Feb 5SUDDENLY I SEEDo you agree with me that THE best part of a movie is the visual montage moment? Do you know what I’m talking about? It’s the part of the film when a really great song plays while the lead character goes through some type of massive personal growth. At the…NYC9 min read
Feb 2THAT TIME I SPILLED SEA BASS ON KEANU REEVESConfession….I am not such a sports gal nor do I partake in the activity of sports watching. …Keanu Reeves3 min read
Jan 25Colin Cowie & My Joan River’s EarringsI have a million questions that run through my head every day. Is this the best job for me? Is this it? What’s next? Did they like it? At what age does one consider an eye lift? Was the chicken cooked properly? Things like that. And one random ongoing dilemma…Party Planning5 min read
Jan 21GOODNIGHT GOODMANWhen you plan creative escapes (which is another way to describe event planning) for other people for a living, it is imperative that you yourself find a place where you can go to “creatively escape” for a while. This is a place that forces you forget who you are, what…7 min read
Jan 8One Christopher StreetI think we’re done here Robbie”, my mother announced to my father once she finished unpacking the entire contents of my kitchen cupboard, which at the time, included; two dishes, a fondue pot, two soup bowls and her M-O-M mug. …New York5 min read
Dec 31, 2021Mazel ChowThe year I turned thirty, my best friend was thirty years my senior, and her name was Lee. We met in a nightclub while working on a party for The Rolling Stones. How’s that for a name drop? I had been in the business for about a year when I…6 min read
Dec 24, 2021Just In Case Santa is ItalianMy mother loves to tell this story … It ‘twas the night before Christmas and I was eight years old. My sister and I had worked hard to organize the perfect plate of cookies, glass of milk and note to leave for Santa. Once it was all arranged by the…Christmas5 min read
Dec 24, 2021My Date with The Barefoot ContessaI have an extremely active imagination. I’ve imagined myself in every possible scenario involving meeting someone whom I admire. It’s usually some fantastical scene that goes like this: I meet this person and they fall so deeply in love with me, that they want to whisk me away, make me…Ina Garten7 min read
Dec 24, 2021Playing Johnny CarsonMy grandpa Charlie and I used to play “Johnny Carson.” We would take turns who would be Johnny and who would be the guest. I was usually the guest. More specifically, I was always Charro*, and I would stuff my t-shirt with tennis balls and put my mom’s fancy red-sequined…Johnny Carson5 min read
Dec 24, 2021The Captain and Tennille…A Turtle Love StoryThe year Ryan and I started dating, actually the first year I moved into my first New York City apartment (almost 20 years ago), we went to street fair in Chinatown and purchased two “illegal” baby turtles. We named them “The Captain” and “Tennille” after the popular 70’s superstar singing…Turtles4 min read
