Touring the mansions and plantations in Nashville gives one great respect for Southern architecture and the historical society that preserves these colonial treasures. Some of which are currently serving as amazing venues for entertaining, as did the Belle Meade Mansion for a recent wedding celebration.

Visiting Eastern Washington's abundant land reminds me of the organic colors & forms in natures design. Gleaning from natures design cue includes the many fields; asparagus & corn fields to grape vineyards. Apple orchards have also been more than a 30 year inspiration for me in color & form as my family has been apart of the process;  "land-to-Treetop" production for this culinary giant; serving as producer, board member & as president for past many years.

New York is filled with design inspiration everywhere, from the historical to the contemporary. But how about the historically-contemporary, such as the United Nations building. Or the contemporary-historical such as the set-design of a New York studio. Traveling to this amazing city, it was wonderful to enjoy the juxposion of a design main stay & the organic change of a set-design when visiting dear friend Elizabeth Hasselbeck in this great city of design inspiration.