We've all been to places we simply cannot forget,
and I'm about to tell you of one such place,
visited many years ago, which has suddenly been brought to mind.
I was a guest at this splendid old home in the French Quarter of
New Orleans, complete with a greenhouse roof, like the one above,
but their roof retracted!!
Will you please come play with me....
Imagine this room as it is and the floor-to-ceiling
Will you please come play with me....
Imagine this room as it is and the floor-to-ceiling
glass wall on the right leads out to a beautiful interior courtyard
filled with flowers and tropical plants
and on the far wall, facing the dining room is the most exquisite
wall-mounted fountain, it's water creating lovely sparkles
and for one night only we are having a
beautiful dinner party with a few of our beautiful-people friends
who will all be dressed formally.
All us girls are interested in making an exquisite table,
complete with our finest china, crystal, & silver,
along with beautiful flowers, music & conversation.
So I thought it would be fun to imagine our party,
set the table and decorate the room
for everyone to see.
The room looks too bare to me, so I think installing this
huge canvas opposite the opening to the courtyard
would be perfect...
I love the glass table, but for tonight I'm thinking:
these chairs slip-covered in gray/silver shimmering silk
I love the not for tonight's dinner...I think
we need a more intimate & cozy look...because it's a formal
dinner party...
the flowers, hi-lo arrangements with many column candles of
various heights marching down the table
and now for the china....
1st, this Arte
which I happen to own in beautiful inlaid silver
I dreamed of these so much that my husband's daughter & son
gave 8 of them to me for Christmas many years ago.
with this beautiful Versace Arabesque Dinner Plate
& the William Yeoward Avington Magenta Salad Plate
the magenta plate will fit exactly inside the gold border of the
Of course, we will need beautiful crystal wine glasses
Varga Raspberry Red Wine
& William "Orleans" Water Goblet
Dessert Plate with be this Butterfly Gold,
brought to the table on the same crystal charger...
one can recognize
and this is the dessert
a ribbon-wrapped 2-tiered cake covered entirely with fresh flowers...
see the little green chrysanthemums
so we shall all celebrate
with a lovely champagne
(has anyone tried Coppola's "Sofia" - it's very nice)
served off a silver tray
in various vintage crystal stems
and the hostess wore this nice little
New Orleans-appropriate
Oscar de la Renta gown
Splenderosa's
Tourmaline
Earrings
beautifully-wrapped in pink, favors for all the girls,
from Sandi at A Gift Wrapped Life
and I would like you to meet the gentleman
who will be accompanying me to this wonderful
imaginary
dinner party.
...oh well, let's just go ahead
and
celebrate George & Amal's wedding!
Marsha,
ReplyDeleteYou have created the most imaginative make believe fairytale dinner party. I will RSVP yes to your magical charming evening.
XOXO,
Vera
Vera, isn't this just the most fun? I so look forward to seeing you at the party.
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I know, there are some places that are still in my heart!
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Oh count me in.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to dine in that marvelous place.
It would be such pleasure
to see the stars and moon
while I sip champagne.
I love posts like this
my imagination runs wild
in a good way♥
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Hello Marsha
ReplyDeleteYou certainly know how to host a party. Love the cake, our ear-rings and the stunning setting of the table and candles.
Helen xx
For a minute you had me thinking this realy happened and I was convinced this was the most magical night ever...wow!! No wonder I love you...we are both dreamers!
ReplyDeleteOh....S P L E N D E R O S A ! I'm in!
ReplyDeleteAfter dinner, let's plan a girlfriend get a way to a penthouse where we can wear silk pajamas and have Cary Grant film festival!
w/L.
You certainly don't do things halfway! What a lovely daydream.
ReplyDeleteAmazing is all there is to be said about these images!
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What a DREAMY place...........................!!!
ReplyDeleteI want,my dream can being true!:)*
Breathless dress,Marsha and you Tourmaline earrings-is absolutely my favourites!!!
Wish you beautiful end of September,
Xx,
V.
Pure magic! I would LOVE to go to a fete like that! Thanks for re-posting, Marsha...have a fabulous weekend!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images. We have a glass table, not as nice as that one. Our chairs need replacing I might go for the ghost chairs the help to add light and space.
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