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Pre-Holiday Lunch

When are you most happy?

Partaking in holiday traditions always make me nostalgic for Christmases past. I’m happy to celebrate, especially when family arrive home to enjoy the customs instilled by former generations.

There’s a wonderous feeling when preparing favorite dishes for that celebratory meal, and nothing beats finding boxes with ornaments or decorations to enhance the beauty of the tree or house.  I’m always searching for ways to create new traditions that allow me to cut back on working so hard, and found one during lunch yesterday. Instead of my cooking the pre-holiday lunch my family took me to a restaurant in DC for a fantastic seafood meal. We had so much fun relaxing and laughing that I’ve asked for this to be our newest yearly tradition.

Have a wonderful holiday season,
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