Yearly Archives: 2006

Whew! That was some crazy weekend! Jean’s friend Hillary was in San Francisco for a visit and we painted the town red. Plus, we had Monday off from work for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Between eating out a lot, shopping and seeing the sights it was an exhausting but fantastic weekend. Here’s some of…

It’s supposed to rain tomorrow in San Francisco and generally be pretty miserable outside. In fact, the weather report for tomorrow depicts angry dark clouds with giant yellow lightning bolts…yikes. For a city that loves the outdoors it can be easy to be stumped about rainy day activities. Here’s some don’t miss plans for Saturday:…

A bunch of us are going to Ruby Skye on Saturday for a friend’s birthday party. I haven’t been to this club before but it’s one of the most popular dance spots in San Francisco. It’s supposed to rain all Saturday and will probably be about 110 degrees in the club….so what to wear?Flared V…

L’Occitane is having a sale. Stock up on fabulous candles, skin saving shea butter and delightful perfumes! Visit L’Occitane (pronounced “loxitan,” see earlier demoralizing post) online or in stores to pick up some goodies from Provence. My picks: rose bath soap, shea butter travel set, guest soap collection and rose pepper candle. I’m addicted and…

I love embroidery, but it can be hard to come up with a good pattern sometimes. Anything beyond initials and flowers gets complicated. Problem solved! Visit Sublime Stitching to buy iron-on embroidery patterns in all sorts of cool themes. Mexican wrestlers, chinatown, pirates, monkeys and much, much more. Plus, they even sell kits to help…

It dawned on me last night that the reason I feel spring has sprung is that I just received my White Flower Farms catalog. This nursery is the end-all-be-all source for exotic plant varieties and massive amounts of daffodil bulbs. Have a 10 acre estate that needs new shrubs?…need to update your begonia collection?…looking for…

Maybe it’s the spring talking, but I adore this brass bee necklace. Do you love it? Do you love it even more when you find out it’s only $28? It would be perfection for the office when matched with a white collared shirt and green pencil skirt! Thanks to online fashion mag N.E.E.T for the…

As soon as Christmas passes, it seems like the end of winter is already just around the corner. Without poinsettias and holiday shopping, winter is no fun and soon to be ditched. While the weather outside may not agree, spring has definitely sprung in my opinion. Just last weekend, I bought my first daffodils of…

Has this ever happened to you? You’re typing away happily at work, listening to your iPod. All the sudden, a song you’ve never heard before comes on. What’s happening? Where did this atrocious song come from? Am I drunk right now? This just happened to me with a song from “P Money & Scribe.” Apparently…

Crane & Co stationary is so lovely! I especially love their heavy stock correspondence cards, the perfect size for a quick note or thank you. If your stock is depleted from sending out Christmas thank-you’s, go to www.crane.com to pick up some sets today. My favorites? These red bordered thank you cards, these engraved house…