Happy 160th birthday, Campari!  Walk into any Italian restaurant and there’s a good chance you will be greeted by the above Campari poster of the Spiritello sprite with an orange peel wrapped around him. The famous image (created by Leonetto Cappiello in 1920) remains a […]

Santa, I’ve been good this year, I swear! I can’t believe that Christmas is less than one week away! While most of us have been very good pretty good this year, it doesn’t hurt to offer up a little last minute bribe to Old Saint […]

~~~~~~HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m a very lucky person – my life is full of very dear friends and wonderful family, (and I would be remiss if I did not also give a big shoutout to my fabulous Mr. TFC, Pete). When the month of December comes, we […]

HAPPY LABOUR DAY EVERYONE!  While Labour Day isn’t the official end of summer, it sure feels like it. Kids go back to school tomorrow, so I’m sure that there are a lot of parents who are going to be facing tomorrow with either dread or […]

Tomorrow is National Tea Day. This is a day that celebrates not just tea, but the tradition of sitting down and enjoying a cuppa in the company of friends. Earlier in the week, I started the celebrations early with my post about the British Afternoon […]

So you decided that this year you’re having a New Year’s Eve dinner party and you need a dessert. But you’re not really a baker. And you work and/or have children. And you don’t have a lot of time. Christmas to the rescue! Now before […]

I love parties: cocktail parties, dinner parties, casual parties and spur of the minute get-togethers! I love getting together with friends and family and catching up with people whom I may adore, but don’t get to see often enough because life gets in the way. Bubbles […]