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Loving December

Can you believe we’re about to end this mind-boggling year? I can’t believe how fast the time has flown by, and am truly loving the busyness of the season along with the festive atmosphere that only takes place during the month of December.

Tawney Chatmon at the NMWA

Frasier Fir Candles

We’re all about embracing the holidays at Heath, starting with playing holiday music the Friday before Thanksgiving, and I’m not one for over decorating but enjoy a few strands of lights strung along the banisters to create a cozy atmosphere. And love burning pine-scented candles, as we did in Christmases past, that smell of evergreen wafting throughout the house is luxurious!

Step Afrika: Magical Musical Holiday Show
If there is one holiday show to see this season, you must go to Arena Stage in DC right now. You’ll meet DJ Nutcracker and his Arctic friends for an exhilarating journey, packed with high energy stepping and the most resounding music. The show ends on the 23rd, but is definitely a must see for next year!

I thoroughly enjoy seeing store’s and our neighbor’s home’s decorated for the holidays. These breathtaking ornaments of winter wonderland are from Nemacolin.

December snow ……picture’s from our backyard.

Enjoy the holidays,
Kathleen

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Insider’s Guide to Paris

Do you have a favorite place you have visited? Where is it?

There are many favorite places I’ve visited over the years, and make it a priority to go again and again whenever I get the chance. But if, you’ve ever been to Paris, you make it a point to return as frequently as possible, partly to indulge in what you fell in love with on that first trip. It may mean biting into those delicious macarons from Pierre Hermé, while staking out a favorite spot in the Luxembourg Gardens. Or maybe it means savoring the velvety sole meunière at the Brasserie du Louvre with its century old mosaic tiled flooring, comfortable leather banquettes, along with that brusque {yet charming} waiter whose attention you can never obtain. I can’t tell how much I enjoy sitting over a meal and never feeling rushed to leave.

 

You return to this magical city because you can show up at a restaurant after 11:00 p.m. and be welcome to what feels like a well catered late-night party.

As dynamic and spectacular as Paris appears, there is nothing like perusing the arrondissements in order to discover a new bistro, a boutique or an avant-garde art gallery. Walking or using the Métro is always the best way to explore the “City of Light”

Travel stylishly,
Kathleen