I know it’s really early, but I’m a graphic designer and I’ve started playing around with some ideas for the wedding invitations. Here’s a rough sketch I’ve created using oak leaves and a repeating clover pattern. The oak is for the giant oak tree outside the club and the clover from the Julia Morgan designed…

Summer dresses can be so versatile when paired with the right accessories. And shirt dresses are the most flexible of them all. Here’s Kersten’s question: I just bought this lovely little dress from J.Crew, but I’m sort of at a loss to accessorize it. I’m planning on wearing it all summer to both semi-casual and…

Okay, okay. I might owe Vogue an apology. Earlier this month, I dealt them a backhanded compliment. Saying that I would continue to buy an occasional issue for the great photos, despite the terrible botox-soaked content. I have to admit that the latest issue was pretty good. I read it at the hair salon last…

My imagination ran a little wild with Jessica’s fun request for the upcoming Father’s Day weekend: So, here is my challenge for you. We are going to the Lodge at Pebble Beach for Father’s Day. This is a once in a lifetime thing for my husband as jetting off to high-priced golf resorts are not…

Last weekend brought out so many great summertime memories and traditions. It’s starting to really feel like summer thanks to the following: Watching I Love Lucy in my pajamas, especially the episodes where they visit Hollywood. This used to be a tradition with my sister and cousin when we vacationed in Montecito. They only get…

It can be tough to find the right thing to wear for in today’s casual offices. I’m pretty much always overdressed since my office largely wears jeans as a uniform. Katie has the same challenges: I have to give a presentation at my Sales Meeting in two weeks. I work for a sporting goods company…

I’m sore, sunburned, tired and hungover…it must have been a great Memorial Day weekend! Let’s see, what happened on Friday? Oh, right. We left work and took the 22 all the way to Chestnut Street for dinner with Matt and Amber. Mamacita, a marina-style taqueria, was already hopping when we arrived at 6:00. The margaritas…

Another fantastic week in San Francisco. It’s always fun when the city has a hot spell, but I am secretly glad that the weather is back to being cold and foggy. Here’s what I learned this week: I love DogBlog! Yay for the Sausalito Woman’s Club. Safeway is a great place to show off a…

Chelsea from Frolic (don’t you love her blog?!) wrote in earlier with a great shopping challenge: I have never been able to pin down the most appropriate, stylish and comfortable outfit to wear when I work on flowers for a wedding. I climb on ladders, haul buckets of water, clip stems and then have to…

Why do so many modern china patterns fall into one of two categories: boring or bizarre? I’ve been to Replacements and to the porcelain room at the Legion of Honor, I know that there used to be some gorgeous china patterns. Luckily, there is hope in the name of designer china collections. Kate Spade’s designs…