No time to Iron Easter Napkins? No worries!
Save time and create a stylish look for your un ironed Easter Napkins. All you need is to tie a knot!
Passover Matzo Place Cards
In case you missed my Facebook Live today, check out how to make Passover Matzo Place Cards for your Seder!
Valentine’s Easy Elegant French Toast Recipe
I love Valentine's Day! Yes, I know it is a manufactured holiday but I don’t care. You can never celebrate too much love in my book. One of the ways I love to celebrate it is with food. I love to gather friends for a Vday party but this year because it falls on a [...]
The Game at My Superbowl Party
Superbowl Party Game is on in my Home! Three confessions. I LOVE the Superbowl commercials. I LOVE playing party games! I’m not a football fan. As a result, going to or hosting Superbowl parties has never been my thing……until this year!! Why is this year different? Fishbowl! A party game using words, memory and charades. [...]
Have a Party and Help Heal the World! What??
The two things I really love about hosting parties are creating a beautiful and simple backdrop for my guests to enjoy, and watching them connect and create community. So, when I recently read Trevor Noah’s article “Let’s not be divided. Divided People are easier to Rule”, I found myself wondering about the relationship between his thesis [...]
The Most Easy, Yummy, Healthy Gravy EVER
I never… as in NEVER make gravy for any holiday or regular meal. Why? I always mess it up. It’s either too greasy, or the flour never blends. As a result, my family and I have lived without home made gravy forever. So how about this for irony… My daughter began a VEGAN diet [...]
My Magical Mismatched Tablescape
Why would I ever want to create a tablescape where nothing matches? Because I have a collection of one-off plates, glasses, flatware and linens that I adore. And like children, I love them all equally and wish I could gaze upon them all the time. In fact, I often fantasize about having multiple dining [...]
Discovering Placemats in a Tree
Everyday…..okay, maybe it’s every other day, I go on an exercise walk. I follow along several familiar routes. I have traversed these routes innumerable times. However, the other day while on my regime I passed something that I had walked by before, innumerable times, but had never seen! The shedding bark of a birch tree shaped [...]
Tablescape Inspiration in the Urban Maze
My husband and I recently downsized from our home in the suburbs. We moved to a condominium that we have owned for many years in the city. The transition has been fairly easy with only one real challenge. Our home had an incredible backyard garden and view. We ate many a meal in our outside [...]
Celebrating Rio 2016 Summer Olympics
If you’re like me, you’ve been totally blown away and proud of the excellence displayed by Team USA at the Summer Olympics. It is so exciting to see the best of the best! In celebration, I’m preparing to have an easy dinner with friends to watch the closing ceremony this weekend. Knowing the pageantry [...]