At Home with Kim Vallee

HOME + GARDEN, ORGANIZING | October 13, 2009

A Book, a Magazine Box and a Blanket | Fall Essentials

Once the cold has arrived, I like to read a good book, browse my favorite magazines or explore the Web on the couch with a blanket on my legs. My everyday dark charcoal blanket from Caban is getting old. Therefore, I started to look for a replacement. The black and off white Crux blanket by Pia [...]

TRAVEL | February 5, 2008

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A Back Bays style boutique hotel inside the Fairmont Copley Plaza

Experiencing the Fairmont Gold floor was on my priority list for my trip to Boston last week-end. Fairmont Gold is a hotel within a hotel. Guests at the Fairmont Gold located on the fourth floor of the Fairmont Copley Plaza enjoy unique quarters with the look and feel of a 1912 mansion house from [...]

ENTERTAINING, EVERYDAY entertaining, TRAVEL | January 22, 2008

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Hospitality tips I learned from traveling

An old saying teaches us that Travel broadens the mind. I would add that traveling makes you a better host. We are so accustomed to how we live at home that we do not notice the small details anymore. But staying at hotels uncovers the fine points that make your stay comfortable or [...]