DINING AL FRESCO

It has really been quite an unusual summer in the South this year- positively cool by comparison to some years- so there have been multiple opportunities to date to enjoy dining out-of-doors. ( Now if it would only stop raining! )There is just something so spectacularly magical about a meal al fresco that automatically shifts one's state of mind and immediately requires a long, languid breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner! I'm quite certain my fondest summer memories involved a wonderful lazy lunch with pink wine and prosecco sitting poolside in Capri or under a wisteria laden pergola in Provence.

Enjoy the holiday weekend and please share your fondest summertime meal with me as with the weather forecast I will have to live vicariously!

BOXWOOD HOUSE

Two of the books that came my way during the holiday season were Miles Redd’s highly touted The Big Book of Chic and Danielle Rollins’ entertaining tome Soiree. Having been fortunate enough to see the before and after of the extraordinary renovation of Philip Trammell Schutze’s 1920 Boxwood House, it pleases me to no end to see it so beautifully depicted in not one but two books.


Truly a labor of love for Danielle along with the help of the superbly talented Miles, the house is a showstopper! I’ve loved seeing it evolve and what a stunning canvas it has been and will hopefully continue to be for many an elegant event! Enjoy!

Photography:

John Kernick

Quentin Bacon

Paul Costello