The New York Botanical Garden had its 17th annual Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale the weekend of May 3rd, 2009. What luck that I made a visit to the gardens to celebrate a friend’s birthday that very day. Even though I was in my rain boots, I have to say it was one of [...] Read more »
A colorful event: A shower of Aprils on Martha Stewart
April 1st, 2009 – I am in line for the Martha Stewart show to be in the audience. Every woman in the line and I share something very special…our name is April. How cool is that ? Now, I’ve had 2 best friends named April growing up (Hello April Porter and April Higgs) but not [...] Read more »
Color Inspiration …Destination St. Martin
I just spent 5 days at La Samanna in St. Martin , leaving on the day of a brutal snow storm. I had prayed that the snow wouldn’t hinder our plans, as it was my friend’s birthday and we didn’t want to spend it at JFK. Thanks to prayers and the pilot’s determination to “hit [...] Read more »
Hablo Espanol ? All signs point to yes…
I was privileged enough to spend the week of New Year’s Eve in sunny Mexico, along the Riviera Maya. (A trip I cannot more highly recommend.) The 1st town I visited was Puerto Morelos and quickly fell in love. This is a somewhat sleepy fishing village about 40 minutes past Cancun (and about the same [...] Read more »
11/08/08 ..Just another wedding day at Grand Central
This Saturday I had plans to go visit friends via Metro North, at Grand Central. After scoring a cold Budweiser, I headed to the center information kiosk and clock – my usual meeting spot. To my delight I witnessed 4 separate bridal photo shoots in the span of 15 minutes. The blogger in me delighted in [...] Read more »
