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Dear ,
I know it doesn't quite seem like it, but winter really is almost over. We're going to turn on the lights, put
out all of our new merchandise and fling open the doors for spring. We re-open tomorrow, Friday
March 6th, for the season. Even mother nature wants us to get started! It's going to be beautiful tomorrow and warm all weekend. Leave off the sunscreen just this once and get outside for a
dose of vitamin D and color on that pasty noggin.
Kids grow
up in such fits and starts
that I hadn't really noticed how much Addy was becoming like
me. It seemed like we had years of Hotwheels and squirt
guns and
then in one day he'd graduated to computers and instant
messaging. I was off-loading some photos from my camera the
other
day when I found what appeared to be a series of food styling
shots of last Wednesday's dinner. Roasted Cornish
hens, mashed potatoes with truffle oil and crunchy, roasted
Brussels sprouts - pretty fabulous. Turns out, Addy thought
so too
and he decided to record the scene on his plate for posterity
before he dug into it. What does your child collect? I
hope it's memories of weeknight dinners with Mom and Dad.
Nancy and I did a little food scouting of our
own last month in Nashville. Although driving a twelve-ton diesel
truck cuts
down a little on your parking choices, a boy has gotta
eat. We just worked around our parking problem by
picking restaurants within an easy walk of our hotel or the
convention center where the Antique and Garden Show was going on.
I do
still enjoy pulling up out front to drop off Nancy and pretending
I'm leaving "Godzilla" for valet parking.
Here are some of our dining highlights: savory duck confit sandwiches and macaroons at Provence Breads, perfect Manhattans, juicy burgers and crispy
pomme frites as thin as angel hair in the Hermitage Hotel's swanky Oak Bar, shrimp 'n grits and crawfish bread
pudding topped with hollandaise at the Red Pony in
Franklin, perfectly cooked pork chops with sweet potato gratin and broccolini at Miro District and the amazing hickory smoked, "Pumped Chicken" at South Street.
Now that you've eaten, it's time to get back to work. What are you going to do in your garden this year? I just might know
someone who can help.
Warm spring regards,
Beau |
No, We Haven't Lost Our Sign
But we are going to have to find a new place to hang it. The highway department
launched a preemptive strike on the
dying maples in our right of way before they could become hazards to navigation.
Hours and Directions
Friday and Saturday 10-5
Sunday 12-5
Monday thru Thurs
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Vintage & Modern
A virtual antique show designed to help buyers cut through the chatter of the
internet to find quality sellers in an easy, efficient way. Sellers or buyers, give us a call if you like to know more.
New York Botanic Garden Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale
May 1-3, 2009
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Kimball & Bean On-line Catalog
Lots
of great new things in
stock incluing a sweet little vintage swan legged trestle form table
with a marble top and a nine foot wide naive, almost folk-art gateway
arch from
Oneonta, Ny.
River Road Farms
Soft spoken and charming, Peter Thevenot and his wife Beth have found their niche raising fabulous
espaliered fruit trees on their farm in rural east Tennesse. Click here to read more about Peter from this New York Times article.
Chicago Botanic Garden Antiques & Garden Fair
The Chicago Botanic Garden's Antiques & Garden Fair has been postponed until
2010 (Click here or on image for info
from the garden)
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago
2009 Lake Forest Showhouse and Gardens
April 25-May 17, 2009
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