I was in New York for this past week for Coterie, and I didn’t have internet access the whole time I was there, so my sincere apologies.  You may be thinking that I’ve deserted this blog.  But no, only for a moment. Also the day before I left I celebrated my 30th birthday with a lovely “fancy” party, which was amazing.  My dear husband helped do all the preparations- decorating and cooking- on Friday and everything turned out splendidly… then I left for Coterie the very next morning and left him with all the mess to clean up!  I felt really bad, but he was a sport about it.  Anyway,  I will try to post photos from the party another time.  Here’s one from New York…