Yearly Archives: 2006

I wasn’t planning on getting up before dawn tomorrow to attend the earthquake memorial at Lotta’s Fountain. After all, I have a party to throw later that night. But now that Mayor Newsom has ordered city-wide bells and sirens at 5:12 am I might as well get up. I live right across from a fire…

With my parents in town for Easter and lots of rain, there was little left to do this weekend but eat out in restaurants. A lot of excellent restaurants! Here’s the round-up. On Friday, we all met at the Stanyan Park Hotel (highly recommended for visiting parents) and took the train to Parnassus to eat…

Look at this darling baby! Rob’s nephew, Isaiah, is the embodiment of springtime. He’s the combination of Peeps, chicks, chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs. Just look at that smile…that’s contagious! Happy Easter!

The Ribbonerie has struck again! Turns out that there is a huge back room full of antiques, embroidered linens, hats and scarves. Heaven! Jean and I both picked up floral scarves (perfect for Easter) for only $15 each. Mine is a simple cream background with red dahlias and green ferns. This camera phone picture doesn’t…

One of my good friends has gotten engaged! My inner circle of friends is a group of girls I’ve known since junior high. We’re all sort of “late bloomers.” My baby sister has been a bridesmaid a couple times already and I have never had one of my friends get married! Now that Liz has…

With Rob sick on Monday and Tuesday and me sick on Thursday it’s been a pretty quiet week. There have still been plenty of lessons learned, however. Here is the Urban Girl Almanac for April 10-14: Waiting in line at Safeway is worth it when you are getting OJ and treats for a sick boyfriend…

I am starting to get excited for this Easter weekend. My parents are coming up to San Francisco and we have a few days of museums and restaurants planned. This is a camera phone picture of an Easter basket I finished last night. The French silk ribbon from The Ribbonerie is too cute! Plus, it…

I’m home sick with a cold today…Nothing to do but sleep, eat soup and watch reruns on TV. Isn’t The Cosby Show wonderful! My only wish is that my future family will turn out half as cool as the Cosby’s. Sure, that means I’ll need to have 5 kids. But I came from a family…

For me, no bulb says “spring” as much as the grape hyacinth. Tulips are nice. Daffodils are perky. But grape hyacinth is my favorite. The blossoms as so dainty and they have a lovely, delicate smell. Here are some facts about the grape hyacinth: This bulb is party of the lily family and the asparagales…

Behold the perfect shoe! It’s plain, but perfect in every way. If this shoe were ice cream it would be Haagen-Dazs vanilla bean. The simplicity of this pair of peep toes makes all others look absurd…Especially these and 85% of Anthropologie’s shoe collection.