I can’t call this post anything else, to me it’s just perfect because when my amazing friend Annabella Colletti announced she was back in town that meant one thing, Dinner Party!!! Anne showed up with a bouquet from her mom’s garden – so French! and just perfect for the mood of the dinner! Next she [...] Read More

My friend Susan Robohm recomeneded a blog called The Blue Hour by a guy named Brian Ferry (no joke!) – a combo of photography, food, travel – all good and all COZY!!! The picture of this lobster roll just breaks my heart! I wanna go to the East Coast for Summer! Enough of this Southern [...] Read More

These days I don’t usually have the extra money to go out and buy flowers much as I’d LOVE to! That of course doesn’t stop me from figuring how to create something beautiful – like these wild Fennel fronds that grow along the road where I live. They look wild and beautiful and smell amazing! [...] Read More

THERE’S NO SIBLING RIVALRY HERE! THE UPPER TOMATOES ARE BEING IN GROWN BY MY BROTHER JOHN IN ASHEVILLE, NC AND THESE LOWER SLICED BEAUTIES ARE COURTESY OF SISTER LISA IN THOUSAND OAKS, CA! HOW GORGEOUS ARE THESE? AND I BET THEY TASTED JUST AS DELICIOUS. WE ALL KNOW SOME SALT, PEPPER AND A LITTLE EXTRA [...] Read More

For me, sometimes everyday in Los Angeles feels like summer. So the question is, how do you actually make it feel like Summer? Growing up as a child it was croquet games and picnics in my Grandmothers back yard along the French Creek in Phoenixville, Pa. My mom really carried on that tradition (and was [...] Read More

Birthdays that is. The idea to do a COZY birthday potluck at Marissa’s house for her birthday was supposed to happen in March. If I remember correctly there were a lot of complicated travel schedules to juggle and long story short fast forward to July and voila! The party actually happened! POTLUCK IS THE WAY [...] Read More

Chicken that is! Courtesy of my sister Lisa who along with her husband Neil can have lunch or dinner South of France style anytime they want by having a rotisserie on their grill! Lisa said she stuffed the cavity of this beautiful organic chicken with a big bunch of rosemary and some garlic and a [...] Read More