Amy Gabriel
Amy Gabriel is a freelance features writer who specializes in style, health, beauty, home decor and travel. She has a monthly column "What's Hot" in St. Charles Avenue Magazine, is a regular contributor for the cocktails and cuisine section of New Orleans Bride Magazine and is the Editor-In-Chief of New Orleans Tidbits. A French Quarter resident with a passion for promoting all things local, she loves exploring the Crescent City one coffee sip and stiletto step at a time.
What’s Hot: Artful BarWare
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Should the green fairies...
Puttin’ on the Aperol Spritz
Effortlessly chic, shimmer in style by slipping on a body-skimming AS by DF mare...
The Skinny on Skincare
Our skincare journeys aren’t always paths paved with 24- karat gold primer. On occasion...
Summer Style
Your summer social calendar is stacked with splashy rooftop pool dips, swoony courtyard jazz...
Let Them Eat Cake
Local Experts Share Cocktail Essentials For Your Wedding
As the buzz of your wedding builds, you’ve been going to bed with visions...
Pull into the Station
As sure as your single bridesmaids will be scoping out the potential crush candidates...
What’s Hot: Hostess Gifts
For the exotic party planner, a white and gold lustre crocodile skin style vase...
Let Them Eat Cake
Boozy Celebration
With visions of your dream wedding dancing in your head, you never imagined, “Let’s...
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Tickle their tipple by serving your preferred aperitif from a hand-blown, blush pink-colored Estelle decanter made by glass artisans in Poland. 8.5” x 6.5”, capacity 26 oz. Jade,
324 Metairie Rd., 504-875-4420, 
To stir with love. Swirling sips or adding a dollup of an upleveled ingredient will be très chic when using a set of Fez small teaspoons in gold and white. Lucy Rose, 3318 Magazine St., 504-895-0444; 600 Metairie Rd., 504-218-7368, 
No spill compares to the petite thrill of pairing your nightcap of choice with a cheers cocktail napkin from SFERRA, made of white hemstitched 100% linen and embellished with clink worthy, globally-inspired embroidered toasts. Sotre Collection, 3909 Magazine St., 504-304-9475, 
Tip back a toddy and admire a bottom’s up bite from a textured alligator base glass mug from Arthur Court Designs. Chill in the refrigerator or freezer, or warm in the oven up to 350º degrees. Friend & Company, 7713 Maple St., 504-866-5433, 