John Coles is a dear friend of ours and our contractor for all sorts of projects. John has always humored my requests, no matter how strange or frustrating they may be. Turn a garage into a man den for my hubby? No problem. Put a new front porch on the house? No problem. Make it [...]
On January 18, 1997, my husband and I were married. According to my grandfather, it was the “coldest damn day of the year.” And he was right. It was so cold that my flowers actually froze. Those poor little roses from Chile never had a chance in a cold New Jersey January. But there was [...]