Dear Friends, In today’s video created in collaboration with Paysage Home, we’re talking Table Top! Even though I love setting a special table, whether causal or formal, it’s not meant to impress our guests, but to make them feel special. This summer we will only be gathering with our closest family and friends. Most likely, these occasions will be small, casual,…
DEAR FRIENDS, In Wednesday’s video created in collaboration with Paysage Home, we’re talking about cocktails, mocktails, and hors d’oeuvres. I just love the cocktail hour, don’t you?! Given that we are unlikely to host any big events in our homes for some time, in this week’s video I will focus on small gatherings. While the above photo…
Dear Friends, I look forward to welcoming you into our home … our living room, terrace, dining room … all the areas our guests would visit when they come for dinner. As we anticipate the summer months when we will welcome each other into our homes again, it’s an ideal time to plan how we…
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Dear Friends, Toast your Valentines, Galentines, or anyone else you love with one of our favorite cocktails. Inspired by Le Diplomate’s Romarin, daughter Elizabeth whipped up this very fine cocktail before we enjoyed dinner at our favorite spot later that evening. You may have seen fun family photos in Sunday Instagram post. As for the…
Dear Friends, In January Ed and I traveled to Harbour Island and to Panama. Both were wonderful in their own special ways. In Harbour Island, we enjoyed a low key visit to the Coral Sands Resort with good friends, Mopsy and Doug Aldridge, and multiple visits to Sip Sip for lunch, a Harbour Island favorite….
DEAR FRIENDS, Last week I said the weather wasn’t feeling like winter. This week it seems winter roared in everywhere … well, except in the Bahamas where I am writing this newsletter. I know, it’s not that nice of me to be talking about our sun and sand, while you’re wearing your parkas. I am…
Dear Friends, Even though our weather doesn’t feel like winter, I can’t seem to stop making soups and chilis. It’s winter and that means I fill the freezer. I like to have things like this on hand to take to friends who may be having a tough time or as a hostess gift. Lately, I’ve…