I am writing this post for my good friend Cassandra because I promised her I would and because the screen shot on her phone (last time I checked) was Paul, not her boyfriend Jack (although she adores Jack). While Paul was certainly a style icon, with him it was never about the clothes, which [...]

I know fashion week ended a while ago, but reading A Moveable Feast made me long for Paris, so here, thanks to Harper’s Bazaar are some of this year’s Paris street style looks. Fur, leather and over the top animal feather and print details made an appearance, but classic, understated Parisian chic were also not [...]

And we’re back…. Among the many things I did while on this long hiatus was visiting my beloved NYC.  And one of my favorite meals (although all were pretty spectacular) was Prune in East Village.  I had been to Prune several years ago, but that was before Chef/Owner Gabrielle Hamilton’s book, Blood, Bones & Butter had [...]

Dear Readers, I am torn. I just found a website so fabulous that I spent two hours looking over the entire thing, knowing that I was in Real Real trouble. It’s called the Real Real and it’s a luxury consignment site. I am torn because part of me just wants to keep this to myself [...]

Two things were disappointing about dinner at Comal: we got there too late to try any of the meat tacos (they were sold out), and there were only two of us so we had to leave a large portion of the menu untasted. Other than that, this new addition to the Berkeley food scene is [...]

His restaurant Commis in Oakland, has propelled Chef/Owner James Syhabout to culinary stardom. He won a Michelin star for it in 2010, just one year after opening. Ironically, Commis is French for the lowliest of chefs in a kitchen, but once you’ve watched James work behind the counter of his open kitchen, irony becomes common [...]