Baby Showers

Another pregnancy milestone checked off the list! My final baby shower was last weekend – an wonderful day in San Francisco full of friends, family and lots of experienced moms. There are so many things I loved about this party hosted by my friends Jackie and Margaret. First, I loved that the party was at…

One of my oldest friends and her mother threw me a baby shower last weekend in San Luis Obispo. I’ve known Sarah since our awkward junior high days and it was an honor to have her mother Mary host this colorful celebration at their home. First off, don’t you just love this hot pink maternity…

What better way to celebrate our soon-to-be happy arrival than to do something generous for other parents? My mom and her friend Liz had the terrific idea of throwing a baby shower with all their friends from the pool to benefit charity. They’re fans of EmilyStyle and I was invited to make a special guest…

Two weekends, two lovely baby showers for Jackie with inspiration from East African culture. As mentioned in the last shower’s recap, Jackie is epidemic researcher with the CDC and has spent time living in Kenya, Malawi and Benin for her important work. For this baby shower in San Francisco, we had even more researchers and…

My good friend Jackie is an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer with the Centers for Disease Control. As part of her research work on malaria prevention, she lived and worked in Kenya, and she still travels to Africa frequently for work on public health related to dengue fever and ebola. So, when Jackie mentioned an African theme for…

My good friend Nicole hosted Jean’s second baby shower last weekend in San Luis Obispo. Here’s the guest of honor, with seven weeks to go: The guests: A smaller affair compared to the 24-guest blue and orange shower before it, this event was a luncheon with 12 close family friends. The location: Nicole reserved a corner of the…

I’ve thrown almost a dozen baby showers – this was a favorite and extra special! But I didn’t actually host it – Jean’s friends Jill and Kelly decided on the theme and put together almost everything.  Let’s dive in: The guest of honor: My sister, Jean, is due with her first baby at the end…

This was such a fun baby shower to host!  I’ve thrown all kinds of baby showers in the past with themes as varied as disco, library, mustaches and camping – but this was the first really girly one.  Jean and I started off with the idea of April (the guest of honor) showers bringing baby…

This shower was inspired by one of my favorite hostesses! Kate, who threw a bridal shower luncheon for me featuring a sampler of cold salads. (too bad I didn’t have my cute husband in a bow tie on hand to play butler as she did!) Yvonne is an engineer, so we went with a math…

What an exciting weekend! It started Friday night with tickets to see Madama Butterfly at the opera. Dinner of shawarmas at a little deli near City Hall, currently lit up orange in support of the Giants! Great show. I loved the staging of this Madama Butterfly production which included a beautiful rotating stage with a…