As the swarm of well-dressed guests proceed to the reception venue, last cocktail in hand, there is only one thing that separates them from a festive evening…..

Where to sit.

Your escort table is the reception’s first focal point and a source of guidance for guests, instructing everyone where to go upon entering the main dining room. The cards can be playful and whimsical, elegant and sophisticated, or

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Have you found that certain foods taste better if you know the source? Poland Springwater from Maine? Oysters from Spring Point? Chocolates from Belgium? Us, too. Might it have to do with the images we conjure in addition to what our taste buds report?

Well the French emphatically say “No!” They built their entire wine industry behind the idea of Terroir (that untranslatable idea that vineyard location makes all the difference). They went so far as to make legal distinctions for regions. So there is one strong vote that it’s not all in your head. But if that isn’t enough for you, we offer another case of knowing and tasting the difference….Biscotti di Vecchio.

We think Biscotti di Vecchio is the best biscotti we ever had and we would say that even if we didn’t know Danielle

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Maybe your first was a note passed during math class. Perhaps an IM? Maybe it was on a mustard stained napkin left in your lunch box, sent during recess, or on a slightly drunken Friday night text. Whenever, wherever, it is clear that theses days love letters just aren’t what they used to be.

We’ve replaced flourishing tirades of analogy, symbolism and colorful innuendo, with “dinner 2 night?” We’ve replaced an elaborate dance of subtle social positioning with “& movie?”

So it was no surprise that all across America young-hearted women collectively sighed and swooned as Carrie Bradshaw read aloud from “Love Letters of Great Men” to Big in the movie “Sex and the City.” And just as predictably droves of women clamored for copies of their own. Here’s the bittersweet part. It didn’t exist. Devised

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