By: Laurie Jo Miller Farr Diva, regardless if you are evergreen or strapped for cash, if you live in the Bay Area, you have at one time or another ridden BART. BART is to us—and visitors, what the Underground is to Londoners—well, minus the “Mind the Gap” warnings. So, we ask that you raise your glass and…
When adhering to a makeup regimen, focusing on your best feature can be an uplifting transforming experience. A little extra effort and creative use of color can work magic. The eyes may be the windows to the soul…but the LIPS can reveal personality. The playful possibilities are endless – Sweet, Suggestive, Sexy, Sassy, Sophisticated and so…
I’m not getting any younger and I haven’t been immortalized by a vampire, yet, so I did the next best thing…I went and got a Vampire Facial. So, is it as bad as it sounds? Well, I wanted to find out so I went to see Dr. Lisa Kang at Serenity Med Spa in San…
Do you dream of spending quality time in Italy? The food – the wine, the people, the romance? Imagine yourself on a reflective respite in the wild, mountainous region of Abruzzo, a nearly untouched region of southern Italy. Join Kathryn Abajian and Helen Free in a pristine setting for the restorative, six day Heart of…
By: Laurie Jo Miller Farr At the intersection of cable cars and Provençal scents, beauty and well-being have found a new home high atop San Francisco’s Nob Hill. The Ritz-Carlton landmark luxury hotel opens a new Spa L’OCCITANE, a sanctuary of rejuvenation for visitors and residents in the City by the Bay. What’s your favorite…
“Brilliant!” “I wish I thought of that!” Those are the few positive expletives that Alison Bernstein receives when people learn about the incredible service she created while pregnant and in graduate school at Columbia. It helps that Alison is super smart and driven. How smart? One of her first careers was working in investment banking for…
A few French winemakers are taking note of an incredibly surreal and otherworldly tasting room that has just opened at la Maison in the Burgundy village of Vougeot. The tasting room is a first for the region, a short hop from the Château du Clos Vougeot in the home village of the Boisset family. Here, they have created the…