Author: MrsEm

Thanksgiving weekend is almost here…and that means it is time to get going on your Christmas cards. Rob and I are preparing for our annual photo shoot next weekend and I’ve been shopping around for paper. One of my favorite sources for the last few years has been ActionEnvelope.com. This site has bright metallic note…

I love Togo’s…especially the one by my office. It is the perfect model of an efficient fast food restaurant that a) won’t cause you to become obese and b) has extremely happy employees. I don’t know what they are giving the employees there, I am pretty sure they make minimum wage, but they are so…

The Royal Tenenbaums is one of those movies that just gets better and better each time you watch it. It was on TV this weekend and I became totally inspired by the great retro-metro styling. So I designed an outfit to match! How to Dress Like a Tenenbaum: Dress – This rose and cream color…

What a fun weekend! Rob and I had a quiet Friday night at home with Rob’s favorite hour of TV: “Survival Friday” on Discovery and the last of the clean-up from the Moroccan party. On Saturday morning we had a quiet breakfast and prepared for the arrival of “the girls.” Liz, Jackie and Sarah were…

I saw a girl wearing basically this exact outfit at Safeway late on Wednesday night. I couldn’t believe it! Oh my gosh, so cute! I so tempted to somehow find a way to steal it from her but there are a lot of security guards at the market so it wasn’t really an option. Instead,…

The dinner party went really well last night. All the treats from TrulyMed were delicious, the chicken tangine came out perfectly and the Israeli couscous didn’t get burned! Our guests were great conversationalists and a lot of fun. To start the whole evening off, I improvised a pomegranate mimosa. Here’s the recipe: Pomegranate Mimosas 1…

I made the flower arrangements and set the table last night for tonight’s dinner party. It was late and I think I went a teensy bit overboard trying to make the table look Moroccan. I used four different kinds of table linens and made one of the ugliest flower centerpieces. So ugly that it is…

I’m throwing a spa day this weekend for a friend who is getting married in December. We’re going to pedicures at 12:30 and then I want to do high tea together somewhere downtown. Here are some of the choices: Garden Court Tea at the Palace – You have to love the feminine atmosphere of that…

Last night’s Ladies Activity Club party was another one for the record books! These parties have been just getting more and more impressive. Azla hosted eight of us at her house for a night of pumpkin pie baking for the November party. We started by dividing into teams. I was on team dough (the best…

I cannot stand another day with our terrible Ikea flatware! With holiday entertaining coming up, it has to go. But shopping for flatware is particularly frustrating. So much depends on the way it feels in your hand but I don’t have time to dash all over the city tossing around forks. I needed a plan.…