Farm to table {a wonderful evening}

On Saturday I was lucky enough to attend a wonderful dinner hosted by Andrea @ French Basketeer.  It was a beautiful evening with perfect weather and an amazing meal.  We were welcomed by the candle lit stairway and walked into the heart of the space, a covered loggia.  Everything was just perfect from the rosemary in the ice buckets (I will be using that one thank you very much!) to the singer who entertained us for the evening.  

A beautiful table with vintage dishes, silverware and linens.

 It is all in the details...  the water bottles were to die for!  These are the Christian Lacroix glass bottles for Evian. 

Andrea made a wonderful meal that I am still telling my family about.  I must make that Burrata with peach and tomato.  

I will say that the desert table was my next favorite.  Each creation was a wonderful temptress, and the display was really perfection.

 

It was so perfect to get a chance to talk with Andrea after the meal and meet her sweet little babies.  Andrea, it was beautiful and the food was fantastic, thank you for including me!   

I love a good party and this one was filled with a great group, great food and in a beautiful setting.  I think that each time we visit with another we have the opportunity to learn so much and take a bit of that experience along with us to share with others. It is also an amazing thing to meet people through blogging and be invited into their lives and homes in such a special way, who would have guessed what a small world this has become.

 

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Summer evenings.

 

Summer nights are made for entertaining don't think?  I love all of the candlelight and those sweet garden chairs, casual linens and the relaxed garden.

This is so perfect!

 

 

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Entertaining..

 

Entertaining outside is my favorite with candle light and lighting in the trees.  It is such a fun simple way to extend your home with a long banquet style table and a graphic runner.  

Do you entertain outside?  I would love to hear your secrets to keeping it special and intimate.

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Living outside..

I am sure we are all waiting with baited breath for those long summer days in the warm air where we can just sit around and take it all in.  Things are no different here, we are getting mentally prepared for the slow down of summer.  This looks like the perfect place to take it easy and spend long evenings with family and friends.

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weekend wishes...

Wishing you a weekend filled with poolside afternoons and evenings with family and friends..  

Can we start now?

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Happy Valentine's day...

 

Wishing you a love filled day with your special someone!

I love this image..  perfect for the next big party!

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a little time outside..

 

I hope you have been enjoying the holidays and a little time to relax after everything!  We are having the most beautiful weather here so I have been trying to spend time outside in the sunshine doing a little reading and relaxing.  

I guess I need to stop all of that and get back to work... 

but for now it is books and plans for the new year!

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Love on the outside..

 

I fell for this picture when I saw it in House Beautiful, it is everything I want for our outdoor space just beyond the dining room!  So refreshing and relaxed.  

I cannot believe it is already Thursday!  I am hoping that we can finally get the last touches into the bathroom in the next day or two so I can take a few pictures to share.  It is so slow to get those last things done..

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Conservatory..

 

I am feeling a bit under the weather today so my bathroom details are going to have to wait a day or two.  But I will send you off for a wonderful weekend with this great image of a lovely conservatory.  So dreamy!

What do you have planned for the weekend?

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Restful

 

So I have decided that the greige fairytale series has run it's course here and I need to move onto something new!  Any ideas?

I have a few but would love to hear what you think and what you would like to see.

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday!  This porch makes me think of lazy Sunday afternoons spent reading a book, an actual paper book with real pages, imagine that.

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Pool house cozy...

 

This looks like the perfect place to spend the weekend.

I think I need one for sure, a little fire, a little pool, a little time to spend with friends and family.

Wishing you a magical weekend!

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Eating outside...

 

We have been spending our evenings eating outside here.  I think it is one of the best parts of summertime.  The warm breeze and candle light make it just about perfect with the family.

Of course it does not look quite like this but one can dream about that sort of thing!

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