Posted on February 27th, 2008 by Corinne
We all love a surprise, especially when we get to be the one doing the surprising. Over the weekend my girlfriend Candice’s mother threw her a surprise Bridal Shower at the Coral House in Baldwin. I was given orders by the mother of the bride to arrive early with the rest of the bridal party […]
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Posted on February 21st, 2008 by JoAnne
Tomorrow is George Washington’s birthday. When we were kids, we celebrated Lincoln’s birthday on February 12th and George Washington’s birthday on February 22nd. We got not one, but two days off from school.
Even though George is now honored on the “two-fer” called President’s Day, I still can’t help but associate February 22nd with cherries and […]
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Posted on February 17th, 2008 by JoAnne
Just wanted to let you know that the details we read and posted yesterday about the balloon art apparently didn’t give a lot of talented people the recognition they deserve.
Jason Vaughn wrote, “Actually the first 2 are of Ken Stillman and the third are 2 by Rie Hosaki.”
Asi Cohen, whom we read had created all […]
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Posted on February 16th, 2008 by JoAnne
My friend Susan sent this to me and I thought it was fabulous! What an imaginative take on gala dressing–though sitting down might present a problem!
Don’t you just love people who can look at a familiar object and see something totally new? I could stare at a pile of pink and purple balloons for […]
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Posted on February 14th, 2008 by JoAnne
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It’s almost 10 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. Franny and I went out to dinner at a local restaurant. Then we came home to exchange cards. He also bought me a dozen beautiful roses.
As usual, we laughed over our cards. For every card-exchanging holiday, our goal is always the same: Buy the most outrageous card […]
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Posted on February 9th, 2008 by JoAnne
I was having a great time looking for something really clever to post today. Started with “Birthday cupcakes” on flickr, only because I love to look at them.
I spotted a pretty pink cupcake image posted by “be cheery.” Her photos were so appealing that I decided to follow the cupcake trail. Her profile said that […]
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Posted on February 5th, 2008 by JoAnne
Hi! Welcome to the launch of the Celebrate with Style blog. Hope this is the start of a great conversation.
To get things going, I thought I’d share some details about a wonderful party I attended a few days ago–an annual SuperBowl party given by dear friends.
(And–oh, yes–that silly sculpture of the NY Giants logo–made from […]
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