Yearly Archives: 2011

Here we go! The San Francisco Ladies Activity Club‘s official guide to the city. Six categories with six favorites for each in one handy pocket reference. Let’s start with our favorite things to see: 1. Sunset at Crissy Field – A former military airfield turned into a lovely bay-side park. Watch the evening fog roll…

Winter continues to slog on at farmer’s market. It’s all cabbage, citrus and root vegetables. This week, I brought home chinese broccoli, yu choy, radishes, turnips, beets, eggs, tangerines and a half grapefruit/half orange. Turnips are turning out to be my new winter favorite. Halfway between a radish and jicama, they’re so good raw and…

Ugh, the weather this weekend was the pits. Super cold, rainy and overcast. On Friday night, it was in the 40’s and rainy, so Rob and I just went home after work instead of trying for a movie. The next morning, we had a quick breakfast and braved the rain to run an errand in…

My favorite slate gray/yellow design combination has popped up again. This time: in an ad for a duvet cover on sale at West Elm. So many furniture sales to explore this weekend!

I love a good “ladies lunch!” A delicate cold salad, nice white wine and a chance to be fancy for a few hours. For the impromptu party last Sunday, I served a curry chicken salad on beds of mache and edible yellow yu choy flowers. The chicken salad was tossed together at the last minute,…

The weather has returned to normal this week. A tiny bit rainy, some wind and a chill in the air. I love this time of year in the city. Flowers on my desk & spring colors coming in to the wardrobe. Dress – Love this (pricey) wrap dress from DVF. Her designs are worth every…

These lovely leather booties are on big sale from Anthropologie. They’re really well made and will look so cute with a pair of skinny black jeans, a bohemian white blouse and chunky sweater.

I usually make honeycomb candles for Christmas – but I ran out of time this past season. So, they were cute for small Valentine’s day gifts instead! I made sets of mini tapers for my team at work and three larger tapers for my boss. For mini tapers, use an 8th of a sheet (about…

This was a great weekend! Lovely weather, lots of time with friends and plenty of relaxing. I stayed at work late Friday for my annual review. Rob and I had a quiet night at home that evening. On Saturday, we had a nice breakfast of egg-in-the-basket with sourdough bread and a heart shaped cut out.…

I made valentine’s notes last night by sewing pink and red hearts on to paper cards. So easy, it just took about an hour to make a dozen for the favorite ladies in my life. Materials: Red folded cards and envelopes from Paper SourceEmbroidery floss in pale pink and dark maroonEmbroidery needleLove stamps If you…