Okay, last post of the day…I promise! I am seeing Spike Lee speak tonight at the Commonwealth Club. In honor of Spike, I offer the following Spiked Cider recipe: Spike Lee Spiked Cider2 cups water2 cider or chai spice tea bags1/3 cup light brown sugar3 cups apple cider1 cup light rum1/2 cup of butterscotch schnaps5…

It’s Indian summer here in San Francisco and the perfect time to add a few new hot tunes to the iPod: – “Reflections” by Atmosphere (cool rapper performing in SF soon)– “Don’t lie” by the Black Eyed Peas (sounds like pure summer)– “Ms. Fat Booty” by Mos Def (Mos Def is a hunk)– “Night time…

Club Monaco, everyone’s favorite Canadian clothes store, is having a big sale on their early fall merchandise downtown. Visit the San Francisco shopping center to pick up wool suits, chunky sweaters, cute men’s clothes, etc at up to 50% off. Sorry, no online shopping yet from this fabulous store.

On a whim, I recently bought two boxes of white tulip bulbs. Of course, it’s October and I live in an apartment….what was I thinking! So now I am going to try to figure out how to force the bulbs by putting them in the fridge for 12 weeks and planting them in small pots.…

Let’s just continue with the whole “urban craft” theme from last week for a while longer: A few months back, I converted a beat-up old mirror from my grandmother’s house into a really nice piece by glue gunning rows of small natica shells around the damaged border. This quick and easy mirror project cost about…

I just discovered that the nine number keypad on your keyboard is totally different from the number keypad on any phone or cell phone. I just about had a brain aneurysm trying to convert “vanity phone numbers” like 1-800-MC-ASSIST into real phone numbers today at work. Instead of starting with 1 at the top left…

With the delivery of our chaise (finally!), we’ve been playing around with the layout of the apartment and decor. It’s starting to look really good but needed a bit of seasonal flair. So, last night I went a little Halloween-crazy, sent cards to some of my favorite people and made some window decorations using white…

Rob has photos of my most recent craft project up on his blog today. For our end of season “prom” I made two sets of bowties and corsages from kickball rubber. They are sewn together using a leatherwork needle and embroidery floss. Oh yeah…I can tell that you are super impressed!

A cute home decoration store in the design district is currently having a 50% off warehouse sale at the corner of 15th and Utah. Great deals on asian pottery, stationary, candles, small furniture, books and more. I just picked up two copper glazed mugs, an 80-hour candle, a large glass vase, three small glass vases…

Everyone is getting together tonight to watch Scissors for Lefty play at Bottom of the Hill (one of SF’s best clubs for live music). I know Jean will be there…primarily because she loves the Lefty…also because she will cannot miss this band that is also playing tonight. Get suited up in your best rocker gear…