The Mischief Maker

Go Where You’re Fed
The same soul, different places.

Go Where You’re Fed The same soul, different places.

How a Stay Becomes an Experience
I’ve created a selection of add ons that guests can book through the guest portal after reserving their stay. Slow breakfast in the kitchen, warm cinnamon rolls, garden morning baskets Keeneland cures

How a Stay Becomes an Experience I’ve created a selection of add ons that guests can book through the guest portal after reserving their stay. Slow breakfast in the kitchen, warm cinnamon rolls, garden morning baskets Keeneland cures

A little update from the Mischief Maker house.

The bed-and-breakfast is officially up and running, and guests have started arriving from all over to stay here in the Victorian garden home in Lexington.

One of my favorite parts of hosting has been building the little experiences that guests can add to their stay once they book. After reserving a room, a guest portal opens where they can choose things like:

• the Mischief Maker breakfast in the kitchen
• warm cardamom cinnamon rolls in the morning
• Garden Morning Baskets with raspberry muffins
• bagel boards from downtown bakeries
• Keeneland race-day trays
• seasonal cooking and entertaining dinners here at the house

It turns a simple overnight stay into more of a weekend experience.

If you know someone visiting Lexington, tag them here or send them the link.

And if you’ve already visited the house, thank you for being part of its story so far.

Home in Lexington · ★5.0 · 1 bedroom · 2 beds · 1.5 baths 1890 Victorian Garden Home Bed and Breakfast

Blistered Tomato Tuna Bowl with Herbs and Sunny Egg
Living well with simple ingredients, blistered tomatoes, herbs, and a sunny egg. This one is pretty perfect, I must say.

Blistered Tomato Tuna Bowl with Herbs and Sunny Egg Living well with simple ingredients, blistered tomatoes, herbs, and a sunny egg. This one is pretty perfect, I must say.

Reminder! Order and Sow your poppy seeds now!
The time is now.

Reminder ! Order and Sow your poppy seeds now! The time is now.

Speak Your Piece
Back and better than ever. A hometown grievance column, revived

Speak Your Piece Back and better than ever. A hometown grievance column, revived

The Louisville Woman's Club
Connection over perfection, puzzles, and alignment.

The Louisville Woman's Club Connection over perfection, puzzles, and alignment.

Salmon in parchment is one of my favorite meals. I do it lots of ways. The salmon was wild caught and on sale for $5.30 ? It's truly as cheap as fast food if you play your cards right. Assemble and wrap in parchment . Sheet pan. In oven for no time. SO good. And SO pretty. You eat with your eyes first, after all. Link to the recipe is on my Substack newsletter . Link in my bio. Just search Salmon in parchment in the search bar once you're on the newsletter.

Salmon in parchment is one of my favorite meals. I do it lots of ways. The salmon was wild caught and on sale for $5.30 ? It's truly as cheap as fast food if you play your cards right. Assemble and wrap in parchment . Sheet pan. In oven for no time. SO good. And SO pretty. You eat with your eyes first, after all. Link to the recipe is on my Substack newsletter . Link in my bio. Just search Salmon in parchment in the search bar once you're on the newsletter.

Quite the splash for 30 bucks. Valentines's flowers acquired on sale for 15.00 a bunch. I picked two bouquets that complimented. One originally 60.00 for Valentines. I removed their packaging. Took off the rubber bands and laid one behind the other, visually, I did this at the store as I thought they went together, and started picking up bunches from the group to put in vases all over the house for the bed-and-breakfast guest this weekend three sets of people in one weekend! Flowers make everything better.

Quite the splash for 30 bucks. Valentines's flowers acquired on sale for 15.00 a bunch. I picked two bouquets that complimented. One originally 60.00 for Valentines. I removed their packaging. Took off the rubber bands and laid one behind the other, visually, I did this at the store as I thought they went together, and started picking up bunches from the group to put in vases all over the house for the bed-and-breakfast guest this weekend three sets of people in one weekend! Flowers make everything better.

Chinese New Year. Salmon in parchment and shrimp cocktail for abundance. And a martini shaken 100 times. Link to the martini recipe is up on my Substack newsletter in my bio.

Chinese New Year. Salmon in parchment and shrimp cocktail for abundance. And a martini shaken 100 times. Link to the martini recipe is up on my Substack newsletter in my bio.

Gay Ann’s Martini. 100 Shakes, No Less.
The Sugar Flower Martini

Gay Ann’s Martini. 100 Shakes, No Less. The Sugar Flower Martini

If I Were Making Valentine’s Dinner…
Martinis, Coq au Vin, dark chocolate — and how I build an evening.

If I Were Making Valentine’s Dinner… Martinis, Coq au Vin, dark chocolate — and how I build an evening.