with a buffet of delicious treats, a variety of drinks in portable ice chests, and a playlist of her favorite At the end, we celebrated with her favorite meal and cake.

New Orleans Mardi Gras , Walter Anderson, 1962 My favorite works of art feature stories told with colors

This is my favorite soup from one of my favorite cookbooks, ‘ Twelve Months of Monastery Soups’ by Br

I’ve loved sharing about Dauphin Island, our favorite family beach destination. Here's a comprehensive guide to our favorite things on Dauphin Island. One of our favorite activities is the round-trip sail across Mobile Bay. You can buy equipment and live bait at Ship & Shore  or the live bait shop near the ferry dock  (the Our favorite food and drink  Given the number of visitors, Dauphin Island remains surprisingly undeveloped

The more we can anticipate Heaven, the better and more properly ordered we will live. The French fill their puff pastry galette with almond cream, traditionally with a fève (a small ceramic I got our set of vintage fèves at a brocante in Lyon, but try Etsy . Our longtime favorite Corda Candles has a " Gifts for a King " candle featuring frankincense and myrrh

You aren't living unless you're biting into thick slabs of a BLT with red juice running down your chin And while we're here: one of my favorite things to read while I drink coffee is this ancient Creole cookbook But my favorite part is the lack of concrete directions, measurements, temperatures, specificity of ingredients

Some of our favorites are LouLou's (the best sugar-free options); Pandora's (right near City Park); The rapid-evaporation nature of alcohol will give you a surprisingly effective boost. Some of our favorite indoor activities are the world-class Audubon Aquarium and the character-rich Rock You can also rent a kayak, canoe, or paddleboard to paddle down Bayou St John (one of my favorite neighborhoods There's pure magic in the live oak tree grove at City Park.

huge platters of fried seafood or cauldrons of gumbo with hot rice), "In other places, they eat to live In New Orleans, we live to eat." I could eat my way through a continuous circuit of favorites for the next fifty years . fresher products and better prices if you duck into the local grocery, plus grocery shopping is one of my favorite You haven't lived until you've eaten hot crab-boil mashed potatoes swimming in melted butter.

Some of my most favorite sentimental objects live on these shelves: train tickets to Lisieux, a sketch Some views of the living room, complete with a glimpse of our integrated Advent tree . P.S. Everyone's favorite room of the house. The windows here absolutely sold us. One of my favorite things in our bedroom are the thrifted portraits that happen to look like our children

These ideas reflect some of my favorite social food memories: simple, easy to prep, but also fun. Guests can fill a bag with popcorn, add their preferred toppings, and then give everything a good shake kinds of cereal, making sure you include a variety of textures and a few nostalgic brands (generic is fine

El Greco isn't my favorite artist, but I admire. his masterful use of light, and I find Francis' eyes

My favorite travel souvenirs always come from a dusty shelf or a rickety folding table. Secondhand shops are almost always located where people actually live. When you bring home ceramic feves from Lyon, a wool sweater or lace blouse from Krakow, or homemade wooden