Reasons to Love S.F.
January 21st, 2009 § Leave a Comment
In true San Francisco style (a measure to rename a sewage plant after Pres. Bush was on our ballot this last election), some highly motivated pranksters chose to share their enthusiasm for our new President by changing all the street signs on Bush St. to read Obama. Not only am I impressed with their work, I can’t think of a better way to rename the street! I just had to share. Well done!
- Adrienne
Sale Alert: Cynthia Rowley
January 20th, 2009 § 2 Comments
I’ve been a huge fan of Cynthia Rowley for awhile now. Whenever I’m back in New York, stopping at her boutique on Bleeker is a must. So I thought it only fair to share with you all that she’s having a sale. Above are some of my favorite looks and they’ve been marked down pretty significantly. I’m also sort of obsessed with her handbags, but I would keep an eye out on Gilt Groupe for those as she’s already had a couple sales there this year. Just a word of caution, some of her sizes can be a little irregular, but dealing with funky sizes is always a chance I’m willing to take for her fabulous designs!
- Adrienne
A-Lister’s Need to Know:
Price: On Sale from $89-$289
Purchase: www.cynthiarowley.com
UPDATE: This is sort of New York specific, but tonight (Feb 2nd) Cynthia Rowley is having a sale with up to 70% off. 10% of the evening’s sales will be donated to Housing Works. If you can’t attend you can also participate online through Feb 16th and receive a 10% discount on all items. 10% of your online purchase will be donated to Housing Works. Check out this site for details! www.housingworks.org
House Hunting: A Hobby
January 20th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
Alas, I couldn’t motivate to trek out to the Restoration Hardware sale. If anyone made it out there, I hope you had some great finds! Instead the main activity this weekend (besides getting inebriated with friends on Friday) became house hunting. This is not actually an unusual pastime for me and in no way implies that we’re making a jump to the ‘burbs anytime soon. No, house hunting and I guess you could also say moving in general (much to Joe’s chagrin I’ve moved ten times in the past 4.5 years, twice since we got married in ’07), is also a bit of a hobby. Like most adult behaviors and vices, this can be traced back and unjustly blamed on my parents.
My parents were chronic house hunters, loading Tommy and me up into the car most Sundays to go from place to place for design ideas (they built their own homes and liked to see the latest trends in home design…wow I wonder were I got it from :) For me though, it was more than just finding decorating ideas. I liked to picture what my life could be in each place. Tommy and I would muscle our way up the stairs of each property and stake claim to our “rooms”. It was important to claim the best room as it gave the victor bragging rights throughout the car ride to the next home. Upon choosing my room, I would make a mental floor plan of where each piece of furniture and toy would settle. As you can imagine, after a day of completing this process for each of my new “rooms”, I was completely exhausted (maybe this was my parent’s real motivation behind house hunting).
Now that I’m older and of course vastly more mature, house hunting really hasn’t changed much. While I don’t compete with Joe for the best room, I still try to picture our lives at each home. Sometimes I can’t picture a life there at all, which means it’s time to move on to the next place. But then there’s the occasional house that I think about for days after visiting. I come up with color palettes and space plans and day dream about our lives there. One day we might actually purchase one of these houses. Until then, maybe we’re just not ready to leave the city. Or maybe I just haven’t found the home that makes me want to fling open the door, barrel up the stairs and find the perfect room to claim as mine.
- Adrienne
