A Look Back · October 22 & 24, 2026

An Afternoon and Evening
with India Hicks

San Francisco & Greenwich · EDGE Escapes x Hudson Grace

This October, a small group of EDGE members spent an afternoon and evening with author, designer and legendary hostess India Hicks in San Francisco and Greenwich, celebrating her new book, India Hicks: Entertaining, with a Side of Chaos.

Each day opened with a hands-on floral design workshop, moved to Hudson Grace for an after-hours entertaining salon with India, and ended at one long table, with India as our guest of honor. It was not a book signing. It was a table, and everyone had a seat.

The Two Evenings

One Table in Each City

San Francisco

Thursday, October 22
Presidio Heights · Hudson Grace, Sacramento Street · Dinner at SOCIALE

Greenwich

Saturday, October 24
Greenwich Avenue · Hudson Grace · Dinner at Le Penguin

The Shape of the Day

How the Evening Unfolded

2:00 PM · A Hands-On Floral Design Workshop. Guests worked alongside local floral designers (with OG Petals hosting in Greenwich) to create an arrangement of their own.

4:00–6:00 PM · After Hours at Hudson Grace. The doors closed to the public and the store became ours, with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and personal shopping with a Hudson Grace design specialist. India spoke about how a beautiful room comes together, how a table earns its memory, and how the best evenings are allowed to go a little sideways.

6:00 PM · An Intimate Dinner with India. One table, one seating, no head of the room, with India as our guest of honor.

The Experience

What the Evening Included

A private, hands-on floral design workshop
Private after-hours access to Hudson Grace
An intimate design and entertaining salon with India Hicks, with cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres
A signed copy of Entertaining, with a Side of Chaos
Personal shopping with a Hudson Grace design specialist
A professionally photographed individual portrait with India
An intimate dinner with India as guest of honor