A day in the life with Bel McGrath by Maggie McConnon

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...

South Bass Island life with Bea Cartwright by Kylie Logan

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...

A day in the life by Theodosia Browning by Laura Childs

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...

A day in the life of J.J. Tanner by Linda Wiken

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....

A day in the life with Carol Rossi by Dorothy H. Hayes

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...