🎙️ 2024 Podcast Highlights + 2025 Vision Board ✨
The end of the year is quickly coming to a close
This year has been all about growth, creativity, and saying “yes” to new opportunities.
✨ 2024
• Rebranded Cookery by the Book and Decorating by the Book Podcasts to create Dinner Party Podcast: same pods, new name, and a fresh approach to celebrating cookbooks, decorating books + homemaking! 🎙️✨
• Added a video component to Dinner Party Podcast: stepping into the world of video was uncomfortable, but I embraced it fully! 🎥
• Launched Dinner Party Podcast Solo Episodes, where I get personal, diving into the stories and ideas behind the books I love. 💙
• Released my first-ever decorating journal, Decorating by the Book: The Journal, a design manifestation tool. 🎀
• Hosted a fabulous journal launch party at Bedford Studio in the West Village! 💫
• Launched this Substack to share podcasts, reflections, and ideas, connecting with my community in a whole new way. 📝
• Said YES to every party I was invited to, embracing spontaneity, connection, and community. 🥂
🚀 2025
• Hosting more intimate and memorable dinner parties at my cozy West Village apartment. 🍷✨
• Welcoming fresh voices to Dinner Party Podcast: international authors, under-the-radar tastemakers, and emerging talent in cookbooks, decorating, and homemaking, bringing inspiring and unexpected perspectives. 🌍✨
• Aligning podcast episodes with seasonal themes to create immersive, timely content that resonates year-round. 🍂🌸☀️❄️
• Adding special features to the podcast: like recipe tests, book recommendations, and design tips inspired by guests.💡
• Hosting live podcast interviews in the West Village. 🎤
• Collaborating with other lifestyle influencers, and brands to bring unique and global perspectives to Dinner Party Podcast. 🤝
Cheers to 2025, talk you later, bye! 🥂💛
You have had an exciting and busy year! Is Kansas City still in the plan?!