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I love Ina Garten for being able to make a party with just two people... Her and Jeffrey don't need to entertain a Crowd to Celebrate just about anything.... We are only a family of Four....... Just us 3 Adivari's plus Miss B... And we don't always get to spend special occasions with our girls.... I always prepare a dinner like I'm feeding forty.... and I always set a festive table....  We don't usually celebrate in this lovely room of our Home....It just sits looking pretty when you walk in our front door... But the Girls are coming for Thanksgiving this year so Turkey will be served at The Big Table!! This was the first room in our house that was completely decorated the second day after we moved in... All furniture is from Crate and Barrel... every piece of Milk Glass was unwrapped... pre-washed.....and displayed... in those first two days... We came from a very rustic country house so this was a big deal having a Fancy Schmancy House... I have ...

Who knew when I got that e-mail about a French cooking class at the Viking School in Atlanta that the Boss would so readily agree to go along with me... I told him it would be a great bonding experience to celebrate our 43rd. Anniversary.... For a mere $99. per person they offered up a 3 hour Hands on Cooking Class that included making Beef Wellington...which I have always wanted to Know how to make...and they had the Boss at "French Onion Soup".... Along with the class and the meal they were also  throwing in two tickets to the art exhibit at the High Museum titled "The Art of the Louvre's Tuileries Garden" How could you go wrong.... Of course this is when Daughter thought it was either going to be tons of fun.....Or a disaster....especially after hearing her father ask.... "Can I wear a beret and bring my knives".... "No and No....." Here is our Chef in Charge.... "Chef Chip" Let me say tha...

Here is our Tour Guide..... Miss "B"...outside the front driveway of the Sagamore Resort and Spa in the Adirondacks... We took a little road trip on Labor Day Weekend... to someplace I had always wanted to visit... I hope my big trip to visit the "Hollywood Chimps"... another life long Dream.....turns out to be more what I expect...... Come on....Monkeys dressed up in clothes and roller skates....I can't wait! Not terribly impressive from the outside... I expected it to be nicer... The pictures on the Internet make it look Spectacular....not so much... But this is only the entrance... A short 4 hour drive from NYC....after you get off the Highway you drive a ways and you feel like your on the movie set of "Dirty Dancing".... In fact during our three day stay... daughter must have said "Nobody puts baby in the corner" a half a dozen times.... Usually when we were being seated for a meal.. Listed on the Historic Hotels of America......