Our dear friends were visiting from NYC last weekend and we gathered for an amazing evening of laughs, stories, food and friendship. Our hostess with the mostess (aka blonde AW here on the blog), pulled off a chic and delicious backyard oyster roast. It has been SO MANY years since I’ve had the pleasure of… Read More
I shared the method behind the best mint julep I’d ever had back on Derby Day and have made it a few times since. It is Southern comfort and air conditioning in a cup and a quintessential cocktail of the South. I’ve been using the recipe below but shaving ice to take it up a… Read More
I positively devoured The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek and loved spending a few more nights on the fantastic sequel: The Book Woman’s Daughter. It felt like being reunited with old friends and was one of those books where you have to force yourself to slow down so that it doesn’t end too soon. In… Read More
With the boys on different school schedules yet again, I did a first day of school supper rather than the “special snack” from our elementary school days. I chose a favorite (and easy) dinner for the first night – chicken taco boats – and used the same decor from their pancake breakfast. The EASY menu:… Read More
Just like that and school is back in session!!! I know, I know…. we go back ridiculously early. We do! But, my kids know no different. We get 10 weeks of summer and a couple extra week long breaks during the school year and we really do like the schedule. While the night before was… Read More
We spent our last day of summer here – just the four of us and the pups – and it couldn’t have been more perfect. Honey grilled our family favorite burgers. And I made individual skillet brownies (Ghiradelli box) with salted caramel gelato. I use these – everything is cuter and seems more special when… Read More
I picked up The Paper Palace in the airport this summer when I had approximately 2.3 seconds to decide on my next vacation read. It had Reese’s Book Club seal of approval and a glance at the back cover both made it sounds promising. Well, the old saying goes – you certainly can’t judge a… Read More