With retail sales of alcohol for home consumption skyrocketing, and severe restrictions for pubs and restaurants due to the pandemic, many of us are enjoying upgrading our home bars.
Beatriz Ball’s selection of PEARL David trays are indispensable serving pieces with infinite possibilities for dramatic presentations. Great on the bar to hold bottles, glasses and garnishes.
Fun Fact: In 1838, Antoine Amédée Peychaud experimented with a mixture of brandy and bitters served...
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Great casual stemware designed and priced for everyday enjoyment. These pieces have the look of traditional mouth-blown glass but are rendered in practical and durable acrylic. They hold 16 oz of your favorite beverage and are perfect for entertaining with style year 'round, both indoors and out. Sold as set of four.
Pair with the VIDA Venice All Purpose Acrylic to increase the serving options. ??
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Attention Friars, Blazers, Huskies:
Enjoy your drinks and declare your loyalty to the school at the same time!
We have pint glasses, double old fashioned glasses, and pilsners as well as pitchers, carafes and wine cradles. Come in and let us show you all the options.
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So simple. Setting a table for family and friends. Sharing gifts and memories. Whether you’re in person or via Zoom, you should start with casual cocktails — in Mariposa’s favorite new glasses—and take it from there.
Enjoy our own "ode to joy" with Mariposa's "Merry Everything and a Happy Always" 7" x 4" Beaded Buffet Tray new to Mariposa's Traditions Collection. This classic Mariposa design ...
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Enjoy one of our best loved designs with our porcelain tray that exactly fits our guest soap. ( We call it a guest soap for its small yet it is ample enough). This sensual and brilliant soap is a pure delight, combining the intensity of blooming rose, jasmine and tart cassis with Damascus plum and white peach. A base of golden sandalwood and liquid amber completes this unique formulation.
We traveled to Vermont to a fine soap manufacturer and asked them to make our own ...
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Holidays and family meals are better with gravy, say we. It can be a cocunut milk and curry sauce, or something to go with the poultry or beef to name a few types. Our grandmother used to kid us and say "Please pass the grease." This is not your grandmothers's dinnerware, however, because Indigo Wave was created by Mottahedeh in 2003 by using an antique rim soup bowl collected by Mrs. Mottahedeh as inspiration and then the various elements of the plates were adapted ...
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Tableware Today magazine asked 71 industry professionals for their thoughts on 2021. I was one of those asked, and shared these answers to Editor Amy Stavis' questions:
What will be the most significant change for our industry in 2021?
J: As the famous business leader Marc Andreessen said, software is eating the world--and it's eating our industry like never before with Covid-19. The question is whether you're eating or being eaten. We’re all in the software business now. ...
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Contemporary Concepts, one of America’s premier luxury gift and tabletop stores, cut its website maintenance costs 90% by joining Bridge. The store, located in Pittsburgh, PA, joined Bridge this month. Before joining Bridge, the store was responsible for managing about 56,000 products online. The staff had to update prices for each item, find pictures, and load descriptions. By joining Bridge and using Bridge's product updating service (Smart Products), the store could offload ...
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While waiting for breakfast, I noticed this ‘Boycott Amazon’ sticker. I think that getting customers to stop something—or start something—is a tough practice. There are fields of science (psychology) and marketing (branding) dedicated to this. Is it easier to get someone to start or stop (boycott) something?
I think that offering a solution (start something) is easier.
I recommend that stores encourage customers to choose them over Amazon because the ...
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Today’s Times shares how Amazon sends out plenty of press releases announcing innovative services but actually invests the vast majority of its resources into very old-fashioned techniques.
I believe the business world often gives too much attention to innovation. I imagine this is due to many business people consuming news, books, and other media that laud innovation. I believe the reason these outlets overpromote innovation that one can’t sell a book promising: boring. &...
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By special request, Suzanne Brown Grant, made her delicious Lime Cake and shared it everyone at Gaines Jewelers.
RECIPE!!! For Susie's Lime Cake recipe, here it is:
1 yellow cake mix
1 3oz box jello, lime
4 eggs
3/4 c water
3/4 c oil
Pinch of salt
Combine all & mix on high 4 minutes. Pour into greased/floured tube pan. Bake at 350 for 45 min.
Make a glaze of 2 cups powdered sugar & 1/2 cup ReaLime; make holes all over warm cake & slowly drizzle glaze all over. Cool in pan....
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Is there a better way to spend a holiday weekend than with a lobster feast? Add the corn-on-the-cob and the refreshing salads, crack open a lobster or two and enjoy! We do admit that this may seem a little barbaric at times but we love the sea and the seafood. We are enjoying ours in the @mottahedehchina Leaf stoneware Blue Haze bowl. Look into Leaf stoneware products in four colorways, each with a skeleton leaf delicately fused into the glaze. White Silk, Topaz and ...
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Nothing says summer quite like strawberries and cream. And although we may not have #wimbledon this year, we can certainly still enjoy this perfect pairing in all its glory. Serve in iconic Blue Italian for the ultimate summer dessert.
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