Yearly Archives: 2008

How is it possible that Easter is coming up on Sunday?! Time to get crafty if you’re hosting brunch this year. One of my favorite Easter activities is Martha’s origami paper eggs. They’re quite easy to make and the results look impressive. Especially if you use patterns in one color palate. They’d be great as…

The trick to dressing for work is avoiding monotony. It’s too easy to get stuck in a rut of outfits each week. Here is Anja’s request: It’s been 3 weeks since I started working as an assistant to a CEO of a subsidiary of a Dutch company. Because we’re recently starting from scratch here in…

I studied abroad in Dublin for 6 months in college. St. Patrick’s Day is always a time for me to reflect on just how much fun I had in Ireland. I took my classes at a beautiful historic building called Earlsfort Terrace, spent my evenings in pubs and theaters, walked home to the smell of…

This is one of those weekend’s where I’m not quite sure how we fit it all in. On Friday, Rob and I walked to the climbing gym with a friend for a quick bouldering session. Afterwards, we grabbed some street tacos from the Toyanese truck. From there, we walked ten blocks up to Valencia Street…

Another week loaded with work activities. I like going out for fancy dinners for free…but I also like my apartment and food that isn’t saturated with cream and butter. Here’s what I learned this week: Pandora.com is so cool. I’m going to broke buying new music. Taxes. Yuck. I’m really good at making vegetarian chili.…

I haven’t been so lucky to attend a beach wedding, but they seem so lovely. Heather has a request: My best friend is getting married at the beginning of May, on the beach, in Santa Cruz. I am a CA native, but no longer reside there. My issue with wedding attire is that I am…

I’m halfway through Hitchcock’s Vertigo. It’s especially fun because it’s set with such great detail in San Francisco. All my favorites are featured: the Legion of Honor, Mission Dolores & the Golden Gate Bridge. The 1958 apartments are also a delight. I really like Midge’s mid-century pad. It would be perfectly respectable on Apartment Therapy…

Rob and I went to China a few years ago. We absolutely loved it: the delicious food, charming people and extremely favorable exchange rate (pack light and buy a suitcase there to home full of clothes and other goodies). I have a what to pack question. My mother & I are taking a trip to…

It’s already time for the Macy’s flower show again? This year has gone really fast! The theme of the show in San Francisco is A Mosaic of Spain. It starts Friday and runs through the end of the month. There are also flower events this weekend in New York and Chicago. They always go way…

Another day, another business dinner. We went to Waterbar (which unfortunately sounds a lot like Waterboard) last night for a nine o’clock dinner reservation. Before dinner, Rob and I went with Margaret to a 5 C’s (The Claremont Colleges) meet-up at an Irish bar/Indian restaurant in North Beach called Kennedy’s Irish Pub & Curry House.…