Blog By Knight
2009 February

It’s always a sign that something’s up when I don’t post for a week or so. So in the past two weeks, I have started a new business. Actually, I have named a business that I was basically doing under the auspices of JC Knight Properties,Inc which sounds kind of BLAND. It also really does not go with what I am doing. So what Am I Doing? Our new name is New Tricks Design. The idea is that my design work is a little different than the ordinary ho hum. It is on the edge without being edgy. I have always seemed to have a knack for getting in on a trend on the front end of the spectrum. After the building

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I was whining to our Bed and Breakfast guests this weekend, about the news of the closing of my favorite design magazine. Tom and Judy had not had a chance to become acquainted with this plucky little Design rag so I ran and brought them a stack just to show how much they have missed. I just got an e-mail from Tom, with a link to a coincidental article he found this morning in the Palm Beach Post about Domino that falls into the category of things I wish I wrote. Although I must say, Nicole Neal, of the Palm Beach Post, sums up my feelings for the demise of Domino magazine much better than I did, or could.

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Recently, my loft was featured on the Apartment Therapy blog .
They asked me about the inspiration for my use of color and I said,

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Having a Bed and Breakfast in our Loft calls for getting creative about making breakfast. During the week, we serve a continental breakfast with cereal, bagels, coffee, juice and fruit. On the weekends I might do shrimp and grits, vegi scrambles, cheese grits, or the regular standby, bacon, eggs and toast. Duane has got it down now and makes the weekend breakfast when I have to be somewhere bright and early.

One thing I like is to make homemade granola. For myself, I make a not-cooked version with

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You know how it is when you get to a certain age in life and have changed social circles a couple of time? You use to be involved with your kids and their friends and their friend’s parents, or you moved away or you’ve changed jobs or you have gone freelance…most likely you have lost touch with people that you enjoyed in your life. I know I have. But recently I found one great way to connect with all of my old buddies from

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I have been faithfully purchasing Domino from the newsstand each and every month for the last several years. This Christmas when the kids were asking for Christmas present ideas from me, I put Domino on my list. I was very sad to learn that they are closing this magazine with its accessible, creative, design ideas for real people. I am glad that I have saved the back issues so I can go over them again and again while waiting for the new edition that never comes.

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Duane and I recently joined a neighborhood dinner club and went to the yearly organizational meeting with cocktails and apps. In this meeting all of the interested parties are randomly divided into six dinner groups of twelve people each. The assigned groups members get to meet each other and work out the details and schedule for the year which includes meeting for dinner at someone’s house five times, every other month. Then at end of the year there is another large group wrap up dinner.

Although this dinner club has been going for several years, this will be our first time to take part. Duane and I offered to host the dinner for February and I just realized that it conveniently falls around Mardi Gras so we can do Cajun food. As hostess this month, I get to set the menu and make the main dish and the others will sign up to make the various side dishes.I decided to use this forum to post the menu and recipes that way my new dinner club members will have to go to my blog to sign up for their dish. Am I stooping that low to get new blog readers? Ha.

The Mardi Gras Menu

Beverages:

• Beer
• Wine
• La Croix
• Decaf Coffee with Chicory

Appetizers:

• Oysters Bienville
• Crabmeat on melba rounds

Dinner

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