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Category: Holiday

Candy Land Of All Things Detail Fabulous

Being a Southern belle who loves all things paper + entertaining + attention to detail, you can imagine my excitement when I was first exposed to Pinhole Press last year at the Alt Summit in Salt Lake City. And although I’m not even remotely close to being engaged, married or popping out the little ones, [...]

Finger Hocus Before The Party Pocus

Considering to invite a few friends over for a dinner party filled of all things ghoulish and glam this month? Oh darling, I think it’s a boo-tiful idea! But instead of sending out the standard holiday invite, why not mix it up a bit this year…shall we? Howl. So as I was stalking Pinterest and [...]

Nachos…Casa Blanca Style!

Fall brings football…which brings tons of flavor, and in my casa it brings fan food. Oh, yes. My personal favorite munch to serve during the touchdowns + interceptions? That would be nachos…but trust me, nacho regular plate is served in Casa Blanca. Ole! Casa Blanca Nachos Recipe When my good friend, Matt, came over to [...]

Inspired From The Master of the Craft

From the moment I met my good friend, Francois Payard, three years ago at a foodie Harvard Club event, it has been an incredible ride of all things filled with culinary fun to spontaneity at its finest! But between him throwing me into his Soho bakery oven to us recently filming a top secret Payard [...]

It’s Time To Fall Into October Ball

Although summer weather and frolicking about the beach has sadly come to an end, it’s finally time to face the fall in an elegant {yet flirty…hehe!} fashion! My favorite part of the crisp air rollin’ in? Umm…bonjour! It means the October Ball, which benefits an incredible non-profit in NYC called CBSBB, is right around the corner at The New [...]

Falling Into Football This Fall

My favorite time of the year {aka football season!} has finally arrived, so when I was brainstorming what would be the most fabulous way to celebrate the new season it was a must to throw an NFL Kickoff Party. In candlelight, of course! Hola. invitation i sent out…and yes, im the game day official. hola. [...]

Sugarfina: A Sweet Tooth Heaven

There’s always something to celebrate. Whether it’s a new job, new casa, new baby…you name it! But honestly, with a ton of exciting life events coming up, there’s only so many times I can send flowers + a chic card {boredom to the max much?} Hola. Luckily, I recently went to a dinner where my [...]

A Bubbles + Burgers Birthday

When I was brainstorming various ideas of how to celebrate the big 2-6, I decided it would be totally fun + different to host my friends in Central Park for a sunset picnic. Hola! But as the date grew closer and the weather.com reports appeared to not be in my favor, I decided last minute [...]

TREAT HOUSE

If your kids {imagine if you don’t have any yet!} were ever struck with the challenge to raise $50 for charity, what would you suggest for them to do? A lanyard sale at school? A spontaneous Tooth Fairy donation {hehe}? Well, when the Russell family was faced with this task they decided a good old [...]

The Top Five Bespoke Chocolatiers in Zurich? Mission Accomplished.

Between seeing different parts of Zurich, meeting new friends and trying bunches of bespoke chocolate, it’s safe to safe our chocolate tour was a delectable success. Although I loved them all equally for their unique attention to detail and handmade heaven, I couldn’t help but leave out the main two chocolatiers in Zurich: Teuscher and [...]

This Summer’s Sip

Hiking the Swiss Alps during the day and lounging in pure luxury bliss at night became my instant routine last week on vacation with my family! But on one of the afternoons where I completed the daily 8 mile hike early, I decided to lounge by the pool and totally craved something icy-sweet. So when [...]

Sweet Satisfaction On A Rainy Day

Rising on this foggy Monday morning was hard enough! But adding the rainy drizzle into the mix? Um…I’m fine! Between my toesies getting soaked to my bouffant losing its volume in the humidity, there’s only one thing that can make this girl’s Monday that much better…one word says it all: chocolate. Now, I’m not talking [...]