I am no Martha Stewart, but I like to entertain. I also am not much of a cook, but I love to spend hours in the kitchen working on a meal. For the most part, none of our dinner parties have been disasters. This weekend may have been our first exception.
To be honest, it wasn’t a total disaster. I just violated some common sense rules of hosting. Like, stay within your comfort zone. We hosted a couple we only barely knew. They had invited us to dinner at their house in December and it took us three months to return …read more

 
Total Mushy Dorkball Warning.
As I sat at the table of 14 wonderful people at a dinner party last week I was in awe.
Awe of me. If I can risk boldness, self-love, pride, conceit -whatever you might think of a woman who is starting to expand her own realm of influence and concept of power.
I waited for many years to be invited into a really awesome book club of interesting women.
One day it occurred to me that I might actually wait my whole life and never, ever get that invitation. It was a sad thought. Completely unacceptable.
I was praying for it, when …read more