Ladurée Soho
When I told my friend Lauren that Greg proposed, her immediate response was, “When can we celebrate?!” It was incredibly sweet, and I was honored she wanted to share in […]
Playa Betty’s
During church one Sunday, the pastor jokingly talked about the cold weather. She said before Christmas the cold seems to have a purpose, but come January 1st she’s immediately ready […]
Christmas Afternoon Tea at The Lowell Hotel
Every year before going our separate ways for the holidays, I host my friends at a festive Christmas afternoon tea. This year we celebrated at The Lowell Hotel on the […]
Private New York City Red Double-Decker Bus Tour
On a chilly fall Saturday, Greg and I headed down to Midtown to board a red double-decker bus. But it wasn’t a typical touristy excursion. Instead, this was a private […]
Cupcake Decorating at Georgetown Cupcake
One of my favorite New Yorkers is moving away! And while I’m being slightly dramatic (she’s only moving slightly north to Stamford, Connecticut!) it won’t be the same not having […]
Rosecliff
For whatever reason, all of my Rhode Island travel posts have been about the Newport mansions. There are other fun things to do in Rhode Island, I promise! But the mansions […]
The Ribbon
On the last day of Jenny and Amber’s visit, we headed to The Ribbon on the Upper West Side for brunch. After all, there’s nothing more quintessentially New York City […]
Duane Park Burlesque Show
While Jenny and Amber were visiting me, their trip wasn’t all just good, clean fun. On Saturday night we headed to Duane Park for a scandalous burlesque show… all in […]
Pizza Beach
I love hosting visitors, especially when those visitors are two of my best friends in the world. Jenny and Amber have always been like sisters to me, and we realized […]
Bachelorette Party at the Long Island Vineyards
Ann, one of my favorite NYC friends, is getting married next month. As her friends, we have a very important job: sending her off to married life in style! On […]
Il Mulino
Since Lauren couldn’t make my epic sailing birthday celebration, she invited me to a celebratory dinner instead. Wine and pasta at a restaurant I’ve been wanting to try for ages? […]
Merchants River House
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: my birthday month! I’ll be in Paris for my actual birthday (j’ai hâte de fêter ça!) so this weekend I got together […]
Sugar Factory
There’s truly nothing better than celebrating your friends’ milestones, especially when the celebration involves a fabulous brunch and crazy cocktails! And we had something huge to celebrate: Steph was matched […]
Quadrille High
The Quadrille season doesn’t end with the formal Quadrille Ball. Rather it officially concludes months later, when the Quadrille dancers get together to host a party to thank the Junior […]
2018 Spring Soirée
After the Quadrille Ball ends, everyone in the organization needs a break (dare I say from each other?). So a few months pass with very little activity until enough time […]
2018 SSMAC Kentucky Derby Party
It may have been pouring rain in Kentucky for this year’s derby, but it was all sunshine in NYC where we had our annual SSMAC Kentucky Derby Brunch and Viewing […]