People who are ambitious, highly organized and excel at managing multiple projects with a million details are often referred to as Type A personalities. I call my daughter, Garnie, a Quad A.

She’s the oldest of my three girls and just like her father. Garnie owns several businesses, is the general manager of the Inn at Serenbe (which includes Spa at Serenbe), helps Steve with all the development aspects of our community and is the owner of (and broker at) Serenbe Real Estate.

She just turned 30 last week.

When she was in high school, one of the football players got a concussion during a game and Garnie and her friends went to the hospital. While they were waiting, one of the dads asked the girls about their dream job. One said, “I want to be a flight attendant so I can travel the world.” Garnie said, “Skip that—I’m going to own the airline.”

Garnie lives and breathes projects. She was in college at Cornell when the tsunami in Indonesia happened. One of her classmate’s families was from Indonesia and he asked her what they could do to help with tsunami relief. She decided to help organize the Roll for Relief campaign and build the world’s largest spring roll to raise money. It was 1,428 feet long.

There were no giant spring rolls at Garnie’s 30^th birthday party, but there were drinks, dessert and dancing. We had banana pudding, fig cakes, chocolate cake and a pavlova. We had a fantastic local band called The Shadowboxers, who played original music and some covers. We had family and friends who flew in from all over. And we had a full bar plus Garnie’s favorite cocktail, the Autumn Harvest. It’s not really a springtime drink, but no one seemed to mind.

Autumn Harvest
1 tablespoon fig preserves
1.5 ounce Bulleit or Belle Meade Bourbon
Ziegler’s Apple Cider

Add fig preserves and bourbon to a glass, fill with apple cider and shake well. Pour over ice and garnish with a sage leaf.