spring / cocktail The French 75 is hands down my favorite cocktail, and this lavender version is just so lovely for spring. I snipped these little lavender flowers from my garden and simmered them down into a simple syrup. Which sounds sort of romantic except that this lavender plant was swarming with scary bees. I held a pair of scissors at arms length and carefully tried to clip a few without getting too close.

Although we love to track Meghan Markle's amazing royal style, something about her borrowing Prince Harry's clothes is just too sweet to ignore. During one of the final days of their royal tour in the South Pacific, the Duchess borrowed one of her husband's puffer coats when the weather got chilly. Getty Images Meghan was photographed in the Redwoods Treewalk Rotorua in New Zealand wearing the same quilted coat that Prince Harry wore during another appearance just a few days prior at Abel Tasman National Park.

Duchess Meghan made a rare, stylish appearance at a film screening yesterday in Los Angeles. In new photos shared by director Misan Harriman on Instagram, the Duchess of Sussex is seen sitting onstage at a panel discussion, which she moderated, about his new short film The After. For the occasion, Meghan brought out her most elegant nine-to-five attire, which this time consisted of an all-brown suit look. The outfit was composed of a sleek double-breasted blazer with black buttons, which Meghan layered over a fitted turtleneck top and paired with breezy, high-waisted suit pants.

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