Summer’s here and the outdoor events in San Francisco are ramping up. Here are a few fun events to mark on your calendar: Bay to Breakers – The classic cross-San Francisco race is coming up on May 20th. It’s not a hard run (7 miles) but walking in costume with drinks and friends takes all…

I’m on such a Woody Allen kick lately. I watched Radio Days last night. I can’t believe I had never seen or heard of this particular film before. Classic Woody characters and full of gorgeous 1940’s sets and costumes. With wallpaper and pattern coming back into style, a lot of those designs look pretty fresh.…

This heat wave in the city has me dreaming of warm evenings spent with cool drinks. Evenings that are very, very rare in San Francisco! In particular, I am dreaming about these botanical wine glasses from West Elm filled with the Blueprint recipe sangria. We don’t have a garden, but we do have a nice…

Today’s shopping challenge is a fun one. Jamie wrote in with a special request: My husband is coming home from a short deployment to Armenia, and I will be meeting at the airport when he returns (in a couple of weeks). I’d love to show up in something casual, yet classic and beautiful. A little…

Jackie O knew the power of white jeans! Since it’s scorching outside today, I’m wearing my favorite pair of Club Monaco white jeans for the first time of the season. And since it’s freezing inside, I’ve pairing them with a ballet neck t-shirt with 3/4 sleeves. A pair of grey suede flats, some big black…

Say hello to our new friend, Pantone 141. This is the color of the main wall in the Yosemite Solarium, the color of dogwood trees in October and a close companion of mine for the next 516 days. (Yes, I took my Pantone swatch book to Yosemite. Huge. Nerd.) There are so many colors at…

What a perfect weekend! Rob and I drove out to Yosemite on Friday night. The collapsed freeway and detour hardly slowed us down at all. It was bitter cold in the valley so we just set up the tent and tucked into our sleeping bags for the night. Up pretty early the next morning to…

It’s been a while since I posted an almanac, there are a lot of updates to share! Here are some things I’ve learned recently: Being engaged is fun! Wedding planning is hard! But it is so great to have friends who are eager to chip in. Jordan is doing the invitations, Paul is taking our…

Maggie is going to a formal wedding and needs to look fancy without busting her already extended budget: I will be going to a black tie wedding in Saratoga, NY at the end of June. After the beau coup bucks my husband and I will have spent on airfare and hotel, not much is left…

Jordan and Paul are coming over tonight for dinner. It’s going to be a pretty simple meal. To add a little flair, I bought a bunch of fresh blackberries on sale last night and am going to make them into ice cream for dessert. I thought I would use the simple strawberry ice cream recipe…