Voyage - "The World is my Playground"
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The World is my playground -
Entertaining and design ideas
from around the world!
Learn a fun craft to incorporate in their home or for their party, get recipes, learn how to set a magical table to transport them and their guests to far away places and some beautiful places nearby.
Traveling Fashionably Is Just My Style
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
I Love to travel and I love to travel in style. I also want to be comfortable. Before I go away, I think of where I am going, what our travel schedule is and what the style is. Meaning are we on a chic trip to Venice, a sporty adventurous getaway in Costa Rica or [...]
A Bermuda Holiday, “The World Is My Playground, Entertaining and Design Ideas from around the World”
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Bermuda Holiday Summer 2010- The World Is My Playground, Entertaining and Design Ideas From Around The World, Workshop, The Paris House Designs.
History
( this image was not photo-shopped, or enhanced in any way, it is exactly as it looked that evening)
My family and I just returned from a lovely snorkeling vacation in gorgeous Bermuda. We [...]
A day at Kate Spade Design Studio ( food, fashion and Paris House Gardens)
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
A fantastic Day in the City
As I mentioned last week, I was invited in to help review Kate Spade products and website ideas at the design studio in Manhattan. ( I am not able to share any photos etc. as it is not made public yet, I had to sign a release before leaving and [...]
April Cornell Giveaway that is perfect for Cinco de Mayo!!!
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Setting a Cinco de Mayo table for two at The Paris House using the loveliest linens from the very talented April Cornell. We have been ’setting the scene’ around here for years with the help of the colorful beautiful linens found in the April Cornell line. The adorable ‘tablecloth’ you see on our bistro table [...]
Greetings from Stockbridge Massachusetts
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
“I just love Stockbridge. I mean, Stockbridge is the best of America, the best of New England.”
Norman Rockwell
Hello from quaint lovely Stockbridge MA. in the Berkshires. Home of the famous Red Lion Inn Restaurant, The Norman Rockwell museum, Famous Tanglewood a cultural mecca, The Botanical Gardens, quaint boutiques, outlet shopping and lovely historic Main Street.
Here [...]
Making Cupcakes for Marie Antoinette
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Join us for a happy little get together with Marie Antoinette as our muse. Inspired by one of my favorite Vintage postcards that I brought back from Paris when I was studying there as a carefree teenage girl many years ago.
I sent this card to my beloved Grandparents while I was in Paris and [...]
My Kind of Beautiful
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
As many of you may already know, My Family loves Vermont. I grew up very close to Southern Vermont and try to go several times a year.
It is one of the few places I truly relax, Mr. Bunny’s place to relax is always at the condo in Florida, although he too loves Vermont. He prefers [...]
Hello My Pretties…Join me in Salem MA
Friday, October 30th, 2009
HAPPY HALLOWEEN MY PRETTIES…..HEE HEE HEE HEE……
A few years ago we headed to Nantucket for summer holiday. After spending time there we headed to Sandwich Ma, then onto Plymouth ( I hadn’t been there since fourth grade… hey my bffs, do you remember that trip?????..I still have the little Plymouth booklet sitting on my desk [...]
A Weekend In the Country
Monday, October 12th, 2009
I think Oliver looks like a little Cabbage Patch Boy!! He is the cutest sweetest little Boy in the World, I love love love him!!
He is visiting the Cider Witch in upstate New York on the outskirts of Vermont, near where his Grandparents live. The Cider Witch comes out and throws candy down for all [...]
Hey Princess Please don’t kiss that Frog
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
The American Museum of Natural History, NYC
This is one of our favorite all time museums. We go several times a year and are always on the lookout for the special exhibits.
(Listen-Up!! I hear a lot of croaking and some ribbits going on…)
One of our favorite exhibits is the; “FROGS, A CHORUS OF COLORS”
it is a [...]
The World Is My Playground Workshop, A Venetian Affair
Friday, September 11th, 2009
[ September 4, 2010; 4:01 am; October 22, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Join Us at the Paris House for our fabulous workshop on Venice Italy
October 22, 2009 10am-noon
The Paris House will be hosting a Venetian Affair from their 200 year old farmhouse on October 22, 2009 from 10am-noon
Come and enjoy a [...]
Mexican Flower Salad, Lavender Lemonade, Mark Twain and the wine trail
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
The Wine Trail and Lovely Lavender Lemonade
Recipes and Mark Twain
Everything about this lovely beverage delights me, from the adorable sprig of lavender to the pretty bouquet of flowers behind it,( check out those old fashioned strawflowers..at least thats what I call them??) mostly the delicious taste. Give this a try on a nice [...]
I hear the Mackenzie- Child’s live on a Showboat!!!
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
The Mackenzie -Child’s on their “Showboat”. click here to read this fascinating story about this boat and all the controversy surrounding it. I hadn’t heard this story or seen the photo shoot in House and Garden and was unaware of their showboating lifestyle until I was at their studio last week. When We were recently [...]
A Natural Beauty, The Finger Lakes (Part One)
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Lets Pack our bags and fill them with lots of pretty outfits, accessories, toys and treats for the kids. Its time to hit the road and go on an adventure with Bunny and her gang….. We are off to The Finger Lakes Region to take in all the natural beauty it has to offer, buts [...]
Fallling in Love with Falling Cloudberries
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Over Our recent vacation I stopped into The Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Vermont (My favorite bookstore in the WORLD) to pick up the book “Falling Cloudberries” by Tessa Kiros.
Tessa was born in London to a Finnish mother and a Greek-Cypriot father. The family moved to South Africa when she was four and, at the [...]
Fashion, Food, Wine, Awards, and Bon Voyage
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
A GIRL CAN DREAM….
I AM BECOMING A BIT OBSESSED WITH THIS MISS SICILY PINK HANDBAG BY DOLCE AND GABANNA. IT IS MY FAVORITE COLOR AND MY FAVORITE STYLE, CLASSIC, BUT WITH A JOLT OF COLOR AND PERSONALITY…
I love Autumn, everything about it. Even the way I “Look” says Autumn..My brown [...]
Vermont Video
Monday, August 17th, 2009
The World can be your Playground too! Come and discover everything Vermont has to offer: shops, outlets, skiing, canoeing, arts & museums,…

















































































































