I am not sure what it is about Cheese, but you can’t seem to entertain without having a cheese platter, especially at christmas time! Here are some incredible platters and cheese pairing ideas. Via Via I love pairing dried fruits, nuts, and grapes. The pairings bring out the cheese cracker combo. Via Via
Do you entertain a lot, and have no idea what dining room table to buy? This is such a great visual for seating I had to share it. Growing up, our official dining room table was not for anything other than official diner parties. It seated 24, and I was not allowed to do my homework on it. In my
The diplomatic world, is really, the only world I really know. Every 3 years I have moved, with every move comes a clean slate. something new and exciting. I can burn bridges, and there were never any repercussions. I was good at moving, mostly, because I was allowed to avoid. When I joined the Foreign Service, I was with my
Hierarchy Nobody really likes to talk about it, it is a strange and complicated web. My Father joined the Foreign Service and set his sights on becoming the boss. As a kid, you don’t truly understand the intricacies of job titles or how it will impact you, but the first time my Father became Ambassador, I was 10. The first week
I am obsessed with going to grocery stores. My husband jokes about it, I seriously have to visit one everywhere we go. I am not sure if it has something to do with me having to do it by necessity when I was growing up, or that I just love learning about culture through people’s eating habits. There is some
Every time I watch you hold his hand, my heart grows 5x. I never doubted for a second, you were always going to be an incredible Father. The day I found out I was pregnant, I took 5 tests, you called, and I cried out that I was pregnant. I was in disbelief. You somehow got home in seconds, a
