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Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!  After yesterday’s morning tea party, I dashed off to work with a client in the afternoon and returned home to prepare for the day’s second entertaining event.  Matt and Jon were arriving for dinner at 7:00. I planned an easy, frenchy menu for the dinner. A big pot of coq…

Your first tea party! What a fun occasion and what an honor to be hostess for it.  My friend Amy brought her two- and three- year old daughters over today for a Valentine’s Day morning tea with at 10:00 am. The menu for this tea had to be gluten-free and full of things that young…

Valentine’s Day festivities are heating up at our apartment. Tomorrow, I’m hosting not one – but two – parties on the theme.  We start the morning with a Valentine’s Day tea party with two young ladies who are friends of mine. Then, a couple friends are coming for dinner in the evening.  To summarize…there’s been…

Our year of travel adventures continues!  Rob and I just booked tickets into Turkey in late March and out of Croatia in mid-May. The plan is to wind our way from Istanbul through Greece and up to Croatia – with a mountain bike in tow.  We’ll be working remotely and staying in apartments during the…

I forgot all about this Valentine’s Day card from a couple years ago until I found it in the craft drawer today. Carving a linoleum block is easy and very cathartic. If you love chipping off your nail polish (me!), this is the craft for you. Blick sells a block printing starter kit complete with…

Anne wrote in with asking for help with an outfit for a Valentine’s Day date this week at the brand new San Francisco Jazz Center in Hayes Valley: How about an outfit for a Valentine’s Day concert at the SF jazz center? Show will probably end late and we will end up getting Thai food…

It’s a rainy and cold Friday here in California. After a few months of sunny weather, winter has finally arrived. This is the perfect climate to invite friends over for a low-key Sunday lunch. Hearty food, wine, coffee and dessert around the fire, I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday! Joel…

With all our Valentine’s Day brainstorming, Sarah wrote in with a request to take it a step back: How about what to wear to get a date???  He needs to have a job, likes to have fun, has some fun friends, active, likes wine, and is ok with my quirkiness. Handy around the house, maybe I’d run…

I have had a lot of time on my hands while recovering from pneumonia. For Margaret’s birthday, I spent two days working on a hand-painted, 3D, pop-up birthday card. Since her party was at a bar hosting a Prince vs. Michael dance battle, of course the two of them had to make a special appearance. Poor…

V wrote in with a Valentine’s Day request close to my own heart: How about what to wear to host a Valentine’s dinner at home with friends? As a seasoned hostess, I’m sure you have some go-to items! It’s a dinner on the 14th, with one other couple, and dogs. Nothing too fancy, but fun.…