Tablescapes

Take a seat, lover. Is it too early for pastels? I get we are all on board with pink, but you know I loathe red outside the confines of coral and it’s neighboring communities. Sometimes even pink can get aggressive, especially around Valentine’s Day so excuse me for wanting to soften the bow. And after my epiphany that pale green could be spooky I’ve decided traditional color palettes be damned, anything is amenable to what you love. And I just loveeeee my candy colors. Henc

The new year is fast approaching and I can’t help but be baffled by 2021? Perhaps I just put too much hope into a year that certainly seemed to be one of great transition: for myself and possibly the entire country navigating the shockwaves of 2020, attempting to find a way out of the mess the pandemic and political unrest created. I think we can all agree 2020 was a grave disappointment, but was 2021 actually worse? The promise of change without any real significant change?

Yes, I’m officially one of those moms. You know, the kind who celebrate half-birthdays, insist on matching their kiddos, essentially relive their own childhood through the lens of her kids. All good things I used to smirk at in my younger years, now things that I feel serve as the golden prize after a long day. Our kiddos don’t define us and I’m the first to support any and all efforts to allow them independence and space from the wishes we want them to fulfill for us, the bu

Well here we go again, we’ve finished the Halloween cocktail hour, readying ourselves for the Thanksgiving hors d’oeuvres before the main course that is Christmas/Hanukkah and a decadent New Year’s Eve dessert. The all encompassing season of the seasons is here and ready to rumble, exciting me in all the ways, especially given our newest addition to the family. But yet again I can’t believe how quickly it has come! As someone who loves to create, this time of year can feel su

Boo! Well have I got another well appointed table for you… Best of all, it doesn’t include the eerie shade of orange we see blasted around this time of year. Just as the Sanderson sisters fought to keep their youth, I’m fighting to keep my precious summer pastels, as pumpkin orange is just as horrifying these days as are frown lines on the streets of Beverly Hills. Feast your eyes, as there shall be only smiles from this point on! Alas, all my attempts at true CHIC-O-WEEN hav

Bachelorette parties tend to incite a very particular theme in America. Starting with an overwhelming number of young women vacationing together, all in connection somehow to the bride-to-be, who is the one and only with exclusive rights to white ensembles for the weekend. Everyone appears collectively in pursuit of colorful cocktails and phallic shape paraphernalia while fraternizing in an Instagram worthy locale like Charleston, Austin or Miami, to name just a few. And most

фото Last minute gatherings are quite the thing around here, especially when you have a baby and two sets of grandparents within walking distance from your home. My husband and I are both natural entertainers, him also going to the extreme of preferring feasts at home to my beloved supper-clubbing all over the city. But since the start of the pandemic and timely arrival of bébé, an evening at home with lots of welcoming arms and a diaper changing station nearby seems to chec

My sister Becky came to town to meet her new nephew, so naturally we needed to celebrate her arrival, especially given that fact that I haven’t seen her since my wedding thanks to COVID-19. And I’d imagine this summer will serve as an overdue reunion for many friends and families alike as we start to crawl out of pandemic life and back into the beauty of non-distanced gatherings. Finally! Intimate dinner parties tend to make the best moments especially now that there is light

Summer is here, and I’m so lucky I had the chance to enjoy a preview prior to baby this past April, thanks to the lovely Southern California weather. My best friend from high school, who is entirely responsible for my move to Los Angeles following college, decided on a very much welcomed whim to visit me from Chicago before I gave birth. I was so overwhelmed with the idea of a friend visiting, something that clearly hasn’t happened in quite some time. And since Emma lived her

A misty warm breeze, big brilliant colors, blended fruity cocktails, a collection of picture perfect seashell souvenirs … these are the things I imagine when I think of the Caribbean. Granted a place I’ve never truly been, unless Cancun is considered a member? Island life is what I’m picturing, and after 2020, it’s high up on my lustworthy list of adventures to embark on one day soon… Throughout this past year I have managed to remain incredibly grateful to be faced by challe

My husband’s company, Drvyer which he started fresh out of college, turned 12 yesterday! In complete awe and amazement of his perseverance and dedication I shuffled to throw together a little celebration at home with our parents to mark this momentous occasion. From it’s inception, creating the customer provided car driving service was no easy task {they drive your car, so you don’t have to}. My husband Arthur launched the service on St. Patrick’s Day in Cleveland, Ohio, beli

Small and intimate, two words I’ve always used before to describe a perfect celebration with loved ones, right? This year I think we could all do without yet another small and intimate gathering, that is if we even have the privilege to gather. Obviously I’d desperately trade for a big event or fun getaway after almost a year quarantined from most of the people and places I love, but after all we must appreciate what we have. So a small table for two works for me and my hubby

2020, we are ready for you to be over. Of course I have to shot out some of the great things that DID happen this year including, but not limited to, our mama and baby pair of pups, launching my own private practice, my mother’s move three blocks away, the election of the first Black woman as Vice President, our condo finally becoming fully livable and endless opportunities for chic picnics outsi de. Aside from the many blessings this year I think we are all more than ready f

Like most holidays this year, Hanukkah celebrations are likely to look different or perhaps not happen at all, unfortunately. Whether we will get to spend time with family this year is still up in the air but in putting together this small tablescape my hope is I’m manifesting some time together for at least one of all eight magical nights. Given our new dining room table has taken on the nickname “Hanukkah table” with it’s perfectly blue and white mother of pearl floral patt

In the days pre-COVID birthdays were essentially limitless. Every August I would celebrate in a myriad of ways ranging from cute lunches with my girlfriends, to summery white parties and an occasional a trip somewhere special. Whatever the setting, whatever the theme it essentially came down to the people I was lucky enough to spend my special day with, something I appreciate now more than ever. This year of course would have to look a little different, I had plans to do an o

I’ll be honest, I’ve never really cared for New Year’s Eve… I have however enjoyed finding a cute sparkly dress and having one last hoorah to end the holiday season. I have recently vowed to either be on vacation or at home from now on, in order to avoid the dread of celebrating this holiday in the city I live in. But I guess I will have to wait until next year to live that dream out since my fiancé and I have decided to go to a nightclub, unfortunately. What we will be doing

My absolute favorite season is starting… and so big surprise, I found a way to celebrate! Summer will always have a special place in my heart, since my childhood in Chicago I always obsessed over those short three months of bliss; no school, good weather, warm evenings, summer camp. It was a season full of fun memories, the icing on the (always ice cream) cake being my August birthday and the excitement everyone else seemed to feel celebrating in the height of the season befo

I’ll be honest, I’ve never really cared for New Year’s Eve… I have however enjoyed finding a cute sparkly dress and having one last hoorah to end the holiday season. I have recently vowed to either be on vacation or at home from now on, in order to avoid the dread of celebrating this holiday in the city I live in. But I guess I will have to wait until next year to live that dream out since my fiancé and I have decided to go to a nightclub, unfortunately. What we will be doing