Restoration Hardware chairman and co-CEO Gary Friedman has created an ultra-private haven overlooking San Francisco Bay. Here he refreshes his energy, and dreams big, certainly of the next great Rest...
The San Francisco Decorator Showcase (open through May 28 2012) has been a brilliant success this year. Set in an historic mansion in Pacific Heights, it has had fantastic buzz. Yes, as a longtime me...
The talk in San Francisco this week:San Francisco Interior Designer Jonathan Rachman makes his first appearance at the San Francisco Decorator Showcase and it’s a hit. His concept is ‘Collector’s Lib...
Brian Dittmar’s confident and crisply delineated suite — a highly original tailored bedroom and its chic adjoining bathroom — are a highlight of this month’s very popular San Francisco Decorator Show...
Calistoga Follies With an artist’s romantic eye for the eccentric, Northern California painter Ira Yeager gathers exuberant collections of furniture, antiques, curiosities, and rare objects in his Ca...
Tutu much! This has been the most thrilling season, the best. The beauty of ‘Onegin’ left me breathless. The exquisite dancing of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was simply thrilling. The current classic Balanchi...
‘French Bistro: Seasonal Recipes’ is the newest insider guide to classic Paris bistro food, and it introduces us to the thirteen best and most authentic Paris bistros. The author is the beloved owner...
Winged Energy of Delight: LEADAPRON In Los Angeles recently, with two free hours, I discovered a superb new art gallery/books collection / photography gallery of rare distinction and focus on Melrose...
I’ve alerted you to the delights of blockbuster fashion exhibits showcasing the designs of Yves Saint Laurent and Cristobal Balenciaga at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.Make way now for a live ...
David Downton recently came to San Francisco from London for a splendid fete.David, whose super-chic clients include Chanel and Gucci and Vogue—is the world’s top fashion illustrator. He lives within...
A Dazzling New Exhibition Honoring Diana Vreeland has just opened at the Museo Fortuny in Venice. Too, too divine. An exclusive look and first report. DIANA VREELAND AFTERDIANA VREELAND Venice, Palaz...
Step Into a Palace — The New Royal Mansour Hotel in Marrakech “The beauty of Moroccan palaces is made up of details of ornament and refinement of sensuous delight too numerous to record.” ...
Hotel I Adore: On a recent visit to Morocco I discovered and stayed at the divine and utterly romantic La Mamounia hotel in the medina in Marrakech. Swoon!Recently reopened after a multi-year r...
The great and talented Mrs. Howard’s glamorous and inspiring new book, ‘The Joy of Decorating, Southern Style with Mrs. Howard’ celebrates the beauty of Southern style and a gracious approach to livi...
The Finest French Jeweler You’ve Never Heard Of A brilliant new book, Suzanne Belperron, by Sylvie Raulet and Olivier Baroin (Antique Collectors’ Club) is one of the most exciting and surprising fine...
Cliff Hanger: San Francisco interior designer Ken Fulk and architect Ken Linsteadt transform a Spanish villa in Sea Cliff into a gracious residence with jolts of color and a fresh, contemporary vibe....
CLOUD CLUB The glamorous new San Francisco pied-a-terre of wine scions Jean-Charles Boisset and his wife, Gina Gallo-Boisset sparkles with classical architecture, festive silver furniture...
My friend, the great trend spotter Sam Hamilton, recently launched her dazzling new MARCH PANTRY shop in San Francisco to present superbly edited collections for kitchen/dining/hearth/ cooking/tastin...
The great Mish Tworkowski opens his glorious new jewelry salon in Manhattan: Design inspiration and jewels to swoon over With its new downtown address, boldly graphic faux-bois walls (cer...
David Sutherland creates a dramatic and elegant new collection of furniture and lighting designs originally designed in the seventies by the great California design icon John Dickinson. Sutherl...
Here’s How: Meet my Brilliant and Inspiring Fitness Trainer David McGuire Intelligent fitness and stamina ideas—for gym rats and for the exercise-averse. For a complete change of pace this week on TH...
Inspiration to Ponder Over the Holidays Poetry –Pablo Neruda And it was at that age... Poetry arrived In search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where It came from, from winter or a river. I d...
Le Royal Monceau—Raffles Paris hotel in the Eighth Arrondissement, just opened, very exciting, and every inch of the 1920s building has been brilliantly re-imagined by the great Philippe Starck. It’s...
This week, Sotheby’s holds a sale in New York Dedicated to Furniture & Decorative Arts from The Collection of Dodie Rosekrans, including treasures from her San Francisco, Paris and Venice residen...
My picks of the exceptional books of the season. These are the eight essentials, the soulful new style and fashion books to add to your library, and to re-read for years of pleasure, ideas, nostalgia...
My picks for the new essential design books for your library—to read, to study, and to ponder and peruse for many years. These books are essential references—exceptional books created with passion an...
A surprising and revealing conversation with Bob Garcia, partner of Therien, the venerable and admired forty-year-old trend-setting antiques galleries in Los Angeles and San Francisco. We discussed n...
This San Francisco interior designer’s admiration for the elegant retro style of Tommi Parzinger shapes his chic and witty Jackson Square gallery and interiors. His singular style is a shock in a sea...
New Flatware I Love: Chic, Witty and Affordable I’ve always loved and admired Alessi tableware, and cooking and dining accessories, cutlery, and everything designed for the studio by Phil...
The Best Teas in the World I love fine tea. It restores, inspires, encourages, and uplifts. You can imagine how delighted I am to discover the most elegant new tea company, Bellocq. I’ve traveled the...
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