We came home from Paris with 9 new scarves, 6 dresses, 6 sweaters/tops and 4 coats between the 3 of us. I'm still so impressed at the new wardrobe that my friend Jackie assembled. She rarely shops in the US…
The stages of Paris trip shopping grief: In the course of a few days, I went from full-blown panic that I purchased too much during our trip to Paris and it would never fit in my suitcase and we'd be…
We woke up tremendously excited to have slept well the night before. For Jackie and me, parents of toddlers, it was a revolutionary feeling to have slept and woken up "on our own terms." Our first full day in Paris…
For someone who could easily be described as a "waifish," 115 pound, lanky, pale girl...I sometimes have an amazing capacity for destruction.Just this afternoon, I…
Living in San Francisco teaches you several new things each week. Sometimes humbling, sometimes weird, always unique. In an effort to create an "urbanite almanac,"…
Since San Francisco is full of highly overpriced antiques, it makes sense to work directly with more affordable antique dealers in places like upstate New…