It’s an old song and a bit before my time but the slow, lilting style of this George Gershwin classic makes me think that summer is meant to be a time of slowing down, taking some time for ourselves and for taking it easy. With the weather in June warming up almost instantly to hot, hot, hot – we here at thE Concierge have started thinking about how to keep, cool, cool, cool and how to slow down and make the most of this beautiful time of year. Cooking outdoors, meal planning

There’s still time! For many of us, the holiday season comes wrapped not in a pretty bow but instead surrounded with suffocating stress. There’s all that planning to do, gifts to buy, bring home, wrap and then deliver, meal planning, maybe even some Covid-conscious party-planning – at least for your immediate loved-ones. It can be overwhelming and when the calendar flips over from November to December, the holiday stress is amped up exponentially. It’s not too late. You can s