May Day At Serenbe




Visitors and residents enjoyed a perfectly blustery day at the Serenbe MayDay Celebration this Sunday!  Dubbed the "Sonoma of The New South" by the New York Times Serenbe is a 1000-acre sustainable community located thirty minutes from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.  
With temperatures hovering close to 90 degrees and stiff winds whipping around at 16 mph-visitors shopped the beautiful specialty stores, galleries and restaurants of Serenbe. Outdoor vendors and artists lined the beautifully landscaped streets reminding us of some of our favorite cities in Switzerland and France.
Twangy Southern-style fiddle filled the air with happy notes while visitors relaxed on blankets as red-faced children and panting dogs played nearby. The mood was happy and upbeat!
Festival foods were in abundance as well as specialities by some of the restaurants and shops. Raspberry Lemonade and Strawberry Shortcake was offered by Gloriosa owner, Keith Gerard Robinson-whose fabulous floral arrangements (filled with all my favorite flowers) adorned the beautiful tables outside Keith's new shop, Repurpose, a European-style design shop filled with lovely finds!
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Anonymous said…
What a lovely post, Patty. We're so glad you came! -- Tucker Berta (Serenbe dir. of communications & MayDay event coordinator)
May 3, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Home At Last said…
Me, too, Tucker! I enjoyed myself immensely! Ran into one of my first sponsors of Home At Last! (Fourteen years ago!)Back when we enjoyed Redding China here in Newnan my sponsor was Kitchen and Company, out of Atlanta. Part of my agreement was cooking demonstrations in Atlanta. Congratulations on a successful event! I just made the connection that you are Susie and Rick's daughter! Love your parents!
May 3, 2010 at 1:14 PM
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