2016 memories of the fond type.
just prepare yourself - there's a lot coming at you in the next little bit about my 2016. you're a smart girl, and i'm sure you've clued into some major changes in my life and timez. the blog took a swerve away from my personal life for a hot minute, and it was a needed break for me - i started sharing my everyday almost 10 years ago with you, and for a little while, i needed it back. it's a tale as old as time: bloggers stop blogging, start again, stop, a tree falls in the internet and no one gives a shit.
that being said, i'm ready to divulge - this is me now. clearly i've been chosen to overcome major adversity, as with any protagonist in a comeback story (HA), and i'm ready to work hard to regain my status as a somewhat-interesting lifestyle blogger.
away we go - let's start the sharing on positive note (bear with me, honesty is best eased into like a jumping off a cliff, right?).
in august, i hosted a dinner party at furbish for 50 friends. definitely one of the most fun nights of the year - we started with a moroccan mule cocktail hour, followed by a delicious family style traditional moroccan dinner and we ended up dancing in the windows into the next morning.
babylon provided the food, the melrose knitting mill helped with tables and chairs, southern vintage table supplied the gorgeous vintage table settings including the colorful assortment of glasses, CERental did the table linens, nick neptune was in charge of the jams and anna routh took the pics.
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Loving the dinner party pictures and that you are "back" so to speak in regular blogging. Your readers have missed you!
ReplyDeleteAuthenticity is where it's at. Anything else will distance you from yourself and others.
ReplyDeleteYour hair looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're back
Lady knows how to throw a party!
ReplyDeleteYour blog was one of the first ones I 'found" and I check it for new posts constantly. Always glad to see a new post, love your home tours like the Real raleigh and more, love seeing your spaces and travels. Everyone needs to take a beat now and then but I'm glad you are 'back" to lifestyle blogging!!
ReplyDeleteI've been a reader for a long time, and even through the changes this continues to be one of my favorite spots on the internet. I love blogs, but blogging is really in the toilet these days...you've managed to avoid so much of the crap that has tripped up others. There is a refreshing lack of bullshit here, no cult of personality drama. And you're right, we can read between the lines just about as well as we can read your posts. I have lost count of the number of times I have been utterly horrified by the way a blogger has shared major personal news/life changes/etc, including a blogger who let readers know about her mother's very sudden, very tragic death just a few days prior...in a post sponsored by Old Navy. I wish (WISH!) I was making that up. So I respect and admire your ability to be considerably more chill about things.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your triumphant "return", and a better 2017 for all of us!
That combination of dark hair + smoky eye is banging!
ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note, I would disagree that when you stop sharing the personal no one gives a shit. There was a period where there were SO many (sometimes mediocre) interior design blogs, and now the pendulum appears to have gone the other way, and some of the blogs I used to enjoy now seem to be a string of impersonal sponsored posts. I imagine a large part of that is a reaction to the awful trolls out there on the Internet, and maybe partially due to the $$ in having followers and perfect pretty pictures on Instagram. But the blogs that I continue to enjoy are the ones that share some portion of real life, for example Cup of Jo or Man Repeller.
I don't want to seem entitled to a play-by-play of your personal life, but I think (hope!!) that whatever you choose to share, positive or negative, ups and downs, will be welcomed by the Suwannee community.
:) BE YOUUUUUU!!!! Heart you.
ReplyDeleteglad you are back!!! happy everything!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful party, and yah I think I knew something was up, been there, shined bright after :) Cheers to 2017!
ReplyDeleteNot quite sure I understand your crypticness, but have a feeling I probably know your news. Hope all is well with all y'all. You're a bright light!
ReplyDeleteThese photos are amazing! What type of camera and filter did you use? Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteHappy 2017! Let's all make it awesome...