Today, we visit Lifehacker to find some killer kitchen tips. Some of these I knew, but others were new to me.

Can’t wait to try the egg tip!

Take a look and let me know what you think!

Kitchen Tips!

xoxo, Patti

Today blogging to Pablo Cruise – Place In The Sun

It’s Spring, Easter is over, so lets move on to May Day!

My sweet friend Leigh, fills me in on the place to be:

Sweet little May Day Darlings!

Spring into spring at Serenbe with the 7th Annual May Day celebration, a day in the country with live music, fantastic shopping amid the shops at Serenbe as well as local vendors and artists, farmstands, food and drinks, on Sunday, May 6 from noon to 4 p.m. The weekend will also mark the opening of the Serenbe Stables Market, an antiques and crafts stall market at Serenbe Stables open on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer. Admission is $5 per person, with all proceeds benefiting education in Chattahoochee Hills, including the Children’s House at Serenbe, the Chattahoochee Hills Charter School committee and Community Brickworks.

This year’s vendors include:

FARMERS’ MARKET / FOOD VENDORS:
Serenbe Restaurants will be open as usual: Blue Eyed Daisy Bakeshop, The Hil and The Farmhouse. The Hil will also have a food tent.
Atlanta Street Food Coalition (King of Pops, Yumbii, Tex’s Tacos, Slider U, WOW, Yum Yum Cupcake and Westside Creamery)
Fairywood Thicket Jams & Jellies
Gail Irvin’s Fried Pies
Low Country BBQ
Serenbe Farms
SweetWater Brewing Company
WallyBee’s Local Honey

NON-FOOD VENDORS / TENTS:
Ali & Bird
Ashley Menetre
Balance Design Atlanta
C. Trench Designs
Elite Fitness
Denise Disharoon
Grit and Grace
Jenni Horne Studios
Jessica Henry Jewelry
June Bug Shop
Les Dames d’Escoffier
Liddabits Designs
Lisa Jill Jewelry & Pieces of Me
LK Clothing
Lylah G Baby Goods
Mark Edge Jewelry
Natalie Grace Home
Olive Style
Orange Berry Baby
Our Dawg House
P. Sherrod and Company
The Paperie at Sam Flax
Princess and Butch
Project FED
Raggs Designs and Accessories
RAK Outfitters
Serenbe Photography Center
Serenbe Playhouse
Shay’s Soaps
Two Turtle Doves / Blue Moon
For more information about MayDay, please visit www.serenbecommunity.com. Follow Serenbe on Facebook and Twitter (@serenbe) for regular updates about events and happenings in the community.

About Serenbe:
Serenbe is a 1,000-acre community located just 30 minutes from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, with a focus on balanced growth, sustainability, green building, organic farming, and smart environmental practices. Serenbe has private residential homes, commercial space, art galleries, original shops, stables, the 20-room Inn at Serenbe with conference facilities, and Serenbe Farms with CSA program and Saturday markets. The community is home to three restaurants, all pioneers in the farm-to-table movement: Blue Eyed Daisy Bakeshop (the nation’s smallest Silver LEED certified building), The Farmhouse (proprietress Marie Nygren), and The Hil (chef/owner Hilary White). www.serenbe.com.

Hippity Hoppity! Easter is this weekend and I couldn’t be more tickled.

For the first time in umpteen years, I am not hosting. I am going to my dear friends house and sit on their fab deck and drink & eat. Yay for dear friends!

But of course, I always fall in love with Easter ideas. Check out this precious napkin ring idea from Pat Glenn Productions:

Too Cute!

I love this, but I am inherently lazy, so I would just use those adorable candy necklaces. That would work just as well, right?

5 lbs of candy necklaces from Amazon for like $15.

And sweet Nicole from The Plunge Project featured my Easter table from a few years back. Still looking good! Thanks, Nicole!

Tomorrow, more ideas for Easter. Don’t you love Spring?

xoxo, Patti

Today blogging to Katrina and The Waves – Walking on Sunshine

I was fortunate to be gifted with a lovely evening of dining at STK Atlanta and seeing Thomas Dolby at The Loft on Monday night.

Oh, what a wonderful time we had. Our server was Fred and he took the most amazing care of us. Hakim, the manager, was most charming as well.

Would you like a glimpse?

Enjoying the White Orchid cocktail....

Seafood Tower!

Mushroom Potpie

All washed down with a 14 oz bone-in ribeye.

Destined to be a classic.

And Thomas Dolby? Another awesome classic. He just got better with time.

xoxo, Patti

Today blogging to Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science

Monday night, Eric and I went to the Best of Atlanta, as the guests of my darling friend, Kathy, the Marketing Director for Camp Twin Lakes.

Camp Twin Lakes is celebrating their 20th Anniversary helping children facing adversity of all kinds. From this June to August, they will engage in a Food Fight! Who doesn’t love that? Only, no throwing of the food, participating restaurants will feature a chef-inspired, camp-themed menu items, with everyone voting for their favorites on the Camp Twin Lakes Facebook page. I will remind you about that as we get closer to the date.

Celebrating with Camp Twin Lakes on Monday night was Atlanta Magazine – 50 years! Looking good, Atlanta Magazine. And as always, their party is one of the best of the year.

Take a peek at all the fun:

It was a wonderful evening filled with tasty treats and fabulous friends.

Thank you, Miss Kathy!

xoxo, Patti