Mar 10, 2017 | A Day In My Life
We were supposed to go back to normal here at Shamrock Manor after a wedding guest found himself upside down over a balcony but as my mother likes to say “You plan, God laughs.” Why, oh why, did I have to find that dead groom in the ladies room after our...
Mar 9, 2017 | A Day In My Life
charter member, The League of Literary Ladies Gotcha, didn’t I? I said “island life” and you immediately pictured what a day in my island life is all about: tropical breezes, lazy hours in the hammock, drinks festooned with tiny umbrellas. Umm . . . I’ve got new for...
Mar 8, 2017 | A Day In My Life
As a tea shop owner, I get invited to a lot of special event teas. But the craziest one I’ve even attended was a “rat tea” held at a very fancy mansion in Charleston’s ultra luxe historic district. Yes, that’s right, a rat tea. I’m talking about proper waiters...
Mar 7, 2017 | A Day In My Life
You know that moment when someone you care about is struggling with something and you want to do anything you can think of to help out? Yeah, that was me the other day when I stopped by Jay Morgan’s office. For those of you who haven’t met Jay, he’s a super cute...
Mar 6, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I love my job! Planning parties for others – what fun. Of course, it takes months of planning. It starts with the idea then add in venue, permits, caterers, flowers and other decorations, prizes, security, promotion, reports. . .it’s not easy being an event planner....
Mar 5, 2017 | A Day In My Life
On this mild August morning, too beautiful to believe, I’m standing outside in the front of our little colonial placed in a Currier and Ives New England setting. I’m waiting for Lillian, my mother-in-law, to drive up the pebble and dirt driveway of Peaceable...