It's been too long since we talked design around here! On a whim last weekend my boys and I visited an estate sale in an upscale nearby community, Hillsborough, California. The items for sale were interesting—huge old trunks, scores of vintage lace, more than a dozen authentic cow hides—but what …
The Makings of an Unforgettable Life List
A great bucket list needs a little of everything. This is the formula I ran with for ours: Something wild. Something ridiculous. Something attainable. Something that feels like a longshot. Something broadening. And something gracious. A couple of caveats: Initially I planned to share "our" list, …
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Dreaming
Sometimes I fear that I'm too much of a realist to be a dreamer. I squelch my dreams because I don't want to feel that ache that sometimes comes with longing for something you're not sure you'll ever obtain. I am grounded in the now, partly out of fear, partly for survival, and partly because I …
3 Bay Area Restaurants You Should Be Eating At
. . . If you're a local. And if you're not, come visit! I will personally take you to all three! (We can do some pavement-pounding sight seeing in between to make up for the calories consumed. :) 1. Tony's Pizza Napolatana in the North Beach of San Francisco. We are a bit obsessed with this …
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Life Snapshot #3
I hope you all had a magical Christmas! We certainly did, especially considering we were practically snowed in! Late one night, after seeing Les Mis, we all drove home in a handful of cars and all had trouble getting up the hill to my in-laws' home. We could spot each other's cars as we did laps …
Life Snapshot #2 – Our Advent Calendar
I bought this iron advent calendar on sale after Christmas last year, from Pottery Barn. Then I used printable gift tags (easy to find if you search on pinterest) and shopped my craft drawer to fill it in. Trenton, our four-year-old, eagerly asks to pick an activity first thing when he wakes …
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