In Canada, my birth country – it is very rare to see roses blooming in November. Look at what’s been going on in Toronto (where I lived and was raised as a toddler). Freshly blossomed roses are springing up in several parks and green spaces around the city. This picture was snapped yesterday - November 26th! - amid all the fallen leaves of the surrounding shrubs.
Credits: Andy Ritchie
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Peace This Thanksgiving!
I am wishing all of you a beautiful, peaceful and loving Thanksgiving Day. I'm very grateful to have friends and family such as you.
As a gift please accept this lovely Princess Cake from Miettes Patisserie located in San Francisco, California.
Enjoy!
As a gift please accept this lovely Princess Cake from Miettes Patisserie located in San Francisco, California.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Wedding: Dusty Pink and Black New Years Wedding 2011
Mood boards are a great help to a bride to be, graphic designers and film makers. The board is used to enable a bride to illustrate visually her style direction or the point of view, which she is pursuing. A wedding is a story and the mood board sets the stage for an imaginary setting for the wedding storyline. They serve as a visual tool to quickly inform every one of the overall 'feel' and “flow” that a bride/designer is trying to achieve. Creating mood boards in a digital form may be easier and quicker, but the tactile feel of physical objects (fabric, paper stock) often tend to have a higher impact on people because of the more complete palette of a sensational physical mood boards offer, in contrast with the black & white or color-prints of a digital mood board.
For a New Years Wedding 2011 – still a work in progress - the beginnings of a blush pink and black 5:00PM cocktail wedding in the bride’s parent’s Laguna Beach home over looking the Pacific Ocean.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Wedding Champagne and French Cheese Buffet - First Things First - The Tasting.
As a work in progress – The Shimmering Champagne Wedding Tasting Menu is taking shape.
Au Votre Sante!
A Vineyard Tasting
• Cabernet Sauvignon from Bordeaux
• Chardonnay from Burgundy
• Pinot Noir from Burgundy
• Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley
A First-Class Tasting
• Bordeaux Grand Cru Classe
• Burgundy Grand Cru and 1er Cru
• Chateauneuf du Pape
• Champagne Grand Cru or Millesime
A Champagne Tasting
• Champagne Blanc de Blanc
• Champagne Rose
• Champagne Millesime
A Select Cheese Pairing
French Muenster (considered the Best and called Munster) is a farmhouse and cow’s milk cheese. Authentic Munster cheese is made only from the milk of cows that graze in a designated area in the Vosges Mountains in the east of France. It is a soft white cheese with a reddish-orange washed rind and is noted for its strong smell and pronounced taste
Double Crème French “La Brie” is a soft cows' cheese named after Brie, the French province in which it originated.
Epoisse a cheese from Burgundy, France. Epoisse is firm, moist and grainy with a fresh taste.
Come back often - next up the buffet layout and design.
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