I love an impromptu dinner party! Lauren emailed in the morning to see what plans we had for Monday night. With a fridge packed with fresh produce from last week and a flat of fresh strawberries ripening on the counter – I invited her over for a casual Monday night dinner party. A Simple Strawberry…

One of Rob’s favorite mountain biking races of the year happens to be in his hometown of Fresno, right before his birthday. Big Sandy is a great weekend escape where we get a double-whammy of visiting his parents and riding with friends. Plus, spring is quite lovely in Fresno, with lots of wildflowers around and warm,…

Last night’s dinner party featured delicious fresh spring produce in simple, mediterranean combinations. Since one of the guests was vegetarian, the whole menu was meatless starting with a hot baked feta that was SO tasty and super easy. Rob and I discovered the miracle of baked feta when we were on the Greek island of…

It is big news that Mark Bittman from The New York Times and various lovely cookbooks has moved to the Bay Area!  His simple, delicious farmer’s market recipes have been an inspiration and now that he’s released into the wilds of California, I can only imagine how exciting things will get. After reading his column…

The March heatwave in San Francisco has finally broken and there’s even a little bit of rain! Perfect time to get cozy for St. Patrick’s day in a simple, every-day outfit. No plastic light-up shamrock necklace needed for a festive of celebration of all things Guinness, corned beef, Chris O’Dowd and green. Sweater – I…

I’ve been recently purchasing rotisserie chickens from the Roli Roti truck when I’m at farmer’s market. They’re a little more expensive than the chickens at Safeway – but free-range, plump and packed with herbs. When the chicken is picked clean over the course of a few meals, nothing is more satisfying than making a bone…

Hannah wrote in with a What to Wear request last week: I am going to be godmother to one of my best friend’s sons in May in Massachusetts.  It will be a Roman Catholic ceremony and while I’ve certainly been to mass plenty of times I’ve never been to a Catholic christening.  I’m also at…

Here in San Francisco, the weather has been bright, sunny and warm (way warmer than usual) for the past few days. It’s still March, though, and I’m not ready to switch from winter to spring colors just yet. The trick has been to find lightweight combinations for running around town that still have a winter…

My good friend Margaret is engaged to be married and the happy day is scheduled for this August! It’s another very special wedding I get to help coordinate. The first project? Sending out save-the-date cards now that she had the date, venue and caterer set. Margaret’s talented friend, Romy Natalia Goldberg made the design with…

Today’s What to Wear request comes to us all the way from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Eleanor wrote in to ask: I’m a California transplant living abroad. My fiancé and I live in Ethiopia but are heading to Italy in a few weeks. We are planning on having engagement photos taken in Rome and I’m at a…