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| At Home Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
HOLIDAY PLANNING GUIDE The second Sunday of every December, you'll find Eileen Milner of Alexandria pulling a filet (medium rare, hopefully) out of her oven as 20 friends crunch on homemade coleslaw and trim her tree. Like many Washingtonians, Milner has a busy job and long list of holiday chores to do between Thanksgiving and New Year's. But this gathering doesn't come under the heading of "chore." She and her three brothers, who arrive the weekend of the party, make it fun: They pop in Christmas CDs as they fill window boxes with magnolia leaves, hang a Moravian star on the porch and stage an early morning Costco raid. She calls it "making giving the party into a party." Milner is part of a kinship of Washingtonians dedicated to the annual open house, cocktail buffet or brunch. The keys to pulling it off in a time chock-full of festivities? (Read more) – Jura Koncius CHAT ABOUT IT Every Thursday at 11 a.m., Washington Post Home Section writers Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza come online to help you in your quest to achieve domestic bliss. Joining them will be Jana Svrzo, manager of Paper Source in Georgetown to discuss holiday wrapping and all things 'paper.' Got a wrapping tip? Share it with us. Submit your questions or comments here. • Read previous dicussions and get more design tips and advice for your home. GARDENING TIPS & ADVICE Invasion of the two-legged veggie snatchers Growing a vegetable garden is an exercise in humility, disappointment and pride. And sometimes, anger. Hungry deer or rabbits undo the gardener's hard work, but you can accept that there is no mischief involved. When two-legged raiders help themselves, the joy of growing food is somehow stained. (Read more) • A Cook's Garden: Overcoming a few bad apples • Adrian Higgins blogs about cabbages • Digging In HOW-TO Q: Do you know of any place that could repair my several pieces of antique white wicker furniture? One piece, a chaise, has attached upholstery. A: Three shops within driving distance are the Master's Touch in Fredericksburg . . . (read more) – Jeanne Huber  | |||||||||
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