When I arrived in Connecticut yesterday, I stopped at the market on my way to the house. The fish monger only had two varieties of wild caught fish. Salmon, or Sole. I could not remember a time in which I had prepared Sole, but I just wasn’t in the mood to make Salmon. In the [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / totally delicious dishes and Uncategorized

I just wanted to pop in and tell you that we’re talking about handmade items that we love for the home today on #DesignTV. This is your opportunity to bring links to your favorite artisans and makers in your area and share them with our community. To join the conversation, click here this at 5pm [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Design and Good Find and totally off topic and Uncategorized

With the new landscaping project on the agenda, I’ve been thinking a lot about the plantings that we’ll eventually put in. Considering I am allergic to just about everything in nature, that I get sunburn in early Spring walking three blocks to get lunch, and that I get all squeamish when I see bugs and [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Nesting and Uncategorized

For those of you who might of missed it, the artists at Kinfolk magazine recently launched their first issue. I really appreciate their focus: small, simple, uncomplicated entertaining. They recognize “that there is something about a table shared by friends, not just a wedding or once-a-year holiday extravaganza, that anchors our relationships and energizes us.” [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Entertaining and Uncategorized

We have a small (13×13) red house on one side of our backyard that I call the drinking hut. It is decorated with the living room furniture from my single girl apartment on West 12th Street. It’s where we have a television, but no cable. We can go out there to watch a movie on Netflix, [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Nesting and Uncategorized