April 2011 - Quintessence

At the Movies

In thinking of a royal wedding related movie, there were several obvious options including the famous Fred Astaire classic, Royal… Read More

For those wondering what to get the royal couple, Kate and William have asked guests to make donations to selected… Read More

Although the English traditionally love claret (Bordeaux), we thought Kate and William should spread their territorial wings a bit as… Read More

Regular readers of Quintessence can imagine how thrilled I was to discover Hayden & Fandetta. International private dealers who specialize… Read More

Our Royal Wedding Contest continues this week. Enter by Friday for a chance to win this fabulous Joanna Lhuillier bag, whose… Read More

You may have noticed Michelle Hatch‘s beautiful pillows featured as part of von Hemert Interior’s Royal Wedding event. I was… Read More

For the last several months, many of us have been following the news of the upcoming royal nuptials. And on… Read More

So far we’ve selected jewelry and bubbly libations for our royal wedding week. But what about a little fashion fling?… Read More

Continuing with our theme of things inspired by the royal wedding, I asked Terry to keep this in mind when… Read More

When we think of royal festivities, images of tiaras and diamonds frequently come to mind. And of course the British… Read More

As some of you know, I have been very lucky lately here in the blogosphere. So lucky that I am… Read More

As you know, I try, if possible, to coordinate the week’s posts with my movie pick. Since the past few… Read More