GUEST OF HONOR
India Hicks
India Hicks is a designer, author, entrepreneur, and a mother of five, who has spent most of her adult life in the Bahamas. She is the daughter of the designer David Hicks and Lady Pamela Hicks, which is to say she grew up inside one of the most exacting design educations in Britain and then went and built a life somewhere barefoot.
She has been writing about that collision for years — in An Entertaining Story and A Slice of England, and now in this one. Her rooms and her tables carry both halves of it: her father’s discipline about color and proportion, and the island conviction that a gathering is not a performance. She sits on the executive board of Global Empowerment Mission and is a patron of The King’s Trust.
Entertaining, with a Side of Chaos is her second entertaining volume, published by Rizzoli in September, and its argument is a generous one: hosting is not about perfection, it is about welcoming people in — even if you did not iron the tablecloth. We are putting that to the test in two shops and two dining rooms, six weeks after the book comes out.
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
Not a stop on an itinerary.
While India will be one of the highlights of our upcoming Paris experience, these stateside Escapes offer an entirely different and more immersive way to spend time with her.
Rather than one moment within a larger literary itinerary, each afternoon and evening will be devoted entirely to India’s world of design, entertaining and gracious living. Guests will explore those ideas through a private, hands-on floral design workshop, an intimate after-hours salon at Hudson Grace, personal conversation and shopping, a professionally photographed individual portrait with India, and dinner with her as our guest of honor.
This is a rare opportunity to learn directly from India and experience firsthand the style, stories and wonderfully imperfect philosophy behind her new book, India Hicks: Entertaining, with a Side of Chaos.
EDGE ESCAPES x HUDSON GRACE PRESENT
An Afternoon and Evening
with India Hicks
A private experience devoted to design, entertaining and conversation, culminating over an intimate dinner with India Hicks.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
in the gorgeous and elegant Presidio Heights neighborhood
GREENWICH, CT — SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
right in the quintessentially New England downtown Greenwich
The experience will begin with a private, hands-on floral design workshop with Rose and Thorn Design in San Francisco and OG Petals in Greenwich, created exclusively for EDGE Escapes guests.
From there, we will continue to Hudson Grace for private after-hours access to the store and an intimate entertaining salon with India. Over cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres, India will share the stories, traditions and wonderfully imperfect philosophy behind her approach to welcoming people into one’s home.
Guests will enjoy a signed copy of India’s book, personal shopping with a Hudson Grace design specialist who will help translate India’s principles to your own rooms and table, and a professionally photographed individual portrait with India.
The evening will culminate in an intimate dinner with India as our guest of honor. With only ten places in each city, and few of them left, this is designed to feel personal, gracious and entirely unlike a traditional book signing or public appearance.
Two seats remain in San Francisco. Three in Greenwich.
The Shape of the Day
San Francisco, Thursday the twenty-second of October
Greenwich, Saturday the twenty-fourth of October
The day opens with a private, hands-on floral design workshop led by a celebrated local studio: Rose and Thorn Design in San Francisco and OG Petals in Greenwich. You’ll work alongside the designers to create an arrangement of your own, an insider’s afternoon in the design culture that gives Presidio Heights and Greenwich Avenue their character.
4.00 - 6.00 PM - An After-Hours Private Design and Entertaining Experience with India at Hudson Grace, with Cocktails and Hors d’Oeuvres
The doors close to the public and the store becomes ours. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and personal shopping with a Hudson Grace design specialist, applying India’s principles to your own rooms and table. And India herself: drawing on her new book, she will talk through how a beautiful room comes together, how a table earns its memory, and how the best evenings are allowed to go a little sideways — the wonderfully imperfect side of chaos that makes them unforgettable.
Every guest leaves with a signed copy of India Hicks: Entertaining, with a Side of Chaos and a professionally photographed individual portrait taken with India.
6.00 PM - An Intimate Dinner with India
We move on to dinner in a setting chosen to reflect the character of each destination — one table, one seating, no head of the room. In San Francisco, we gather at SOCIALE in Presidio Heights; in Greenwich, at Le Penguin, the much-loved French bistro. India joins us as our guest of honor for an unhurried evening of wonderful food, lively conversation and the kind of access that only happens at this scale.
9.30 PM - Evening Concludes
The complete itinerary, workshop location and transportation details will be shared directly with registered guests. Schedule is subject to minor adjustments.
HUDSON GRACE
Two shops, closed for the night
Hudson Grace, the celebrated home and entertaining destination known for timeless tableware, sophisticated essentials and an effortlessly beautiful approach to hosting. Founded in San Francisco in 2012 by Monelle Totah and Gary McNatton.
Each evening moves here after the store closes to everyone else. Doors locked, champagne poured, and a Hudson Grace design specialist walking the floor with you — the new lines, what belongs on your table, and how India’s principles translate to your own rooms. Then India sets a table on the shop floor.
Hudson Grace San Francisco
3350 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA
Hudson Grace Greenwich
268 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT
THE EXPERIENCE
EVERYTHING to look forward to
A private, hands-on floral design workshop with Rose and Thorn Design (San Francisco) or OG Petals (Greenwich)
Private after-hours access to Hudson Grace
An intimate after-hours design and entertaining salon with India Hicks, with cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres
Practical inspiration for creating beautiful rooms, memorable tables and gracious gatherings
A signed copy of India’s new book
Personal shopping with a Hudson Grace design specialist, applying India’s principles to your own rooms and table
A professionally photographed individual portrait with India
An intimate dinner with India as guest of honor at SOCIALE (San Francisco) or Le Penguin (Greenwich)
Only ten guest places available in each city
AND MORE, RESERVED FOR OUR GUESTS
Additional details are shared privately with registered guests as October approaches.
WHAT TO WEAR
Effortless Evening Silk
Think fluid silk, relaxed tailoring, a beautiful dress and jewelry with personality. Comfortable enough for an afternoon of floral design, and elegant enough to carry you through dinner.
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$3,250
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All listed experiences, cocktails, dinner, signed book and professional portrait are included.
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