Hosting | Almagre Fall Dinner
“Ah, I usually am the briefest for this moment, however, tonight feels like it deserves a little extra attention……
There are so many moving parts to a night like this, I am so thankful for partners like Grace Harrison, from our beautiful space tonight Alamgre Venue. My dear friend Erin at Camino Massage who is literally is my acting therapist for talk therapy and but I only pay her for the massage therapy and the beautifully curated COS lifestyle magazine that I’ve been getting go to write for over the last year.
In March of 2020, I hosted a dinner that was similar to this scale… I remember someone asking if anyone had heard about Covid. A few days later it seemed like the world stopped. During the next months, I received messages about how people were savoring that dinner together as their last taste of normalcy before everything changed and I think it was in the midst of those notes that I realized the value that was being added to my guests lives during nights like tonight.
In my personal life, my family and some dear friends have experienced a few unwelcomed reminders this month of how fragile life is. In the midst of these happenings I’ve found myself reaching for a lot of favorite memories, over and over again they seem to always land me at the table with the ones I love most. Be it our back patio, our neighbor’s house in the aged wood former horse corral, moments up at our own family barn, or in my grandparent’s home as a child- all of them have me breaking bread with the ones I love most.
It’s been an interesting dichotomy to be preparing this dinner, my largest yet while aching over the twists and turns that life unexpectedly hands us. The side by side of beauty in connection with others around something necessary like a meal and stark reminders of the fragility of life feels remarkable, kind of achy, and a blessing that we’re all gathered here tonight.
My heart around this blog and these events has always been to talk through the important things in order to create goodness for others, to slow down a little bit of our lives in order to savor those moments, and to create a space for gathering. Whether you’re sitting next to the ones you know or new friends to be, I encourage you to dig in and grow deeper together.” -me
I feel like all of these words sum up the goodness and heart of this night in the fall. I’m so thankful for each of you here and so thankful for each of you that attend the dinners. Thanks for carving out space in your world to learn life with me.
xx-k
“And with that…..
Tonight we get to experience Almagre’s building offering our backdrop.
Our beautiful artist Mary Andrews painting throughout the course of dinner as a subtle yet intoxicating form of live art.
We have Ryan From Cookery Inquieto as our chef.
Balsam Hill providing domesticated firelight + beautiful pumpkins.
Gift bags by Fjallraven, inclusive of product from, Camino Massage, COS lifestyle Mag, Balsam Hill, The Local Honey, Scheels, Hold Fast Coffee Co, Full Board Charcuterie & Fortitude and Finn
Photography by Ashlee Kay Photography
Door Prize by: Ratio Coffee and Sheena Marshall Jewelry
