What China Pattern Is Used in Netflix’s The Crown Season 4?

Like many of you, we recently started Season 4 of the Netflix Original Series: The Crown that was just released last weekend. I couldn't help but notice a very familiar Royal Doulton pattern in S4 E2 during the breakfast scene at Balmoral Castle. The Queen is shown entering the dining room where the Royal Family very eager to tell her about an Imperial stag that had crossed onto Crown land....

A New Years Celebration

As we are in the middle of the hot southern summer, and also in the middle of the pandemic I have been thinking of much happier times lately to get me through the days. I realized I never made a post of our New Years Eve 2019 dinner celebration. What a fun evening of charcuterie, champagne, and braised short rib! I might have been even a bit excessive and printed menus on linen paper to adorn...

Brunching At Home

A few Sundays ago I woke up and was really hungry for brunch, but was in no mood to leave the house. Normally in this predicament I would concede and eventually make reservations at one of our fun local brunch spots. This particular morning I was feeling a little more adventurous, and we did have the perfect ingredients for a nice brunch already at home so brunch at home was on! I mixed up a...