This is our first year not home for the holidays. And after also being away for Thanksgiving, the extent of our fall decorating amounted to one green pumpkin. But December brings a different kind of decorating guilt. The nights grow long and dark, and there’s a pull toward coziness – candles, dim lights, a blanket …
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A Forged Holiday
It’s a good thing the kids emptied their closets before heading off to college, because their rooms have become the perfect holding pens for drying my foraged treasures – hydrangeas, specifically, snipped from a friend’s next-door neighbor. I even invented my own drying method: I tie the stems with twine, loop the bundle over a …
The Art of the Themed Holiday Party: Après Ski Edition
The best holiday parties include a fun theme, a great guest list, thoughtful details, delicious food, inventive cocktails, and elements of surprise. We throw many events in our home during the holidays – benefits for our local art foundation, school gatherings and of course parties for family and friends. Unfortunately for me, a communal party-planning …
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Holiday Favorites… California Style
For many, this is the most wonderful time of the year. I am one of these people. I love Christmas. My head is filled with nostalgic memories from my childhood in Minnesota, where the abundance of snow always assured us a White Christmas, and our well insulated home held all the flavors of my mother’s …
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