W3 Book Club celebrated "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory and heralded their featured birthday girl, Laura, with crowns, scepters and a royal Tudor feast! We started the evening with her crowning and induction as Queen of our hearts from the Royal House of Burkholder-Chin.

Celebrations, PartiesCynthia SutterOctober 18, 2018Teri E. Popp, Laura Chin, W3 Book Club, "The Other Boleyn Girl", author Philippa Gregory, Tudor Feast, Royal House of Burkholder-Chin, A Royal Feast in Honor of Laura ChinComment

Remembering the Past Tastemakers in our Lives

Today I’m asking each of you to take 5 minutes and relive the past Tastemakers in your lives. Your family, friends and colleagues who have inspired you to make up your own recipe, or pull out one of your Mom’s favorite recipes or plan a party for the first or fiftieth time. Celebrate the impact of their influence!

Celebrations, HolidaysCynthia SutterOctober 17, 2018Cindi Sutter, Kristine Leuze Photography, 5th Year Anniversary Spirited Table, Anniversary cakeComment

You Know You're Around A Spirited Table When...there is a welcoming smile

You Know You're Around A Spirited Table When…Today’s translation pertains to the absolute easiest way to share that spirited mantra = SMILE. Yes, its really just that easy. So that is what I am asking you to do today, be a smile starter!

Celebrations, SeasonalCynthia SutterOctober 12, 2018Cindi Sutter, Hospitality is a State of Mind, You Know You're Around A Spirited Table When., 5 Year Spirited Table AnniversaryComment

SUBTLE GIVEAWAYS THAT SHOW YOU'RE AN AMERICAN TOURIST ABROAD

ELIZA DUMAIS from Thrillist.com makes it painfully clear why the French know the SUBTLE GIVEAWAYS THAT SHOW YOU'RE AN AMERICAN TOURIST ABROAD.

Celebrations, Travel StoriesCynthia SutterOctober 10, 2018Cindi Sutter, ELIZA DUMAIS, DANIEL FISHEL/THRILLIST, American in Paris, CAFE LES DEUX MAGOTS, PETR KOVALENKOV/SHUTTERSTOCK, JARDIN DES TUILERIES, THE LOUVRE, RUSLAN KOKAREV/SHUTTERSTOCKComment

Germany & Austria Part 3 = Garmisch - Monastery and Oberammergau

Teri E. Popp enjoys a reunion with her former exchange student, Victoria, in Garmisch where they visited a spectacular Benedictine Monastery, then visited Oberammergau, where the play, Passion of the Christ is held every 10 years and ended their day back in Garmisch for a fabulous dinner at Wolpertinger.

Celebrations, Travel StoriesCynthia SutterOctober 6, 2018Teri E. Popp, GarmischPartenkirchen, Germany, GroupTravel, Bavaria, Benedictine Monastery, Ettal Abbey, Baroque Architecture, Oberammergau, Passion Play, Wolpertinger RestaurantComment

Sleep In! Mill City Market Opens at 9AM in October

REMEMBER FALL HOURS begin this Saturday | October 6 | 9AM - 1PM! This SATURDAY AT MARKET in addition to your regular greats, you’ll find Story Time with Guthrie actor H. Adam and Knife Skills with Eversharp.

I.LOVE.WHAT.HALLOWEEN.USED.TO.BE.

Are you missing the…Popcorn balls. Caramel apples. Tootie Rolls. Almond Joy. Sugar Babies. ATOMIC FIREBALLS? Are you tired of…test-tube, lab created pumpkin lattes, soy wax "Fall Fires" candles, iridescent bumper stickers proclaiming " My other ride is a broom!?"

Celebrations, HolidaysCynthia SutterOctober 4, 2018Kimberley Thompson, Childhood Halloween Memories, I.LOVE.WHAT.HALLOWEEN.USED.TO.BE., Halloween Candies, Halloween TipsComment

Thanks for a great season + Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Loon Organics Farm says thanks for a great season signed with a sweet tooth thank-you note of a Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe.

Celebrations, SeasonalCynthia SutterSeptember 29, 2018Laura Frerichs, Loon Organics, Loon Organics Farm, Recipe, 10th Anniversary, RecipesComment

Germany & Austria Part 2 = Linderhof, Neuschwanstein, Füßen and the Wieskirche

Teri E. Popp’s Bavarian vacation-part 2, sheds a bright light on the scenery, castles, churches and local traditions of this most breathtaking part of Germany and Austria.