Author: Jill Brooke
Lilacs for My Mother, and for Remembrance
By Linda Lee Along the dry creek beds in South Dakota, the straight roads laid out on a mile-square grid, the barns and farm houses may be gone. A lot of the farm families that homesteaded there in the 1880s, like Laura Ingalls Wilder and her husband, Alanzo, moved on. Her house still stands, in …
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Taco Electrico’s Hibiscus Paloma in Honor of Beverage Day
New York’s Taco Electrico’s Hibiscus Palmona is the perfect drink to celebrate National Beverage Day. Since floral fun occurs in everything Mexican – think Frieda Kahlo – we chose Taco Electrico’s Hibiscus Palmona as our featured drink. Since excellence is found in the details, the bartenders use hibiscus to make special ice cubes and then …
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Littlejohn Contemporary Gallery Picks Floral Favorites
We asked Littlejohn Contemporary to pick some of their floral favorites in art this season and here are their selections. Floral motifs have always populated and pollinated great artworks which makes our job so much fun. “We are all connected with one another and all living things,” says Tracy Fauver, a sales consultant at Littlejohn …
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Why The Kentucky Derby Is Often Called The Run for the Roses
by Jill Brooke Here’s why the Kentucky Derby, which takes place the first Saturday of May, is often referred to as “The Run for the Roses.” In 1883, New York socialite E. Berry Wall presented a bouquet of roses to the ladies at a party. Inspired by this gesture, Churchill Downs founder and president Meriwether …
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Why Rose Scents Are Making a Comeback in Perfumes
While a rose by any other name is still a rose, this aromatic and velvety bloom has a mystical and elusive essence that poets, artists and perfumers have strived to capture down through the passage of time. Highly prized in the ancient world, these beautiful, fragrant blooms symbolized ethereal beauty and passion and were sacred …
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Spring Tables – Floral Tips for Creating Visual Storytelling
Each season, I bring out new table settings. I particularly love spring and summer table settings because the colors are so cheerful and the choice of blooms so abundant. And as I always say, the prettier the table, the better the food tastes. Setting the table is an opportunity for storytelling and a way to …
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