It wasn’t all thaaattt long ago that I was invited to attend a Pure Leaf tea tasting ~ for the second time ~ featuring celebrity chef Gail Simmons and her tasty drink creations for the brand.
Gail created a refreshing, seasonal drink that’s just so perfect for the holidays ~ especially with the red pomegranate juice and garnish, along with the warm-tasting cinnamon..
Here’s the tasty recipe that’s sure to make your holiday Happy Hours joyful for you and your guests:
Just saying the word “ice” is cooling, crunching, crackling, isn’t it?
It’s a kind of sound symbolism or onomatopoeia ~ or at the least a phanopoeia!
The snap, or ting, ting, ting of the ice dropping and hitting the inside of a glass is our aural cue that a happy hour is about to launch.
But ice ~ good ice worthy of a good cocktail, that is ~ appeals to more of our sense of sound. There is their sight and taste, too.
Ice is an artful, sensual ingredient in your cocktail confections. 🧊🍸
Here’s how to shake up memorable mixology:
If Thanksgiving’s gray November skies make you think of gloomy, think again when setting your table. Gray is a classic color theme to add elegance to your tablescape ~ a perfect canvas or backdrop for adding gold and silver elements to shine both day and night.
Here’s how I layered the glittering look:
In the town so nice, they named it twice, it’s only fitting that there are no less than two Holiday shows at the New York Botanical Garden.
NYBG's Holiday Train Show® returns for its 32nd Year, with more model trains and an all-new outdoor display.
Night and Day: The incomparable show “leaves the station” Saturday, November 18, 2023.
I suggest you get there as soon as you can. And you may want a return trip. Or two!
Plus, there's the NYBG outdoor Light Experience, GLOW to dazzle your senses, galore, Friday, 11/17.
Here's what the magic is all about:
This is a touchy subject. Death almost always is… While we may intellectualize the unwelcome fact of it and recognize that it will happen to all of us and those we love, it’s also true that we are never, or rarely, prepared for it. Especially when it strikes at your heart twice. Within six months of one another.
My recent Ladies Who Lunch Conversations guest, Susan S. Warner, got the one-two, gut-wrenching punch of losing her son and, while still reeling; whipsawed when her husband died shortly thereafter.
To help herself and others heal, Susan has written a tender, heartfelt, intimate book about her journey from the depths of despairing grief to one of hope and love.
It’s more than thoughts and prayers…
The Hamptons and Long Island Homegrown Cookbook: Local Food, Local Restaurants, Local Recipes (Homegrown Cookbooks)
The Hamptons and Long Island Homegrown Cookbook: Local Food, Local Restaurants, Local Recipes (Homegrown Cookbooks)
