If I ever meet the person who told me that detoxing was fabulous, I am going to slap them. This sucks. Yesterday was worst than the first day. I woke up with a headache and I went to bed with one. I was dizzy for most of the day, and I feel a cold coming…
A huge thanks to the board members of the Koret Family House and San Francisco Magazine! I purchased raffle tickets last nite from darling volunteer Gwen at the fabulous Best of the Bay Area Party and I WON the Grand Prize! AN INSTANT WINE CELLAR featuring approximately 100 bottles of premium California wine from the…
10 weeks, five designers, one poodle, two facial parties, one street stroll, two wine tastings, one clothing swap, countless prayers, many sleepless nights, one cinco de mayo celebration, dozens of volunteers, teams of supporters, $70,000 in cash, $40,000 in kind donations, and one Woman of the Year! That would be me. Thank you to everyone…
By the fifth day of my stay at Rancho La Puerta, it all made sense. At last, I understood why Deborah Szekey, the founder and passionate Visionary of the outstanding spa in Tecate, Mexico, is adamant about the required one-week (Saturday-to-Saturday) stay at “The Ranch.” When I first started researching spas throughout North America, I…
5 Designers and a Poodle was a wonderful success. It was like a social tsunami! The doors were to open at 7:00 pm, but the crowds started at 6:40, by 7:00 pm, the bar was buzzing. I was overwhelmed with it all. Honestly, I am so glad it’s over. Putting on an event of that…
by Melissa Josue Some women, when diagnosed with breast cancer, decide to travel the world on a grand adventure. Alexandra Alznauer took time off to renovate her apartment and started volunteering. My aunt Carlotta began a yearly pilgrimage to Lourdes in France. But the Breast Cancer Emergency Fund’s clients, many without health insurance or too…
by Jennifer Anthony A few months ago, I purchased a book entitled 101 Things to Do Before You Die by British author Richard Horne. Though morbid-sounding, it’s actually a fun, cheeky book that contains an array of must-do activities, ranging from the feasible (“read all the literature ‘classics’”) to the rather silly (“meet someone with…