The couches and upholstered, white folding chairs that formed a semi-circle in the rear of the store were filled with about 30 women for "The Well Dressed Window" presentation at Ambiance on Thursday, April 3. A table displayed cheese and crackers, wine, and lemon and cucumber waters. As the ladies warmed up with wine, a Hunter Douglas rep exhibited the new line of shades and blinds designed to "harness the power of light."

My friend and I felt a bit out of place with the many references to "the husbands," in-home theaters, on-site cleaners, and rug-fade fear. Still, some of the designs were really neat. The rep used an analogy: a window is like a beautiful woman. Without window treatments it's just a window, like a women without accessories is just another skinny woman. Yeah, that landed like a bomb. The window dressers talked for a few minutes at the end, but mostly it was about the HD line.

Afterwards we had a great time looking through the store, and both purchased reproductions of French maps. I'm proud that I already framed mine and it's not sitting rolled up with the rest of my "to-be-framed" works.

Next up: Good-bye to Mordecai