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Signature Savoir-Faire

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Artist and consummate entertainer Christophe Drumain welcomes family and friends to New Year’s Day brunch in his Riverland Terrace garden, complete with all the fixings from his native France

Photographs by
Gregory Miller
The bar, framed in varied plantings and covered with burlap batting, is dressed in traditional Provençal reds and blues.
Christophe created a garden lounge out of an old asphalt parking space, painting a trompe l’oeil koi pond on it and ushering in plenty of comfortable garden seating.
Guest Lori Wyatt with her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
(Top) Serve-yourself mimosas and bloody Marys are accompanied by black olives and fruit slices for garnish.
Signature Savoir-Faire
Signature Savoir-Faire
Friend and vegan chef Ken Immer prepared a Yule log made with chocolate, coconut, and granola.
Christophe with his mom, Catherine, on the front porch of his cottage.