Apron Giveaway!

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"My Life with Style" Magazine

I feel so honored! I'm in the October 2012 issue of My Life with Style online magazine!  This issue is so beautiful and I am so truly honored that my little apartment is showcased along with some very grand and professionally decorated homes! Sometimes it's things like this that make me feel like I'm just dreaming all this!  Click here to check out the current issue:  My Life with Style

The Marilyn clutch - Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  My dad just sent me this little silk bag that belonged to mom. He said he knew she would want me to have it.  There is an interesting little story around this bag. 



My mom and grandmother used to love going to thrift stores...way before doing so was so popular!  They were at a thrift store in San Francisco and my mom bought this bag.  Now I wish I would

Glamour Halloween - Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  I was at Marshalls buying a birthday present for a friend the other night and on my way out the door I spotted this glittered Halloween birdcage.  It has a bat in it but I can take the bat out after Halloween and use it for Christmas!  It was only $16.99 so I couldn't pass it up!  It was worth waiting in line all over again!






It's really sparkly but

Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This has been a crazy-busy week.  My whole team from all across the world has been in town this week at work.  We've had all-day meetings and it's now Wednesday night and I just got home at 10pm from my second night in a row having dinner with the team. These 14 hour work days are exhausting but fun!  I have a great team that I work with and I feel so

Fall is in the air! - Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  I keep seeing everyone's autumn decorations but I never feel like decorating for autumn until about November!  That's about when it starts here in California!  



It's still warm here but the last few evenings have been a little cooler so I'm sort of getting in the mood now!  I love red wine but in the summer red wine just seems too warm so I switch over

Weekend in Santa Cruz - Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!



Last week my girlfriends and I spent Thursday - Saturday in Santa Cruz, CA.  It's only about 30 minutes away from home but it was like a mini vacation.  One of the friends made the amazing Caprese Salad with heirloom tomatoes pictured above.  What put this over the top was the basil salt that she made.  I don't have the exact recipe but she said you take