Things that work for me
Bring on the ladybugs
Two nights ago we had to unleash an army of red spotted bugs and they managed to eat through a plague of aphids on some ...
In my suitcase : Europe to California
Because I live between California and Europe and have been travelling back and forth on that same route for at least 24 ...
African shirts from kenya
Check out this great website here this is what they say about their product :About The African Shirt ...
kale and broccolini
Why oh why don't they sell kale and brocolini in Europe. It is so bizarre !Yes......you can find kale : cavolo ...
Don Qui Qui at Alexander Wang’s
I am sure you have already encountered a real life Don Qui Qui before. She is the creation of the very funny ...
Heirloom tomatoes & gazpacho time.
Come summer my farmer's market in the East Bay Area of San Francisco is filled with every kind of heirloom tomatoes and ...
Cork stools
I find these cork stools from Casares in Andalucia absolutely beautiful .They are made by hand by an artist and ...
Summer sarongs
I am packing for a jungly beach holiday and pulled out some of my beautiful sarongs from Bali and my lungis from india ...
Bauer pottery
If you are in California try to get to a flea market or swap : the Alameda swap in San Francisco, the Rose Bowl or ...
Busby Berkeley
Download some of Busby Berkeley's movies this summer and get an eyeful !Busby Berkeley ( 1895-1976 ) was a ...
Messy crab feast and how to spend an afternoon or evening in San Francisco
One of my favorite places in San Francisco is now Ocean Beach and the Sunset district. Surfer buddy Shawn Stussy from ...
PSYCHEDELIC SOFAS IN CALIFORNIA
I am loving our new sofas . We covered the 1980's rattan sofas with some very crazy eye-popping Josef Frank fabrics and ...