The Social Registry: LIFESTYLE

Banana Ambrosia Dahhhling

Banana Ambrosia makes me feel just like a Southern belle, with my large hat and hoop skirt! If you don't like the coconut, just omit it.

Banana Ambrosia
Instructions:

Yield: 6 servings
3 tablespoon margarine
6 lg Ripe bananas, peeled and
1 Orange, Juice of
1 Orange peeled,pitted & diced
3 tablespoon Brown sugar, firmly packed
½ cups Shredded coconut

1. Melt margarine in a shallow, heat-resistant, non- metallic baking dish in Microwave Oven 30 seconds.
2. Place bananas in baking dish and coat well with butter or margarine. 3. In a small bowl, combine the orange juice and pieces and brown sugar until well blended. Spoon over bananas.
4. Heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 4 minutes or until bananas are soft and glazed.
5. Just before serving, sprinkle with coconut. Serve either hot or cold.

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Spring Soirees

FLOAT FLOWERS in a fountain, if you have one, for added color. Also, while making floral arrangements, don’t toss out petals that fall off. “Use them to brighten up the area around a butter dish or breadbasket,”

Full Table Set for Garden Party

Use glass tableware when entertaining outdoors because it sparkles in the sunlight. “Don’t assume because something is in your dining room, it can’t go outside.” Displaying desserts on glass stands of differing heights, makes them look “really special.”

DON’T BAKE. Store-bought sweets will delight your guests — and free you to focus on other details. “It’s all about the presentation,” arranged premade confections from Whole Foods Market on a vintage cake stand.

SERVE A SIGNATURE DRINK
Use crystal glasses for a bit of glamour. “The glasses don’t have to match.” Purchase a half-dozen expensive goblets and then supplement the rest with flea market or discount store finds.

STICK TO A STYLE or color scheme when entertaining for a thematic look. “I love scalloped edges,” “Even the cookies have a scalloped edge, and they’re the same color palette as the flowers.”

Birdcage Centerpiece

PARTY FAVORS: TRY THIS
Purchase favors that your guests can use again. Hands them out at a party’s end, as “a memory of a day, a time, or a place.” ”Every time your guest sees it, she will remember the wonderful time she spent with you.”

IDEA
A vintage birdcage also makes a novel centerpiece when filled with flowers.

Floral Invitations

“Personalize invitations and place cards, even if you’re inviting just four people to your party.” “Your guests will feel welcome, as if there’s a spot just for them.”Makes invites out of the decorative side of greeting cards she receives during the year. One to try: Cavallini & Co. Botanica Carte Postale; katespaperie.com. Write the party details on the back and attach a festive address label to the front.

Beautiful setting in a gorgeous garden is sure to get everyone in the mood for Spring!

Bella

via Country Living

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One of the most elegant hotels in the world, Maison Moschino not only boasts of its beauty, it can boast of its history.

It's foundation is that of a neoclassical railway station that opened in Milan in the 1800s. According to their website, it operated the Milan-Monza route, the second-oldest railway in Italy.

"The Blue Room"

"The Forest" Room

The hotel consists of 65 contemporary hotel rooms and suites and the design is defined as "contemporary fairy tale theme".

According to their website:

Highly imaginative and eccentric, we created the spaces to inspire the mind while the body relaxes-because to sleep is perchance to dream. The hotel features several luxurious amenities supporting the surreal Moschino theme: the imaginative menu served in our "Clandestino Milano" restaurant, the dreamlike drinks welcoming you in our exquisite ground floor bar, and the elysian atmosphere of our Culti Spa.