One Kings Lane
One Kings Lane is a wonderful source for gifts and all kinds of great home decor items at affordable prices! Candles, mirrors, stationery, bedding, pillows and more! If you are not familiar with One Kings Lane it’s a great source with daily emails. I was asked to offer 5 tips in the GET INSPIRED section: […]
Dinner with Gil Schafer at Chez Gibson
Some people might think that it is CRAZY to host a dinner party for 20 in my rather small apartment- but I did it just last week for architect Gil Schafer (who might just be the most amazing architect that I know) who was in town giving me an excuse to host a dinner after […]
Funky TUT!
I took a large step and ventured into new territory- presenting the foyer design that I worked on for the San Francisco Fall Antiques show. I honestly love working on projects that are not always what people think that I might do. It keeps me challenged and on my toes and it is always interesting […]
The Sartorialist visits San Francisco
One of my little hidden secrets is that I really don’t like to shop. There I said it for the whole world to see. But let’s clarify that just a tad- as I back peddle just slightly… Now sofas, chairs, rugs, cocktail tables, art, lighting and anything relating to interiors- any day of the week- […]
So sorry…
Hi everyone that reads this: I first wanted to say thank you for all of the emails- notes and posts on other blogs with relation to my recent published work in San Francisco Magazine and The New York Times. I have had a computer glitch and just discovered about 200 emails that went into a […]
A conversation with Lord Wedgwood
After a lovely day in San Francisco with a bit of chill in the air (you can really tell that fall is here!) it was wonderful to attend a nice party at the end of a work day. Tonight was very special as I was an honored to meet with Lord Wedgwood (yes- THAT Wedgewood) […]
What’s under your skirt?
That caught your attention! Recently- I have had a lot of questions about what kind of table is in the corner of my dining room… So here is the unavailing of a table that I recently custom built in my dining room to fit right in front of my pocket doors that I keep closed […]
Dreaming of new business cards…
I had been dreaming of new business cards for a LONG LONG time. To be honest- it has been YEARS of dreaming… I felt guilty about just tossing out my old cards- so I waited and finally about a month ago I was down to my last stack. I knew EXACTLY what I wanted so […]
New writing for San Francisco Fall Antiques show blog!
It’s pretty exciting that the Fall Antiques show in SF is just around the corner! Last night was the kick off event at the lovely home of Terry Gross (who owns Urban Chateau Antiques)- not of NPR (sorry to disappoint some of you). I am doing guest blog postings on the blog for them and […]
The Sausage King and his Queen!
A beautiful house high in the hills of Healdsburg (about an hour north of San Francisco- for those of you outside of the bay area) is the weekend getaway for the fabulous cooking duo: Chef’s Bruce Aidells (who founded Aidells Sausages (you know you have seen them in the grocery store) and his wife Nancy […]