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#2 - Go to the supermarket. 
Buy tiny pumpkin gourds.
​Done!  

Hustle and bustle !  No time to do everything !  Here is a helpful cooking tip for you !  Just kidding.  I have no idea how to cook; other than the basic of basics.  Tonight I had popcorn for dessert.  It was delicious.  I recommend popcorn.  I'm going to stick with my day jobs: designing for hospitality and the home, painting oil portraits, and framing.  And yes, the counter tops in my kitchen are marble.  I will have to honor the marble and learn how to cook.  Happy Thanksgiving Eve 2017!

Someone in my (very large McCooey Magnier Fagan Henderson​) family has already purchased a Christmas tree!  What?  It’s a tabletop Christmas tree but nonetheless!  My first thought was: “What! It’s too soon! We haven’t even celebrated Thanksgiving yet!” ; a reaction anyone who was a child growing up on the east coast mid-century would have.  But then, on second thought, I realized what a great idea this actually really is.  I mean, I’ve already started listening to A Charlie Brown Christmas, so why not begin decorating to accompany it?  Upon further thought, I appreciated the idea because to buy a tabletop Christmas tree now will eliminate a rushed experience in a mere week and will bring all the holidays into view (and scent) right away to enjoy.  So I went to a few places where I like to shop online that sell live (not fake, but beware some are an arrangement of boughs) tabletop Christmas trees to share with you.  I’m putting my order in now ;) Gobble Gobble !

Hi again everyone!.  It’s been a while since my last post; well, years actually.  I’ve been navigating my way through this life without Richard, who is forever a part of me. Excitingly, I begin the design install for long-term stay unit for a hotel in Downtown DC next week.  I will let you know how it goes. The Design Board is pictured here.  They wanted something evoking the city.  I thought: “What could be more Washington DC  than celebrating our American Heritage?”  As you can imagine, it was impossible for me to avoid taking inspiration from Richard’s eloquent interior design of the 1789 restaurant in Georgetown, owned and operated by Clyde’s for decades now.  The palette for the project is my interpretation of red, white and blue. To achieve a contemporary and relevant experience for the guests I balance masculine and feminine, modern and traditional, dark and light elements.  Let me know what you think!