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Do you have a little getaway? If money were no object, my idea of a weekend place would be right in our backyard in Oakland, CA. ...

San Pablo Avenue might not be the go-to shopping mecca for some but I get a kick out of it. From high-end outlets to a flea market...

Some of my favorite things are on sale this weekend. Some are just for fun like this blue garden seat ($89 at Ballard Designs). And...

Do you love colored glass objects? I've never really been in love with colored glass but my field trip to glassybaby may have changed...

Some of my favorite Easter treats can be found at Cost Plus World Market : Italian Panettones for breakfast and Nestler paper eggs...

Happy New Year! Here's to having this extra holiday day, "New Year's Day Observed." Thinking over the last two weeks, some adventures...

Neighborhoods are a great place for design ideas and one of my favorites is Japantown in San Francisco. There's about 6 blocks filled...

If you were given three acres in which to "play in the dirt," what would you do? Back in 1971, Ruth Bancroft, in her 60s at the time,...

Have you noticed that the outdoors has become the extra room you didn't know you had? Why not create an outdoor "room" this summer? ...

Don't you love before and after pictures? I didn't really appreciate the San Francisco Decorator Showcase until I saw the "befores." It...