tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post3959624368548448177..comments2024-03-27T03:54:04.570-04:00Comments on architect design™: Dinner at EightArchitectDesign™http://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-52966703540305104162010-02-08T20:01:26.645-05:002010-02-08T20:01:26.645-05:00Beautiful! I love your setting and the food looks...Beautiful! I love your setting and the food looks good.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933050638049274081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-54259984563824672092010-02-06T10:46:58.813-05:002010-02-06T10:46:58.813-05:00Very nice setting... gives me ideas to mix china l...Very nice setting... gives me ideas to mix china limoge pieces I have from my great-grandmother with my actual tableware. Slightly disparate but so unique and personal. Gives all the charm and warmth. Very well done! I wish I couls invite myself over when in your city :)Max DuPontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-41218744456070585762010-02-05T23:53:07.879-05:002010-02-05T23:53:07.879-05:00Exquisite Stefan - your home is beautiful!! WIsh ...Exquisite Stefan - your home is beautiful!! WIsh I could be invited...I love all your beautiful things - you have a lovely eye for things!<br /><br />xo TerriWindlosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014227226507484798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-80018392388911895222010-02-05T19:40:28.437-05:002010-02-05T19:40:28.437-05:00What a wonderful winter meal and tablescape -- I l...What a wonderful winter meal and tablescape -- I love your "glowing" table -- very warming indeed.Mid-Atlantic Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04783201134348135008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-13152824242595479192010-02-05T19:36:42.207-05:002010-02-05T19:36:42.207-05:00Simply exquisite.Simply exquisite.Picture of Elegance Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117185238396096986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-70024857586308789582010-02-05T05:10:53.931-05:002010-02-05T05:10:53.931-05:00Just my style of dinner! Beutiful Stefan. I wish I...Just my style of dinner! Beutiful Stefan. I wish I was invited... ;)Jeanettehttp://extravagans.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-55754062552125946652010-02-05T01:37:02.487-05:002010-02-05T01:37:02.487-05:00Love your Valentine table. Thanks for sharing. L...Love your Valentine table. Thanks for sharing. LiaLia at Petite Little Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05800861392812933699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-26407744748786267852010-02-04T23:03:08.900-05:002010-02-04T23:03:08.900-05:00Beautiful table and beautiful dinner! I'd lik...Beautiful table and beautiful dinner! I'd like to be a dinner guest at your table! Thanks for sharing!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01873375271470225199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-22202679816918513432010-02-04T21:36:05.252-05:002010-02-04T21:36:05.252-05:00Lucky friends!
Love the thoughtfulness in your ...Lucky friends! <br /> Love the thoughtfulness in your sharing a winters meal. They must have felt very special! I adore the bird plates, a delight and reminder of spring just around the corner. I enjoy reading your posts.<br />-Patrickpatrick roulliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-30488112506914793792010-02-04T19:54:55.677-05:002010-02-04T19:54:55.677-05:00I love it whenever you set a table. Everything jus...I love it whenever you set a table. Everything just looks so regal. I'm still amazed that you are such a young man..your taste is just too sophisticated. It's weird to look up to someone so much younger than me. Thank you for sharing this beautiful setting and delicious menu.Julio Muaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06112028050433262103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-83564613239690570722010-02-04T17:37:59.236-05:002010-02-04T17:37:59.236-05:00nice shots...items are so elegant and the details ...nice shots...items are so elegant and the details too!!! I just found your blog and added on my links. thanks for sharing things like this, really inspiring!<br /><br />follow me: Living Creatively with Flory<br />http://flo-ry.blogspot.com/Floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10940003150396409082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-52145063107644942772010-02-04T17:08:45.100-05:002010-02-04T17:08:45.100-05:00Hi! What a lovely table you've set. You have s...Hi! What a lovely table you've set. You have some very pretty dishes and I really like the mix. I adore salt and peppers and yours are so nice. <br />Now the food! Oh, it looks so good!<br />I hope you'll pop in to see my tablescape!<br />Be a sweetie,<br />Shelia;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-2851892858944532772010-02-04T16:21:17.515-05:002010-02-04T16:21:17.515-05:00I love tables that combine mix-match items. You d...I love tables that combine mix-match items. You don't need a complete set of matching glasses when a variety is so much more interesting.The Design Coachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594556731519392645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-87303567610692428932010-02-04T14:55:25.893-05:002010-02-04T14:55:25.893-05:00You set a beautiful table. I especially love how y...You set a beautiful table. I especially love how you paid attention to the place setting right through to the coffee and dessert. Love lemon pound cake!My Notting Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029931096995642571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-69924857114686310912010-02-04T12:18:14.636-05:002010-02-04T12:18:14.636-05:00Beautiful tablescape, love the small lamp on the t...Beautiful tablescape, love the small lamp on the table, it does remind me of a fancy nightclub of the forties or earlier, so cool...enjoyed your blog...PhyllisPhyllis @Around the Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518514759461027787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-79755894897027780802010-02-04T02:32:35.849-05:002010-02-04T02:32:35.849-05:00STEFAN-
