How to Dress Like an Innkeeper – Dresses

How to Dress Like an Innkeeper – Dresses

I’m headed back to Maine on April 1 for season two as #MelissaINNMaine.  I can’t wait to get back to Ogunquit!  For the next two weeks, I am working on packing my bags to prepare for my seven-month stint managing The Blue Shutters Inn. Over my break at...
Organizing Your Photos in Binders

Organizing Your Photos in Binders

Raise your hand if you have a huge box, or three, of loose photos needing to find a proper home.  Without the help of my dear friend and professional organizer, Elizabeth Jones with Nest & Transformation, I would have never been able to downsize my photos and...
Hummingbird Poundcake

Hummingbird Poundcake

I had a surplus of very, very ripe bananas recently and I was getting tired of making banana bread.  At the same time, I was cleaning out my recipe file and came across a sheet I had torn from an old issue of – Food & Family for hummingbird poundcake. ...
Mother’s Poppy Seed Chicken

Mother’s Poppy Seed Chicken

I loved it when Mother made Poppy Seed Chicken, so much so that I asked her to make it for my birthday dinners (with, of course, her Elizabeth Doyle’s Chocolate Cake recipe).  It’s the perfect meal for a weeknight dinner or a weekend dinner party with...