VERANDA Magazine caught up with Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and her interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard and talked throwing a Moroccan style dinner party in her 1930s Hollywood home.
Inside the feature, Pompeo opens up about her dinner party hacks such as the colors she loves to set a table with, why she favors Moroccan style to entertain, what she looks for in dinner party guests, and much more. Also, just in time for summer, readers get to learn what Pompeo’s signature dinner party cocktail is.
QUOTES:
On why she sets a table with black and white colors: “I love black and white. It’s like a metaphor for life – you get darkness but you get so much light.”
On dinner party guests: “…that’s really what I’m after when I entertain. I love original spirits, people who bring life to the table.”
On why she favors Moroccan style to entertain: “I’ve always gravitated to Moroccan style. It’s cozy, and exotic and sexy. The pierced lights, the intricate tilework and patterns that each tell a story. I love how it instantly sets a mood.”
Pompeo’s signature dinner party cocktail: Apricot-Mint cocktails.
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