Growing up in France we learned how to create pleasure and elegance around daily events and this is the hard part — we learned to take time to enjoy them. As the weather gets warmer and the days longer, I find myself longing for the pleasures of meals eaten en plein air, but it’s the [...]

As a mom I know that caring for others is natural, and is often done without any forethought, but it’s taking of ourselves that is not always as easy. It’s not that we don’t understand why it’s important. Even flight attendants remind us to put our oxygen masks on before we take care of others. [...]

Getting stains out of your washable table linens – I’ve found a simple method that works really well to get spots out of table linens and allows me to use all our beautiful and bright tablecloths without worry. This is what you’ll need: A bar of mild soap (I use Savon de Marseille, because it [...]