When it comes to home entertaining, we have three cardinal rules:

Celebrating Juneteenth Juneteenth, now a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, is celebrated on the anniversary of June 19, 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger read the proclamation of freedom for slaves in Galveston, Texas. General Order Number 3 began most significantly with: “The people of Texas are informed that in accordance […]

I usually have no shortage of words (hard stop) particularly when it comes to celebrating loved ones, whether by blood or otherwise. In this case though I’ve stared at this blank page long enough to know if I just start, the words will eventually come (and I promised my marketing director I wouldn’t leave the […]

Pattern-Play Passover So I’ve become a recent collector of 18th c. Chinese export porcelain and almost anything with an Imari pattern on it. I love the combination of the peach, orange, apricot, shades of blue and pops of green. It is calming and yet playful with the patchwork of patterns and florals. It felt like […]

Easter Brunch Tablescape: Perfect Pastel Palette When it comes to hosting, we believe every gathering deserves a little extra magic — and our recent Easter brunch tablescape delivered just that. While we added in a few sweet details such as pastel eggs to give this scape a subtle Easter tone, it really could be a […]

The Kentucky Derby, Cinco de Mayo and Old Line Market.  It was a busy weekend. Thank you to everyone that came out to Aix La Chappell Farm in Poolesville to visit us at our Ghost Host pop up shop. It was A: an insane amount of work and B: such a great time!  I have […]

I threw a party once and no one came. I was in 5th grade and it was my birthday. I wanted to be one of the “cool kids”. So… I invited “the cool kids”. Only I wasn’t one and it was fully apparent when not one person showed. Not even my real friends, because let’s […]

Southern Living to Veranda to Butcher Box and countless blogs, designers and influencers… 2025 is in fact, The Year of the Dinner Party. It’s never been dead to us, but we know not everyone grew up the way we did where a meal was the catalyst for real conversations, full belly laughs, hard talks and […]

Africa: Inspired By I hope you enjoyed the brief recap of my trip to Africa HERE. I was reminded by some concept designs that I created a few years ago for and haven’t seen reality. Fun fact: I was a finalist for a tabletop competition show that aired over the pandemic (Martha Stewart was a […]