Archive for December, 2008

Posted on December 24, 2008 - by Amanda

Persephone Books

In case you hadn’t noticed, we love good literature. We love books. And we love recommending them too. One of our new favorite publishers is Persephone Books out of the UK. They reprint “neglected novels, diaries, short stories and cookery books, mostly by women and mostly dating from the early to mid-twentieth century.”

Posted on December 19, 2008 - by Amanda

How To Be the Perfect Hostess

This may be a little late as Advent is nearly over and the Christmas parties are starting to wind down but we hope you can use the information next year, if nothing else.

Posted on December 16, 2008 - by Amanda

How To Write a Thank You Note

Gifts, hospitality, random acts of kindness – they all deserve a written thank you. Though etiquette allows for two weeks to a month, we recommend writing sooner rather than later. If you’re anything like us, let one day slip and twenty slip with it.