What if you gave memories instead of material stuff?

BIG thanks to those of you who played along on The New Black Friday and created Love Lists as gifts for people in your life. Wow-oh-wow, did I ever love reading your stories of making them! It is so important to me that we continue to redefine the way we look at gift...

Birthday Gift Idea: What’s on the Menu?

A few years ago,  I experienced a wonderful birthday gift + want to share it with you. This is an idea you should steal! About a week before my birthday, my family gave me an envelope with a “Chinese menu” of celebration ideas for an entire day. I got to...

Cheesy Night o’ Delight

Wow. As some of you know, it has been a craaaazy few months for me. We moved out of our San Francisco flat at the end of May, were gypsies for nearly two months as we waited for escrow to close on our house, then moved in a little over a month ago. This has been a...

Little tiny dahlia blog.

I love urban flower stands. Today when I was walking by one, I noticed this urge to own some of the orange dahlias. But then I remembered my goal of not spending as much money right now. So I felt a little deprived. But just seconds later, I really got it that I...

All that glitters…

Confession: I haven't yet taken down my Christmas tree. (Thank goodness it's artificial!) I like it. I like the little lights. I like the holiday glow. And I really like that every ornament on the tree connects to some piece of family history or a special...