Yearly Archives: 2010

What a great show! If you’re in the area, I highly recommend going to see Aida at the Opera. The music was good – not great – but the costumes and sets by Zandra Rhodes were spectacular. Gold lame hoop skirts on shirtless men, pleats, lotus patterns, African prints….wow. And for no less than 200…

What a weekend! A heat wave, a fantastic opera, an a couple days of playing tourist in the city. First, Rob and I went to our first opera of the new season. Such a fantastic evening! I’ll tell you more about the show in a seperate post. The next morning, Rob had to leave for…

First opera of our new season tonight! I’m excited to see Aida – it looks like quite a production. All that Egyptian finery may be a bad influence on my jewelry (and tiny hippo) shopping habits with The Met. We moved our season tickets from the balcony to the orchestra this year, so there’s a…

Last night, Rob and I had “tedtinis” at Ted Baker thanks to San Francisco Magazine and Bombay Sapphire. Great drinks and lots of cute clothes. If I needed another little black dress for the holidays, this would be on the top of my list.

My sister sent Rob and me this lovebird vase for our anniversary. Such a thoughtful present! Especially considering it was Jean who made bird cake toppers for our wedding two years ago. The vase is from RedHotPottery – her Etsy store has all kinds of nice things.

So adorable! If you need a refresher on how to make the corn husk dolls, here are the easiest instructions I found online. The guests used simple hot glue to add the clothes. You don’t even need to wait for the dolls to dry. It would be fun to make “ghosts” and “witches” using these…

This was a great baby shower! A giant group of fun women coming together to celebrate the pending arrival of baby girl Wayland. And it was a relative breeze to put on. Here are the details: Decorations: Three big bouquets of sunflowers with yellow and blue wildflowers. Chambray napkins lent by the guest of honor.…

Per request, here’s an idea for how to wear short booties this fall. I would love to go to work in a bright orange mini and military jacket!Jacket – Belted military coat for $90 from Ann Taylor Loft.Blouse – A floaty white blouse.Skirt – A bright orange tweed mini. They have a similar skirt at…

Two years ago today, Rob and I were married in Sausalito, CA. Our memorable, mustache-decked, variety show-including, bliss-filled wedding was the stuff of family legend and our four week road-trip honeymoon around the west was even better. And the joy of actually being married easily and steadily surpasses both those happy events. I am so,…

Fall kicked off this weekend with a lot of visiting friends and some strange, rainy weather. On Friday, I met with Jackie and Margaret at the apartment to make three kinds of empanadas: cheese with chilis, shredded chiken with green olives and chorizo with potato. We were filling and dough-making machines…but it still took forever.…