this weekend, three generations of family friends gathered for a special dinner party on the grounds of fairfield, an antebellum home near mr. jones’s hometown, columbia, tennessee.  hosted by dear friends the kennedys and vests, and my amazing sister- & brother-in-law, we were asked to save the date, with the location divulged via e-mail just prior to the event.  guests without 4-wheel drive were conveyed across the creek and up the lane by handsome young men in jeeps.  it was truly an inspiring, magical, moonlight-and-magnolias evening…the kind we chicago girls just dreamed about.

here is fairfield, before & after: