

And the only variants herein are for tartan place settings. You’ll also discover that the supply chain of salmon mousse remains undisturbed. Inside these pages the only inflation you’ll find is of useful All-Clad cookware options. Care to peruse its wares alongside me? Come. Because you are here, and so is the catalog. Makes me want to decant all of the vintage Barolo we have in the wine cave and then quaff it until Grayson piddles on the rug with worry!īut I won’t think of that a second longer. How could I not? We have the money after all, and what else CAN I spend it on? We haven’t been able to take our annual week in Lombardy since 2019! Can you IMAGINE? I can’t even talk about it. I won’t lie: I bought everything in this year’s catalog. It’s the perfect mercantile resource for people like you and me who tipped generously all pandemic long until the SECOND we got vaccinated. That’s why we’ve outfitted this house for Christmas with provisions and accoutrements from the Williams-Sonoma catalog. All those people out there yelling and screaming and tweeting and just being so LOUD! Well, here we prefer quiet. It’s just a horrible world out there right now. So, congratulations: You’re our first official guest who has NOT summered with us in Cape Jubilee. He wants to go to Bucknell, and you know what? I think he’s got a chance. Oh! Oh, and Nellie Oddenheffler’s youngest son, Asp, boarded with us all summer long. Unless you count the Camemberts visiting us last week.

Been an odd year, hasn’t it? As a matter of fact, you’re the first guest we’ve had in the house this whole time. They make all the difference.Ĭome, sit on the divan. You’re not legally allowed to prune these trees but my lumbermonger, Josiah, is a wonderful guy who trimmed off a few boughs for me when the park rangers weren’t looking. Now, follow me through the foyer … nice, isn’t? Do you like the garlands? Those are hand-picked from the coastal redwoods of the Pacific. Let’s get something tasty in YOUR belly instead! Would you like to feed Grayson a piece of Iberian codfish jerky I dried and cured myself? No? Not to worry. Oh my goodness, it’s you! MERRY CHRISTMAS! Come in, come in! Let’s get you out of that pesky cold tout suite!ĭown, Grayson! He LOVES people.
