Now how did that even happen? Isn’t it funny how, as you get older, you turn around one day and all of a sudden you are REALLY old? I’ll never understand how time goes by so slowly when you’re a kid, and then poof, the years begin to fly by when you become an adult….
How to Get Your Wine Glasses Ready to Party
If you’re like a lot of people at this time of year, you’re planning a holiday party, having friends over for cocktails or getting ready for family gatherings to celebrate the season. I just discovered a trick on the site Tasting Table for how to get your wine glasses to be clean and ready to…
Celebrating Traditions…and a Little Magic
One of the things I love most about the holidays is the way it brings people together. People from different parts of the world, people who speak other languages, people who may not know each other well but come together in the spirit of celebration. My dear friends Dave and Suzanne hosted a brunch to…
Easiest Cookies Ever for the Holidays — or Anytime!
I went to an old-fashioned “cookie swap” over the weekend, something I haven’t done in years. My sweet neighbor Martha organized it as a way for us to get to know some of the newer people who’ve recently moved into our community. But Martha knows how to host a cookie exchange — there was wine…
Chez Suzette Reader Shares How She Re-Purposes
I recently wrote about how I use vintage brooches and pins on furniture and in other places throughout my house. In that blog post, Giving New Life to Old Things, I asked readers to share how they use things in a different way. My friend Louanne, a blog subscriber in Tennessee, sent me these photos…