Yearly Archives: 2013

Alright, votes are in and the gold dress is your winner for tomorrow’s black tie work event.  I purchased a clutch and shoes tonight for a dress rehearsal: My hair and makeup are a little sloppy – but you get the idea. I was worried that the bow on the back made it too fun…

I completely forgot about a black tie event this Friday night. Luckily, I have a collection of gowns on hand. Unluckily, it’s a work event and most of my vintage pieces seem a little too funky for the occasion. I would love to pick the brocade dress on the left – I got it for…

This weekend was a little rough, but ultimately was a lot of fun. On Friday morning, I spent the morning at the hospital having some painful diagnostic tests run. It’s nothing scary, I’ve had fibrocystic breast syndrome for a couple years – which they say more than half of women experience.  The appointment had one…

A simple combination with $17 worth of supplies from the Wholesale Flower Market made three lush spring arrangements this week.  I made two of these in low blue bowls for the dinning room: And this large arrangement for the living room mantelpiece:

This was such a nice weekend!  Relaxation, errands, fun with friends and a celebration of Rob’s upcoming birthday. He left early on Saturday morning for a long mountain bike ride in Marin.  I had a lazy morning around the house and eventually motivated to run some errands. Took the car for a long-overdue wash, dropped…

There’s SO much going on at work, it was hard to take even a half-day break – but I made it work for the annual Spring tradition of Bouquets to Art at the de Young Museum. Margaret joined me at 1:30 (a rainy day, as always) and we browsed more than 100 arrangements Roses were…

Brrr! It is freezing in San Francisco this week. Our lovely spring has been taken over by cold wind and rain.  I made a dinner that matched the weather tonight using the spoils of winter entertaining: leftover ham in the freezer from Christmas and the last chunks of fancy cheeses from the baby shower. It was hot,…

After two weekends of baby showers and week of being out sick with a bad cold, I was excited to take it easy this weekend.  Rob and I went out to an early sushi dinner on Friday night and I turned in for bed before 10 – sadly missing a friend’s birthday party across town.…

Rob has to go to Oxford in May for business and I’m thinking about going along with him.  Any advice for visiting the city?  And, for places to see after? I’m thinking about heading to Bath or Cotswalds.

My good friend Nicole hosted Jean’s second baby shower last weekend in San Luis Obispo. Here’s the guest of honor, with seven weeks to go: The guests: A smaller affair compared to the 24-guest blue and orange shower before it, this event was a luncheon with 12 close family friends. The location: Nicole reserved a corner of the…