze his grandmother’s potato salad recipe out of him. It’s the best I have ever had.
Grandma Winnie's Excellent Potato Salad
Ingredients
Potato Salad Sauce
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard
- 2 tbsp juice from olive jar as needed to thin sauce
- 1 pinch salt, pepper and celery salt to taste
Potato Salad Ingredients
- 2 lbs russet potatoes peeled and chopped
- 1 whole sweet onion chopped
- 6 eggs hard boiled chopped
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 1/2 cup green olives stuffed with pimentos chopped
Instructions
- Mix sauce ingredients well and set aside.
- Boil the potatoes until soft but not mushy. Cool slightly.
- Add the potatoes and other ingredients to a bowl and blend in the sauce.
- Chill overnight and sprinkle with paprika before serving if desired.
For the super tender spare ribs… According to Howard… Rub the spare ribs with Stubb’s Rub (available on Amazon or at your grocery store) and put them back in the refrigerator over-night. The next day, put them in the oven, covered for 3 hours at 275 degrees. Then, baste the ribs with Stubb’s Barbecue Sauce. Place bone side down on your grill (on low) with the lid on for 30 minutes. Serve with more warmed Stubb’s Barbecue Sauce.
Since I’m on Weight Watchers, I went heavy on the grilled peppers and tomato salad.
I bought the black and white Turkish towel from Juxtaposition for our “vintage” powder room. My goal is to accessorize in there so you don’t notice how old it is (our building was built in 1923).
And a black and white beaded bowl is out for display on our coffee table. Which got me editing everything for these warmer months! Seems like summer is time for less “stuff” and lighter colors.
I am dying to hit Juxtaposition. I could get into so much trouble there! I love that black and white bowl in your living room. It looks fabulous! I made a comment on your Nordstrom post but it disappeared!!
This store looks like a treasure trove of goodness. I see so many things I would have taken home. As for the bbq, everything looks scrumptious. I would have skipped the ribs for the potato salad and the tomatoes.
I have followed you for many many years, and suddenly I am getting a lot of advertising in and around your site. I find it very distracting and especially since I have no control over what is popping up. Is there a way that I can change settings so as I do not get the ads? I don’t want to cancel, but find the visual clutter difficult to digest.
Thanks so much for following me, Brenda. I know the ads can be distracting but they help to offset the many monthly costs of running Classic Casual Home (like paying for a tech person, the WordPress platform, the hosting company, the domain renewal, the email server, and widgets that compress photos and fix links to make Google happy, the website design…and I’m probably forgetting some costs).
That’s why you see lots of blogs running ads now. You can click the X on the ad box (especially the one at the bottom) to make it disappear. That’s what I do when I am reading my favorite blogs. Thanks for letting me know how you feel.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann,
What a great trip. I love Juxtaposition, it never disappoints. The potato salad sounds delicious…I’ll give it a try.
xo,
Karen
I LOVE this post, especially the ribs and your “soft” black and white at home – I’m making pillows for our living room sofa out of inexpensive IKEA throws and really looking forward to the finished (key word) product. I’m a little late to the summer party, but since summer lasts here in Houston until late September at least, I’ll get to enjoy them for several weeks. And I suppose I could coffee dye a couple and add to our natural and black Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving scheme.
I can’t believe I just wrote the “T” word. Sorry, lol 🙂
Good for YOU. Wish I could sew.
I really loved this post from the recipes to the decor. In fact, I’m going to copy that outfit of the white , blue Brown handbag and hat. That’s me all over and I hardly find anything that I could wear as is. However, I don’t understand the comment about your 1923 apartment. As someone living in a 1914 house I consider that a plus.
You are right about the whole apartment…but in the bathrooms they did some updates in the 80’s that aren’t attractive. Wish they would have kept the vintage style even with new fixtures. Loved that outfit, too.
I am not sure I could go in that store it is so yummy:) Every single picture had something in it I wanted…..
Food looks good….just need someone to make it for me….hahaha
Yes, you would love that store, Sherry! This menu is not the best for WW… but I lost the little bit of weight I gained in San Diego…back on it!
Mary Ann, when you edit your decorating and bring something new into your home, where do you store all the other “stuff?”
Thanks! Love your style❤️
Laurel
My closets are pretty PACKED! But relatively organized. Thanks, Laurel!
Fun post! Love all the items as well as the recipes. Having a few friends for a weekend in Vermont and you totally just solved one of my meal plans!!!
That’s great! The key is making the potato salad and doing the rib rub the day before. Have fun, Heidi. LOVE Vermont.
Thanks for sharing the recipes. It all looks so good. I would love to shop in that shop.
I love love love the clock collection! Fantastic idea. If they work, I would set them to the times of different cities, like at the foreign desk of old-time newspapers.
They are just the old enamel faces…except the top on that I got at a brocante in Paris and it only worked for a couple days! I should get it fixed…but you also have to remember to wind it every day. :/