Welcome to the Mississippi River bluff where we were a part of last weekend’s harvest dinner. A dear friend/client/chosen family does a dinner every fall where the guests are asked to go to The Memphis Farmers Market and purchase items for a dish. Then we all bring our dishes together at her home for a…
Category: Dinner
Partee Part One
Last week was full of celebration. I had a birthday, we participated in a Harvest Dinner and we hosted a Sweet Sixteen dinner. I’ll share these with you in two parts because I don’t want you to overindulge as we did. The festivities began with my birthday. Since we had just done Supper Club on…
Projects and Provisions
Fall is here and while some projects are complete and being enjoyed others are still in production and one is soon to begin. I’m thrilled to report that the North Mississippi project is shaping up beautifully. There was a weak moment recently that proved three rules of renovation really does exist. We found that it…
From the Mountains…
American themed songs often mention mountains as in purple mountain majesty and from the mountains to the prairie. Thus, it’s only fitting to celebrate our nations birthday back in the mountains of East Tennessee…our new second home. The March 30 post Good Friday, Food and Friends gave you a glimpse into why we would make…
This Solitary Life
I know two weeks is too long to be away. I feel certain you have been sitting staring at your monitor the whole time. Now, you have to clear your schedule because this will be the longest post in history. However, you’re about to see my life in a two-week retrospective. I’ll begin with the…
Good Eats
My attempt to let you see the progress on my current design project was denied by the annual rain that accompanies the Beale Street Music Festival. Therefore, you’ll just see that this weekend started off and continues to be a good eating weekend. Friday was a work and play day. We were in Tupelo, MS…
0’s & 5’s
With every passing day Brandt and I realize how precious life is. We are so fortunate to enjoy good health and happiness and we’re committed to celebrating as much as possible. Therefore, we make a real effort to help others celebrate especially on birthday’s of significance. Last evening we did just that with a “Celebration…
Another Year!!!
I am so fortunate to have clients that not only allow me to help them make their house lovely but also endear themselves to me to the point of becoming chosen family. One such client hosted a splendid birthday dinner for my “sweet one” in celebration of his 66th birthday. I wanted you to see…
Supper Club
The gathering in the picture above lead to our first official Supper Club meeting last evening. First, we’re a group of friends. Second, we are all of like mind with regards to food and wine. Third, some of us really enjoy cooking and those that don’t are really good at cleanup…how perfect is that. The…
The Pantry
I was searching for another diversion from our no child blues and a Valentine Dinner in a lovely restaurant seemed fitting. However, having recently returned from New York (I still haven’t shown you everything) the Memphis options didn’t seem fitting at all. I gave it some thought and begin to realize I had some “pantry”…
The House Was Lovely 