Flirty Spring Moments - April 2025 Vol. Nº18
Spring, like me, is not a morning person. She takes her time. She stretches and yawns and goes through her quiet routine. Soon summer will arrive but for now, we indulge in a sweet, intentional April moment.
Spring is a quiet beauty. One that seems to slowly bloom in front of us. It is as if the tender green that breaks through the beige of winter is tangible, something that if you take a moment to pause, you can watch in real time. To sit on the terrace with a book and a coffee, it is as if the world becomes more vibrant with every glance up. From a distance, the sepia tones seem impossible to break through, and yet upon a quiet study, one can see Mother Nature slowly waking up. Blooming in technicolor. Xx
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A reason to celebrate the childless cat lady who has multiple currencies in her purse and always dishes out perfectly brutal advice.
A love letter to freshly baked scones with tiny, perfectly ripe farmer’s market strawberries.
Signature cocktails to enhance and accessorize that Cool Auntie lifestyle.
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
Make Easter brunch something to celebrate.
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Beatrix Potter Aesthetic for Easter. Turn your tea time tablescape into a mini vegetable patch worthy of Peter Rabbit and his tiny garden friends — The perfect Easter theme.
A Picturesque Picnic. Life should be romanticized. Take a moment to stop and smell the roses, indulge in picking berries that have ripened in the late summer sun, create tangible moments that feel as though they are straight out of a story book…
A Spring Luncheon with Anne Scharrenborg. A charming afternoon in a Netherlands garden with our lovely guest host, Anne Scharrenborg, featuring spring florals, craft cocktails & seasonal ingredients.
Spring has finally arrived and with it comes flirty pastels and a craving for strawberries. From a Cool Auntie Easter Brunch with iconic signature cocktails to a love letter to the classic shortcake, this month, Le Supper Club is sure to inspire fresh ideas and epic soirées.
It is the year of the Cool Auntie. A time to celebrate the childless cat ladies who show up to Easter brunch with a collection of wild tales and a passport that gets more action than Henry VIII had wives. The Cool Auntie is a vibe. She is a lifestyle. An essence. And not everyone appreciates her. Not everyone appreciates me. I have an out-of-the-box kind of lifestyle. I am a childless cat lady. The Cool Auntie to my friend’s kids and my nephew. The black sheep of the extended family who is talked about and most likely judged a little bit and definitely not at all understood. And to be honest, I do not always understand my life myself. It is not exactly what I imagined it to be and yet, upon reflection, I think I have always marched to the beat of an unexpected drum. I have chosen the artist's path, one that has not always been easy, but one that has been filled with exceptional stories and a lifetime of memories. I am not always sure of the life I lead. I have doubts. I have had dreams of a family life, oftentimes I still do. Planning kids birthday parties and holiday traditions, visions of family life, it all swims around in my mind from time-to-time. But ultimately, the universe had other ideas, other plans.
As we enter a new seasonal chapter, I am enthralled with farmers market finds and vibrant spring produce on display like little jewels piled high on humble plywood and sawhorse tables. Winter has come to a close, and with it, the rich comfort foods that nourished us in the darkest days of the year have lost their luster. No longer craving soups and dinners of roast meats and decadent sauces, my attention has shifted to simpler, ingredient forward dishes. Plates designed by the palette of the season, spring greens and robin egg blues all bursting forth after a period of hibernation. Spring, to me, is a lot of things. It is the promise of tender vegetables and ruby red strawberries. The fresh awakening after Mother Nature’s winter nap. It is slow mornings and a shift into longer golden hours. It is the pastels of tulips and the butter yellow of daffodils. It is, simply put, lovely.
With Cool Auntie inspiration winding through all of my Easter visions, I knew that I needed to create something wild and epic for my brunch cocktail menu. I simply could not serve basic mimosas and bloody marys, these cocktails needed to be worthy of an independent, jet set, fashion forward childless cat lady. The sips not only needed to be unique and fashionable, but also delicious. So I set out to develop the perfect cocktails to enhance and accessorize that Cool Auntie lifestyle.
“Spring drew on...and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”
Not your ordinary Easter Brunch cocktail.
Hindsight is 20/20
1/2 cup honey simple syrup
2 cups carrot juice
1/3 cup lime juice
Thumbelina carrot (or small carrot)
Tequila
In a small saucepan bring to a simmer, ⅓ cup water and ¼ cup honey. Stir until honey is fully dissolved. In a jar or airtight container combine carrot juice, lime juice and simple syrup.
For the cocktail – Over ice, pour 2 oz of the carrot mixture and 2 oz of tequila and shake/stir well until chilled. Strain into a glass with ice and garnish with a Thumbelina carrot.
No regrets, but sometimes hindsight is 20/20. Xx
