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Mannerly Monday: Top Table Manners

Before you ostrich your way into your next meal, check out my favorite table manner tips via Emily Post. Happy New Year, y’all!xx 1. Chew with your mouth closed. 2. Avoid slurping, smacking, blowing your nose, or other gross noises. (If necessary, excuse yourself to take care of whatever it is you need to take [...]

A New Healthy Era Boxtera Box

Starting a new diet this New Year? Better yet, hosting a soirée or embarking on a holiday extravaganza? Well, let Boxtera help you out with the splurging, hosting, or travel eating! Sending out five different brands in your healthy package a month, Boxtera is the new go-to for all things sinfully free and health conscious…not [...]

JINGLE + MINGLE HOLIDAY SOIRÉE

nyc tribe getting all festive in holiday gear at this fabulous flat Holiday parties are all about celebrating, dressing up to catch up, and my personal favorite: jingling + mingling. Hola! So when my boss decided it would be totally fun to combine our friends and throw a party at his listing overlooking Gramercy Park, [...]

Mannerly Monday: Host + Be Hosted

Hosting a holiday party soon? Or planning to attend one in between? Check out these fabulous etiquette tips from Emily Post to make sure you throw one stellar soirée + to not be that guest everyone chats about the next morning. I’m definitely taking these to heart hosting my holiday party tomorrow night! Happy Mannerly [...]

Merry In My Sleigh Tunes

My sleigh bells are totally ringing this year. How? Why? Oh darling, Bonjour + Hola is here to help this season and make sure all of your little gifts to loved ones have an extra detailed touch! Our pick? That would be a homemade Sleigh Tunes CD. Hola! click here to listen to our sleigh [...]

Appreciation Of Wine

Heading to a holiday party soon? Dinner soirée, perhaps? Well, instead of walking in empty handed, let’s step up our holiday giving shall we? In a cheap yet stylish manner, of course. Hola! When I was visiting Nashville over Thanksgiving, I spotted this ultra holiday fab wine holder at a store called Absolution. Um…just about [...]

A Gift From The Sweet South

At the end of the day, there’s nothing better to satisfy any craving than a good ‘ole slice of caramel cake. Hola! But contrary to what one may believe, many people outside of the south have either never heard had a piece of an actual piece of Southern caramel cake or even heard it. Which [...]

Brewin’ Up The Bread This Season

One of my favorite batches to brew up on any day is beer bread. No question! It’s incredibly easy and not to mention simple with just using actual beer in the process. Remember “Boyfriend’s Beer Bread“? Hola! But if you’re wanting to send beer bread to a loved one across the country, it’s probably not [...]

Crafted Into A True Southern Story

square leather coasters {with unique brands} Although waking up at 545am on a Saturday morning to go shooting sounds right up my alley, I opted to sleep in a little this past Thanksgiving weekend and get my vinyasa on. Hola! But when my dad and brother returned from a day of shooting down all that [...]

Jammin’ Biscuits This Holiday

Since this week is all about Southern holiday gift ideas, there is no way I would even think about leaving off a true Nashville favorite: Loveless Cafe. If you’ve ever done research on Nashville before a trip down there, visited Music City in the past, or just asked friends who knew a bit about the [...]

Friendsgiving…Casa Blanca Style!

Out of all the things I’m thankful for, which I could honestly write a month of posts about, I’m so blessed and lucky to have such a close group of friends in this whirlwind of a city. Between friends I’ve known since I was two years old to new friends I met just a few [...]

Holiday Spirit Built Into One Casa

Oh hello, holiday season! It’s so nice to see you again, hunny. But before I get carried away with party planning, traveling, ice skating in Rockefeller Plaza with hot chocolate, and dancing around my room while trying on various scarves to wear with the perfect puff jacket, there is one place I absolutely must see [...]