The other day I went down a rabbit hole flipping through some of my older cookbooks, which is always a dangerous and delightful place to wander. In one that my sweet friend NF gave me at a wedding shower back in 2002, the Junior League of Gwinnett and North Fulton cookbook, I stumbled upon a… Read More
February’s Pop In & Sip Awhile featured a cocktail Honey and I both love but had never actually made ourselves… the espresso martini. We sent the text invite to friends a couple of days before and then looked at each other and said, “We better figure this out.” Luckily, I had screenshot a recipe about… Read More
With my big 50th birthday celebration this month, I decided to skip my usual St. Patrick’s Day door and just leave the bows and monograms up all month long. Now I have so many fun details from the party to share soon, but for now I thought I would start outside. The whole celebration was… Read More
I had the biggest surprise this month, and I am still smiling about it. Bestie M and I have a long-standing birthday dinner tradition, and since she moved about an hour away, it did not seem strange at all when she suggested we celebrate a little early this year. We had a lovely dinner, caught… Read More
Last weekend felt like one of those full heart kind of weekends. Marme and Daddy-O were in town for Whit’s cello concert and Jay’s Matilda performance, and we used the opportunity to gather our party of nine to celebrate our beautiful January birthday girls. Only John was missing, and we certainly felt that gap at… Read More
Pop In & Sip Awhile officially kicked off in December with our Pickle Martini Night. January brought the “Cozy Cocoa Edition”, and if the first two months are any indication, this gathering already feels like a keeper. The idea is simple: a casual, drop-in open house featuring one signature drink, no formal invites, no pressure… Read More
Last month, Honey and I started talking about doing something new in 2026. Nothing fancy or formal. Just an easy, come as you are way to open our home once a month and gather friends around one good drink. Each month we would pick something we were inspired by, throw open the doors, and get… Read More