Rounding out my birthday month was the most thoughtful little porch party with two dear friends. They secretly contacted Sister and Honey to put together an evening of my favorites. It was incredibly touching that they did this and brought a tear to my eye to feel so loved. Nobody could appreciate a menu of… Read More
A few of my sweet neighbors gathered to celebrate my birthday on a lovely, sun filled day earlier this month. My bestie knew how much I’d been wanting to have my first pool-side gathering and so she carted all of the decor, food and fun party items here! She made me promise not to lift… Read More
Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Top o’ the Morning! If the past year taught us one thing, it’s that you can get anything delivered. Even hot Krispy Kreme! I pulled out all the green, orange and rainbow stops for this easy breezy school morning breakfast treat! I reuse the same decorative items each year, with… Read More
My boys have gone mad for corned beef sandwiches this year! It took me three tries to successfully set up this dinner table, as they kept eating all of the sandwich provisions as soon as they hit the fridge. Does anyone else have midnight snackers?! I don’t ever remember being so ravenous as a teenager… Read More
For years, a favorite party trick of my sister and I has been dressing up a store bought cake! It is so much cheaper than a custom creation and can look just as festive. We do this so often that I have recent examples from Whit’s 12th birthday and CeeCee’s 8th birthday. Gold and White… Read More
Happy Mardi Gras, y’all! At long last, I finally got my hands on a bottle of King Cake vodka on our trip to New Orleans last Mardi Gras! Honey and I tried out two festive cocktails over the last couple of weeks. King Zulu 2 oz king cake vodka 2 oz pineapple joice .5 oz… Read More
John was bummed to miss hosting what would be his fourth annual Super Bowl party, but I tried to keep things festive if just for the four of us!! I put out a full spread for grazing during tonight’s big game and it was a great night. I, for one, particularly enjoyed consuming all the… Read More