I’m lucky. I have the privilege of witnessing miracles every day. Maybe they are not the kind of miracles you typically think of. But to me, they are miraculous.
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 gave a dinner party last weekend in Santa Fe to honor my friends and the garden flowers. When I bought my casita 10 years ago in an old Hispanic compound on the city’s historic east-side, the [...]
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 [...]
I don’t remember experiencing beauty in the home where I grew up. Perhaps it was hidden by the cigarette smoke and chaos that permeated every room, but I’ve learned from the deep contrast of my [...]
I have a theory about color. After decades of working with people in their homes, I believe wholeheartedly that the colors people resonate with are often found in their own nature – their eyes, [...]
