Gatherings

How to Throw a Sunday Funday on a Budget

photos by kristen kilpatrick We’ve been counting down to summer by prepping the patio at the Camille Styles Bungalow for outdoor party season! To break it in, we invited our crew to join us for a Sunday Funday full of laid-back eats and sips with a Moroccan twist inspired by our patio decor; add great music and […]

How to Host A Small Gathering When You Have a Big Group of Friends

Friends — they’re the family you choose, and for many of us, the sources of joy, happiness and community that make adulthood fun. At times, though, even our best friendships aren’t without drama, and if you find yourself part of a large friend group (or several!) you’ve experienced the stress of trying to host or […]

A Low-Key Dinner Party in Camille’s Blooming Backyard

For the past month, every time I step outside my back door I feel immediately transported to the South of France. It’s all thanks to a weeklong trip that Adam and I took to St. Tropez in June six years ago, where we got inspired by our hotel’s endless walls of blooming jasmine vines, then […]

A Beachy Memorial Day Dinner Party

The countdown to summer has begun, and I consider Memorial Day weekend to be the official kickoff. This year, since my birthday happens to fall the day after, we’re inviting friends for a dinner party on the back patio with food coming straight off the grill and a “bare feet required” dress code. When our […]

10 Ideas for Throwing the Best Ever Royal Wedding Watch Party

I’ll never forget the night before Will and Kate’s wedding. I was pulling another late night at the ad agency I worked for, and mentioned to a co-worker that I had to get up super early the next day to watch the wedding live. “I can’t believe you’re actually getting up to watch that,” he […]