“In the spring a livelier iris changes on the burnished dove; In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to love.” Tennyson
Spring entertaining’s magical for getting friends and family back together after the winter hiatus. So, if you have been keeping your head down since December, don’t have the first thing you give to your nearest and dearest this fine year be a paper napkin!
There are so many reasons for spring to stake its claim for best season of the year: waving goodbye to polar vortexes and welcoming the fresh shoots of renewal is the clearest sign of the positivity of the natural circle of life.
Living in Los Angeles, I can’t claim to dread winter, but wherever you are the excitement of post-holiday austerity giving way to longer days is tangible: flinging open the doors and firing up the barbecue to get back together with friends and family.
Whether you’re gathering indoors or out everyone appreciates being made to feel special – and that means being thoughtful and creative not formal – fresh flowers, beautiful table linens and a simple seasonal menu and any guest’s fancy will surely turn to love.
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Photography by Christian Thomas and Dominique Vorillon
