Light is Healing Hope & Joy: Learn How this Mother Invented a Solar Light, Helping Children and Their Families

 

It took a compassionate Mother to help children ~ and Mother Nature. While teaching as a Professor in Architecture and Material Technology at Columbia University, Alice Chun created early prototypes of solar lights. Initially fueled by her passion to design a healthy light source for her son who suffered from (urban/pollution) asthma, she was also driven by her desire to help the underserved; in turn, Alice invented the world’s only self-inflatable, portable solar light that is a lifeline to those without electricity. Alice named this invention the SolarPuff™.  Today, Alice is an award-winning inventor and humanitarian who brings awe, wonder, & joy.  Learn about her incredibly inspiring journey: 

Tips For Curating A Lavish, Colorful, Mexican Heritage Tablescape Your Guests Will Love ~ Plus My Conversation with Mexican Food & Drink Expert

 

Who doesn’t love to celebrate Cinco de Mayo?  

Its calendaring is a perfect pin to launch a season of exuberant fun. 

I was keen to curate my first table design dedicated to this celebrated holiday not only because of the rich Mayan and Mexican history I experienced while exploring and studying there but also just in time for this happy May Day fiesta, to honor my very special Ladies Who Lunch Conversations guest, Bárbara Sibley: expert on Mexican food and libation ~ author, owner, CEO, and chef at her much beloved La Palapa Cocina Mexicana restaurants.

Bárbara is also a fellow Les Dames E’Escoffier ~ I say with unbridled pride. 

So, por supuesto, this table design had to be good.

Here’s how I achieved a look that earned me Bárbara’s two-thumbs up.