Lately I feel I am living in a painting. As I write, I find myself staring out the window transfixed by my own front yard. It seems fall days are splurging as November nights grow darker. I see [...]
This season of the year and the wild fires have indeed changed my life. Fall now beckons me to leave the day sooner and arrive home to the evening earlier. I have never been more grateful for my [...]
This wise old saying of unknown origin has been resounding in my mind for the past 12 days. I kept repeating it to treasured friends and clients as they were evacuated from Sonoma and Napa due to [...]
Today I walked past a sign at a local Farmers Market that proclaimed Wolf Pumpkins with Long Stems. I had never heard of wolf pumpkins. I stared at them in awe.
I spent the last ten days in Northern New Mexico. Despite the dozens of times I have driven the Low Road to Taos, I am, and forever will be, awestruck by this place.
I heard an interview on NPR recently with Gloria Steinem who was talking about her new book My Life on the Road. Her family traveled by car throughout the US during the early part of her life [...]
I am a big believer in making living spaces appeal to all our senses. But no matter how carefully I help people select finishes, fixtures, furnishings and fabrics to create beauty in their indoor [...]
The downtown San Francisco condo my clients bought had all the challenges of a small city apartment, plus a unique one. The high-rise Infinity Tower is an all-glass, clover-shaped structure, with [...]
Something invisible is hiding inside that you probably don’t realize you have – your own, one of a kind, unique eye for beauty. I have witnessed this repeatedly over the past 30 years while [...]
Something invisible is hiding inside that you probably don’t realize you have – your own, one of a kind, unique eye for beauty. I have witnessed this repeatedly over the past 30 years while [...]