Mitchdesj, it is gorgeous. I remember going there for Mother's Day brunch on two occasions as a teenager. The bride recently gave up her own business where she cooked meals for families. Don't know why she quit, but I know she is into fine food. I got chastised by some friends at the wedding when I told them I needed some fashion consultation. They say I need to get out more! Woodie2, my brother and his wife live in Port Murray, NJ and as a hobby they cook gourmet meals together. On one visit here, they cooked a whole chicke inside a loaf of bread! Out of six of us, I only have one sister that doesn't cook or bake. I even too gourmet cooking in high school and my girlfriend and I have a dream of opening in Italian bakery someday. Dragonfly, I have some confessions -- first, as of this month, I no longer teach fitness classes. I am so busy with getting this addition built that I just did not have time to adequately prepare for each class. I also have terrible plantar faschitis and I just wanted a break until after the holidays. Second, I do have a fully functioning kitchen. I am just too tired to plan meals. Thankfully, my family is very understanding. Drywall goes up this week, so we are close to completion. I will check out the cooking forum for some quick and easy meals.

I hope nobody thought I wore socks with sandals! I meant to say that ALL shoes rub so I wear socks or hose, I don't wear the flip-flop type sandals at all b/c they rub. Sometimes I will wear hose with a strappy shoe that I guess you could call a sandal - if they're dressy, have heels (even wedges). Casual open-toe sandals I don't wear hose - of course I'm usually wearing those with shorts! Even in my 20's and wearing miniskirts I always wore hose with heels. They help reduce the friction. Don't do anything for sweaty feet though - I had lots of pairs of hose with stained feet from the dye coming off the shoes. My kids' shoes stink - even 10-yr old DD's feet sometimes stink. But the 15-yr runner's are the worst!

Gold goes with everything---I would not wear silver to an evening event with a black jumpsuit. Look at it this way----somebody has to be the best dressed person at the party----it might as well be you!

I think the quality of the fabric is more important than the medium versus heavy (which I suppose is in the weight of the fabric). I used a "heavy" weight fabric once not even questioning the upholster's fabrics and within a year, it needed redoing, whereas the original which seemed more medium in weight had lasted 10 years to that point. I asked a person (who I came to know later) about the difference, and she told me (that's what she did for a living) that the contents of the fabric are very important. I cannot remember now what was in the fabric that did not wear well but the original was a heavy duty woven cotton jacobean and the second was a tapestry which contained a synthetic that did not wear well. Not that all synthetics are of poor quality, and I wish I could recall what she told me now but that was long ago, but I have also experienced the same in a very expensive sofa I bought in the 1980s and it wore very quickly and had what appeared to be a great heavy weight paisley but it was not. So I think the "quality" of the fabric is more important than weight.