WHERE DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

This summer has been a green one to say the least. 

MK’s creative guru Beth Nagle recently moved to Dorset, VT and took the country wife life to heart by starting her own vegetable garden.  When we heard about the undertaking we were intrigued as to how this busy Lizzie would pull this off…. and presto she’s a farmer girl!! 

Beth is ready to start gardening 

A few weeks later and Beth is working hard!  

My job in the food chain is to weed.  And boy, are there weeds!!  It’s fantastically satisfying now that I know how to decipher a radish leaf from a nasty green interloper, and once I have on my gloves (cannot handle worms or creepy crawlies of any kind on skin) and my pail at my side, I am happy to sit there picking away.  Cocktails help too.  This patch alone took almost 4 hours!! 

Mary doing her job! 

Right now there is a surplus of lettuce and Beth is thinking of ANYTHING she can make to eat or for that matter craft out of her abundance.  Red leaf earrings anyone??  It’s all so delicious and with the coming weeks we’re getting excited for the arrival of mucho zucchini, tomatoes, leeks and beans!

  

We got to talking about the home garden phenom that’s popping up everywhere, and Emily and Grace did some investigating to see how urban folks got into the act.  We’re guessing the next trend is “Roof to Table”?

Rooftop garden in NYC

Rooftop garage  garden 

Not only can gardens and greenery be seen on rooftops, we found some inside and out, literally growing up a wall. How beautiful is this building we found in Paris!? Going to work in a building like this would make working a little more enjoyable don’t you think? J 

Vertical Garden In Paris

We also love how people are using any old household item to create a beautiful garden. The possibilities are endless. It’s a great way to get things out of the house and put to good use again.

  

What A Swell Season!

Our Spring Season started with us hitting the road this year. We headed down to Washington, DC for the American Friends of Tel Aviv University conference.  “TAU On The Potomac”, a jam packed five days of educational seminars and evening events around the city, was great fun to plan.  Many of the guests came from overseas and it was a thrill to showcase DC’s amazing monuments, museums and menus.

Our stops included the Library of Congress, the National Portrait Gallery, the Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the International Spy Museum.  Home base was the Four Seasons in Georgetown, truly one of our favorite properties to work with.

Things got really crazy in April when we had three galas and one kids party - for 800 kids no less!!

The month started off with the World Science Festival Gala at Jazz At Lincoln Center. This event is always fun to do because it’s built totally around science.  Cool science abounded everywhere -- in the food, in the décor and even in the cocktails.

The evening included a Broadway style show that is a “performing arts tribute to science”.  It’s definitely the most creative Broadway show we’ve ever seen. 

For the dessert reception, guests could try ice pops frozen with dry ice, cocktails made from special herbs found only in the most remote regions of the desert, and dessert made from edible cups!  Our favorite were the popcorn balls dipped in dry ice. When you put it on your tongue, it looked like you were breathing smoke! Try it sometime!

The Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) gala and kids party took place at the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.  The kids’ party is always amazing -- the dance floor is sea of aspiring young dancers with unbelievable talent.  The next night was the Gala. After arriving at the David Koch Theater, guests watched a beautiful ballet performance featuring ballet stars from all over the world, and then headed upstairs to the Promenade to enjoy dinner and dancing. 

The dance floor is the best spot to watch since the room is filled with world-renowned dancers. A little salsa, a little ballroom, we saw it all! 

Wrapping up April was the Council for Canadian American Relations gala at The Metropolitan Club, a beautiful private club across from Central Park.  Jacqueline Desmarais, a Canadian patroness of music, and the amazing architect Frank Gehry, were celebrated for their contributions to the worlds of arts and culture.  
We had models from Frank Gehry’s iconic buildings flown in especially for the event.  Getting to New York City was a breeze; getting them through the doors of the Metropolitan Club, not so breezy!
We totally enjoyed this most fancy event of the season; the men donned black tuxes and the women put on their gorgeous gowns and jewels.   The night was filled with opera singers, candelabras, and even some singing Canadian Mounties.

By May we were so excited for the annual The Women for Women International Luncheon at 583 Park Avenue.  This is our 4^th year planning the event with our friends at WfWI and the highlight was the conversation between Cindi Leive, Editor in Chief of Glamour magazine, and Samantha Power, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Ambassador Power spoke about the role of women in rebuilding peaceful and stable societies and why gender equity around the world matters. We all left that day feeling empowered and inspired.