As I was looking out the window from my sister Sandy's condo mesmerized by the wildlife below, she explained that the thirteen Snowy Egrets, left, hatched in April. While I was watching them, a man took a seat on a park bench, right, and read the paper while his well-behaved Jack Russell (who is a…
A “working” vacation in San Francisco, Part I
My sister Sandy invited me out to San Francisco last week to assist with several decorating projects. This struck me as somewhat comical since she is the one with the the interior design credentials, but she offered to pay for the ticket, and if there's any excuse to visit my other favorite city, I'll take…
Dana’s dahlias
This trio of sherbet-colored dahlias was photographed in neighbor and interior designer Dana Romeis's small city garden. Dana planted the dahlias, which are grown from tubers, so they get filtered western light. As Dana told me recently, "they grew to 10-inches tall and then just sat there all summer long." Cool autumn weather certainly brought…