Beating the Heat: Indoor Entertaining

Warm weather entertaining went out the door with hundred degree temperatures for this girl, but that doesn't mean you can't al fresco indoors.

It may not be a patio, it may not even be a bar with open windows, but the comforts of home can be even more comfortable when you've got the window units cranking.

With the longest day of the year just around the corner, I'm readying my house for Fourth of July festivities with a new Ralph Lauren table cloth ($12.99 at HomeGoods), fresh summer daisies, roses, berries and hydraengas courtesy of lovely houseguest Adrienne, and a few cute floral votives (courtesy of Mamacita).

With a table for two so Summery as this one, you can keep those warm-weather romances alive without breaking a sweat.