This is so well done...like a dinner diar...STEFAN-<br /><br />This is so well done...like a dinner diary, with pointers and ideas and details and even 'where to buy'...no magazine currently is doing anything as useful, inspiring and wonderfully personal, especially.<br />(I loved your comments on de Vera...well, you must get yourself invited...he is delightful. Watch next week for the store.)<br />I note that everyone had a comment about even the minutest details of your party...even the foil cutter.<br />I was a little nervous about the hot teapot on the mirrored glass as heat can crack glass. Cracking suddenly and breaking...is not pleasant. Don't want you to have any more 'accidents'...with witty pictures, indeed.<br />Salad: I've never seen it served as an appetizer, though your point about 'using the plates' is a perfectly valid one. Nor have I seen a salad served in a bowl (Hels) in mid table.<br />I find a salad at a dinner party a bit of a bore, in general--and the oil dressing is not good for ladies' lipstick! We want to look good the whole dinner.<br />How about a little amuse-bouche! Thomas Keller makes small and gloriously beautiful tastes and small bites (you would be an artist with this concept) as he feels that once you have taken a bite or two of anything, you are then basically eating the same thing over and over, nothing thrilling after that. I rather agree--and find eating lettuce leaves (trying to stab) over and over a bit tiresome.<br />Think: amuse-bouche...and your friends' mouths will be 'amused'.<br />cheers, DIANE<br />www.thestylesaloniste.comDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-404939307836619092010-02-03T23:23:18.254-05:002010-02-03T23:23:18.254-05:00A beautiful and proper dinner for a wintery night....A beautiful and proper dinner for a wintery night. Yummy! Your traditional table is perfectly appointed. I am such a fan of the little lamp. There is something so elegantly traditional and very rich about it! And wedgewood! Oh, so beautiful!!!!!<br />I have so enjoyed visiting you this evening.<br />YvonneYvonne @ StoneGablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071383858803336708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-14361205783927922272010-02-03T23:20:28.278-05:002010-02-03T23:20:28.278-05:00Beautiful table...love your 'Cuckoo' china...Beautiful table...love your 'Cuckoo' china, very pretty. Lovely coffee service.Marigenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00313503976938859618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-48332306664068824432010-02-03T22:56:33.543-05:002010-02-03T22:56:33.543-05:00The dishes are gorgeous, and they go perfectly wit...The dishes are gorgeous, and they go perfectly with the crystal. It is all very romantic and elegant.<br />Susanblack eyed susans kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214016311612642339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-4233792422114213342010-02-03T22:39:43.537-05:002010-02-03T22:39:43.537-05:00This is FAB! The crystal is divine...and I swear I...This is FAB! The crystal is divine...and I swear I gained 10lbs just by looking at the gorgeous roast beef! Hugs, LanaLanahttp://lanaaustinmotif.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-15989876597004887742010-02-03T22:09:59.919-05:002010-02-03T22:09:59.919-05:00What a beautiful table. I like the traditional...What a beautiful table. I like the traditionalist of it -- the beautiful china (and not all in the same pattern) and crystal and silver.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114417561785860122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-20590290157317653592010-02-03T21:56:34.766-05:002010-02-03T21:56:34.766-05:00Magnaverde -come over anytime, I'm always eati...Magnaverde -come over anytime, I'm always eating!ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-22856225792192580392010-02-03T21:54:12.162-05:002010-02-03T21:54:12.162-05:00Stefan, I have pals who (or wives of pals) who ser...Stefan, I have pals who (or wives of pals) who serve Domino's pizza on disposable plates in front of the TV, and I have friendly acquaintences who serve over-elaborate food on valuable china, but I don't have any friends who serve simple, well-prepared food on beautiful dishes the way you do. I hope your friends realize how fortunate they are to have a thoughtful host like you.magnaverdenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-81666550151991208852010-02-03T20:24:44.327-05:002010-02-03T20:24:44.327-05:00Down East - I have a silver chest for the flatware...Down East - I have a silver chest for the flatware which does a good job (the silver was barely even dull), but the tea strainer won't fit in it! I had forgotten all about it ( my everyday teapot has a strainer built-in) and it was in the back of a drawer. Now it's right in my cabinet with my everyday tea things to use and not get tarnished!<br /><br />Hels - salad as a first course is an american custom - I know it's not that way in Europe. I think Americans think it is a light way to start a meal and gear up for the main course (and it gives me a chance to use a different pattern of china!).ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-10335477506429242922010-02-03T19:36:37.482-05:002010-02-03T19:36:37.482-05:00The glasses, china and linen look wonderful, espec...The glasses, china and linen look wonderful, especially the champagne flutes! <br /><br />But salad before the main course -is that usual? I have lived in European or British countries all my life and always see the salads served with the main course. The large salad bowls, placed in the centre of the table, are often themselves beautiful crystal or china.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com