Meet Me at the Midnight Bar

He's married to one of the most stylish women on the planet so it's befitting that nightlife impresario Rande Gerber has launched a line of so-chic cocktail mixers, available exclusively at Crate & Barrel.

Midnight Bar Mixes ($12.95) come in seven of the most popular (and delectable) beverages at Gerber's hot Whiskey Blue Bar: Lemon Drop, Bloody Mary, Cosmopolitan, Mojito, Apple Martini, Pomegranate Martini, and Margarita. Each mix is made with all-natural ingredients, including real fruit and vegetable juices, cane sugar, and triple-filtered water. Just add alcohol and ice and you've got an ultra-swanky cocktail lounge right at home.

Pretty Cheese

The wedding I attended last weekend had a gorgeous cheese display during the cocktail hour, at which my darling boy proclaimed, "I've never enjoyed cheese more!" Have since made it my mission to spoil him completely, with a fine cheese array of our own. I picked up an excellent gouda, Spanish manchego, and a savory Cotswold from the market near my job and paired them with a ripe Pinot Noir for a delicious Friday night of wine and cheese. Problem: no cheese knives. I now have a tiny, but rather painful cut on my pinky thanks to, what I think was a carving knife, and an obsession with obtaining a cheese knife set immediately.

I am particularly fond of these Hammered Metal Cheese Servers and the coordinating Granite Cheese Board from Crate and Barrel. They are impossibly chic and impressive for a relaxing evening in, or a stylish cocktail party with friends.

This Trudeau Cheese Board and Knife Set from Cooking.com is gorgeously rustic-looking and surprisingly affordable at $29.95. Plus the board doubles as a storage center for the knives - genius!

These Stainless Steel Cheese Knives from Bed, Bath, and Beyond are beautifully sleek and modern, and work perfectly for both soft and hard cheeses. They look especially pretty with this Yamazaki Signature Cheese Plate.