Summer has officially arrived in San Francisco, right on schedule. It’s a sweltering 75 degrees out today. Now that it’s summer, I’m all about sweet honeydew, iced tea, a juicy read and resort daydreams. My latest resort obsession is the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan. Opened in 1887, it seems like just the…

I received my great grandmother’s wedding dress from my cousin over the weekend! This turn-of-the century dress is linen lace said to be handmade by nuns outside of Paris. It’s one complete piece of lace with a soft empire waist and a small train in back. My great grandmother was known for her exquisite taste…

I remembered my camera today and have photos from our thrilling round of frisbee golf to share. First, Rob and me proudly showing off our finest golf costumes: Matt, dressed in the real disc golf uniform, was not super impressed with our ensembles: Matt in action at the tee. Hole 16. We’re worn out and…

We’re t-minus 25 days to the my favorite sale of the year: The Macy’s Passport Sale. This bay area-only event is held every year in late September. And it’s become quite the tradition for my friend Nicole and me. We get an early start, dress comfortably, hit every department and basically spend 8 hours straight…

I saw a link to this on Apartment Therapy SF last week and it literally blew my mind. Sculpture made entirely of books! Brilliant! Click here to look at more of Jonathan Callan’s work.

I’m not sure exactly why, but this weekend was so nerdy! Friday night wasn’t too bad. We did laundry & had dinner at our local sushi restaurant. Back at home I did a spa night. Saturday morning, I woke up late and made a breakfast of coffee, oatmeal and turkey bacon. And then we watched…

This week has gone by so fast. Probably because I slept through Tuesday entirely. Still, things were done and lessons were learned: Being overly excited that you didn’t catch your fiance’s cold almost always leads to ironically catching said cold. The smell of a fresh mint bouquet is lovely. Hooray for brooding love interests. Still…

I missed my first ever Ladies Activity Club party this week 🙁 Until this nasty cold came along, I had perfect attendance. And it looks like I skipped a really good one, too. Rebecca hosted everyone for a night of Scherenschnitte, aka German paper cutting. Very impressive work, ladies! You can see her whole party…

Sara, our favorite resident of Geneva and Garden Room lunch companion, wrote in with a request based around shoes: I thought of an outfit question for you, I just ordered two pairs of white shoes. Aside from one dress, I don’t know what to wear them with. I’m trying to branch out from always wearing…

Sheik is an “urban teen” brand that specializes in things like Baby Phat and rainbow skull cargo shorts. Not the place you might expect to find a killer pair of shoes. I picked up a pair of these “Segment Wedges” at a shop in Berkeley. So far, they’ve turned out to be one of my…