Yearly Archives: 2006

I love the cut of this Tocca dress…the cap sleeves…the high waist…the hemline…it’s all perfect! I am not as in love with the tweed and peacock feather corsage pinned to it, but that could easily be switched out with a few vintage broaches. I am really enamored with this dress and heartily wish it wasn’t…

I got a great deal on a custom roman shade from this company last night. Our living room window is a bizarre size (77.5 x 58.75) and it was looking like we were going to have to fork out over $450 for one roman shade. Our price was much, much less through this site. If…

I have an appointment with an orthopedist next week for my hip injury. Having to go to the doctor is bad enough, but being asked to wear shorts for your appointment is just terrible. I hate wearing shorts and don’t own a single pair. The shorts I used for my physical therapy appointments last winter…

Jean’s birthday is coming up at the end of November. I highly recommend that she requests nothing more than a big set of this Oscar de la Renta china. She’s a big plant lover and I think she would like the “Costa Rican” flair of these designs. Maybe not the full set, but I could…

Rob and I went out to dinner with a few co-workers and a visitor from Atlanta last night. We started with an okay dinner at Woodhouse Fish Company and then walked down to Mecca for dessert. I ordered a frozen bellini: champagne, peaches and vodka. By the time I started my second one I had…

My oldest brother gave this genius kitchen tool to my parents for Christmas a few years ago. Not known for his excellent gifting skills (he gave me a kitten when I was three…and when we were living in a tiny house with a newborn baby sister), this was a shockingly good find. This little $5…

A unique combination of funny and disturbing, this book makes for a pretty satisfying summer read. Running with Scissors is a memoir of Augusten Burroughs dysfunctional childhood. After his poet mother loses her mind, she turns him over to live with her psychiatrist and his bizarre family. Think “David Sedaris” but with much worse stories…

It is dangerous working next to an auction house. You get to watch as truckloads of gorgeous antiques are unloaded and then posted for sale. Sometimes it seems like all the riches in San Francisco are just one paddle away next door. The estate jewelry sales every few months are my favorite. There are so…

I am midly obsessed with grey suede shoes, especially for this fall. Imagine this pair from Urban Outfitters with some thick opaque tights, a pencil skirt and a chunky sweater! Not quite convinced? Check out this dramatic photo of the shoes from the back! Ooo la la!

I just found out that my best friend from junior high school, Elizabeth, is getting married on December 22! I think winter weddings are so romantic! Decorating with pine boughs…twinkling lights…warm fireplaces…festive guests…snow! Okay, there is no snow along the coast of California, but you can always pretend. They are getting married at the Cypress…