It’s a beautiful rainy day here in Birmingham. Just the kind of weather that most of us would write off as unsuitable for entertaining. Either you’re thinking it’s too wet for guests to travel or you wish that your summer salad and tomato tarté were a warm soup or hearty pasta instead.
Not so for Victoria Amory. “I love the idea of a rainy afternoon,” said the Palm Beach author and hostess, when I spoke with her a couple of months ago. “A golf game is canceled, and you call everybody in and say lunch at home.”
Summer table setting designed by Victoria Amory. Photographed by Eric Striffler, July-August 2006.
Dinner Party designed by Erin Vorhoff and John Bossard. Photographed by Brie Williams for the May-June 2009 issue of Southern Accents.
Last spring, Erin Vorhoff co-hosted an outdoor dinner party at her Charlotte home and by the time her guests arrived it started pouring rain. “We just started laughing, because there’s nothing we could do,” said the boutique store co-owner. “Ultimately, the weather made the party less stressful.”
So here’s to successful summer
entertaining…rain or shine!
The Kentucky Oaks Brunch celebrating the Kentucky Derby. Photographed by Brooke Slezak for the May-June 2008 Southern Accents.
