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Entertaining
Dipped Everythings For Your Holiday Celebrations
Years ago, when I worked as the manager of a law firm, the holidays meant one thing:
FOOD.
The baskets arrived every day from Thanksgiving on: dried fruit, specialty coffees, fancy cheeses, and chocolate-covered everything, with little cards tucked inside (“Thanks for a great year!”) from clients.
When I started my own business a couple of years later and started sending out holiday presents to associates of my own – including a food-type gift to each office with which I worked – I sifted through my memories of those Christmas baskets, trying to remember what everyone had liked best…and the answer was obvious:
Holiday Entertaining Hacks (Using Stuff You’ve Already Got Handy)
I'm not big on shelling out tons of money on holiday decor. I mean…that stuff can get expensive. And only gets used for, what, three weeks a year?
Nothankyou.
But for real: you totally don't have to do a massive decorating run in order to make your home look like Christmas exploded inside it. Presenting: some holiday hacks that let you get good and festive without stepping one single foot outside your door (or laying down one single cent).
7 Ways To De-Stress This Holiday Season
This Christmas, chill out and put down the glitter gun.
Over on SheKnows, my favorite ways to make the holiday season less hectic (and a dancing video, obviously).
Secret (And Scented) Garden
With BrunchCritic Founder (and fellow wreath-wearer) Andrea Pappas
Talk about a magical night.
To celebrate the launch of several new scents from eco-luxe brand Caldrea - Basil Blue Sage, Lavender Pine, Ginger Pomelo, and Pear Blossom Agave - the rooftop at Gramercy Park was transformed into what I can only describe as a wonderland. We're talking jewelbox rooms filled with rose blossoms, lavender vines trailing from ceilings, palm trees filled with fairy lights arching overhead, and guests wandering through it all with blossom wreaths twined through their hair.
