by Jennifer Anthony Saturday morning in the Haight. I sit just outside San Francisco’s Circus Center , soaking up the warm February sun. As a steady stream of people parade by me, I am tempted to hum Sesame Street’s, “One of these kids doesn’t belong here, one of these kids isn’t the same…” The regulars…
by Megan Whiteaker Move over little blue pill and Dr. Drew, sea moss shakes and Procreation Vacations are in the house. Granted, sea moss shakes aren’t usually the cocktail of the day, but they are definitely the new go-to drink, in the Caribbean, to get things rockin’ ‘n’ rollin’ in the bedroom. Recently hotels and…
by Janet Bein, Young at Heart Diva As we drove from San Diego across the dramatically curving Coronado Bridge, I caught a glimpse of the bright red, cone turrets of beautiful Hotel Del Coronado (The Del). When we got closer, I was struck by the immense size of the building and surrounding property. The white,…
by Valerie Ng My life and career path were going nowhere, so I recently took up the offer of a family friend and moved from my home in the Bay Area to the Los Angeles area. I hadn’t spent much time in Los Angeles, so it’s still fairly new to me. But as a former…
by Michelle McDermott Prior to arriving in the desert, it would have been difficult to imagine myself perched on a little white chair in the front row of Phoenix Fashion Week, poised with my Blackberry 8700g in one hand and glass of champagne in the other. New to the country and the fashion writing profession,…
by Michelle McDermott When I made initial plans to stay at the Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdale, I never for a moment would have thought that the surrounding Sonoran Desert and the craggy precipices of Pinnacle Peak would envelop me in a warm blanket of restoration and rejuvenation. Let me elaborate. Earlier that day, I…
If you blink you will miss it, and if you are in San Francisco, you don’t want to miss this gem snuggled away in one of San Francisco’s finest neighborhoods. The charming restaurant called Sociale is quaintly tucked away down a millefleur-lined walkway off high-brow Sacramento Street in Presidio Heights. Don’t be surprised if you…