tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87810999768797968422011-09-06T11:19:30.721-07:00Welcome to virtual Café Lotti, a site for fans of Kat Duarte's Rise of the Wolf. Whether you're down the street or sitting on a terrace in Bucharest, pull up a chair, fire up your laptop, iPhone or whatever and enjoy recipes, decorating tips and news from the McKenna Lotti.Cafe Lottinoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781099976879796842.post-52513495054891273892010-12-09T21:05:00.000-08:002010-12-09T21:23:21.652-08:00

Congratulations to Sherry who won Kat Duarte's giveaway on the Fang-tastic books blogspot (December 4th guest blog). She'll soon have a beautiful limited edition print from photographer Lilly Prinn.Kat sends out a big thank you to all the great Fang-tastic Books fans who entered the giveaway and their wonderful feedback to the question: What type of vampire do you prefer?Here's some of the

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by Kat DuarteI have to thank Roxanne Rhoads for letting me be a guest blogger at her great blogspot Fang-tastic Books on Saturday. Had a great time tossing around my thoughts about the ideal vampire and hearing from her fans and mine.If you haven't visited Fang-tastic Books before, check it out. There are always a lot of interesting things happening and...you'll be able to find out how you can

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Café Klatch meets the second Monday of each month... Where: McKenna Café Lotti When: 7pm to 9ish or closingRecap: Last month five of us gathered for dinner, dessert, coffee and a discussion of Sloane Taylor’s hot book French Kiss. We loved it and her style of combining romance, suspense and some pretty steamy sex scenes. Her stories are definitely “Sweet as Honey...Hotter than Hell” as she says

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All of us at the Lotti wish you and yours......a very Happy Thanksgiving!Thank you so much for your patronage so far this year! We look forward to a great holiday season. Today, however the restaurant is closed to the general public, as are all the Lotti restaurants, so we can have a special feast of thanksgiving with our friends and extended family. We will be opened tomorrow, Black Friday, so

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You may have noticed our poll asking about your favorite fall beverage. (My current favorite is the Lotti’s latest seasonal hit: Dark Truffle Espresso. Not a surprise to anyone who knows me and my chocolate addiction!) There’s nothing better than a cup o’ your favorite, except an awesome meal or snack to go with it. Therefore, we’ve decided to have a small contest to find out what your favorite

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by April GarzaOkay, you may have noticed that right after Halloween a strange, but annual phenomenon began: time seems to be speeding up. Oh, it has nothing to do with daylight savings time messing up our senses or any theory of relativity, simple or otherwise, bless little Albert E. and his overactive brain. It’s a simple fact we are in the holiday time-crunch. We’re all counting down the days

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Café Klatch meets the second Monday of each month...Where: McKenna Café LottiWhen: 7pm to 9ish or closingRecap: Last month five of us gathered for dinner, dessert, coffee and a discussion on the second book in Nora Robert’s “Sign of the Seven” trilogy, The Pagan Stone. All of us are hot to get our hands on the third book that’s in stores on November 25th. So far, the first two books have not

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by April GarzaBefore you know it Halloween and fall will have come and gone, so don't miss out on brightening up your home with the rich palette of autumn. It doesn't have to take much time or money, even these days.Here's what I did this year to give you an idea...Outdoors, the short list: - mums (three is a good number) - a pumpkin (or two) - lights (orange for fall) - a

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