fall/winter collection

the occasional florist

Over the weekend, I loaned a hand to Natalie Bowen Designs so she could take a rare weekend off. These lovely little arrangements were for a baby shower and smelled absolutely divine from the narcissus and freesia. Also over the weekend, we dug the brine olives out of the basement for a taste and fresh brine. We were pretty excited how not gross they are. The 3 buckets of water cured olives have also greatly improved and are now being flavored. Anyone who lives nearby and wants olives, just let me know. In about a week I will have 10 pounds to give away.

outing

It happens to be a long weekend with glorious weather. I'm finally over the stomach flu and since we had out of town guests, and since the Palace of Fine Arts just finally re-opened, we took a little jaunt up there right at sunset. It was really incredible!

snow

Six of us spent two nights at Sierra Woods Lodge. It's just up the road from where I grew up, but the change in altitude makes it a completely different place. We managed to arrived just as a massive storm blew in and watching the snow fall from our cozy room with a glass of wine in-hand was pretty much this girl's idea of heaven. The next day was blue skies, then huge snow fall then more blue skies. I loved tromping along the pathway that a tractor had made through the woods, and our nighttime walk was glorious. Bazillions of stars! I'm not sure if it was the snow, or just being away from home, but I was totally inspired to take tons of photographs. Put on your mittens, it's going to get cold.

recovery

I promise to post new and interesting things soon, but for now well frankly, I'm exhausted. Even my acupuncturist told me my kidneys say I've been burning the midnight oil and drinking too much coffee and booze. Seriously. A big gigantic thank you to the many many people who came out and bought from us at Renegade Craft Fair. It was a huge success for us and we're entirely grateful.

light coming in

Yesterday at lunch, the sun was streaming in the window making the ornaments reflect sparkles all over the wall. And Em was being adorable.

girls night out

One of the many jobs I have is working for Natalie Bowens Designs, a florist here in San Francisco. We became friends years ago at Rose and Radish, so working for her is more like hanging out with a friend. This week she took all of us assistants out for dinner at Coco500. We were treated like royalty and I waaay overdid it with glass after glass of amazing wine. But 4 hours of chatting with the ladies is like that. You lose track.

get your drink on

We've been "practicing" for Saturday's workshop at Prairie Collective for the last few weeks. By that I mean I've been playing around with flavor combinations which of course must be tried and tweaked. The Grapefruit Drop was a keeper. I highly recommend you try it!

Grapefruit Drop
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in 1/3 c vodka (we liked Absolut Citron), 1/4 c simple syrup (mine just happened to be grapefruit tarragon infused) and 1/2 c fresh grapefruit juice. Shake profusely and pour into 2 sugar rimmed martini glasses.

a day at the park

We had a glorious day in between rainstorms, so we picnicked at the park with friends and I wore those kids out.

 

walk around the block

 

first shots

Oh my, this camera is cool but I am in so over my head.

farmer's market

At the market this morning.




These might be the last images you see from my trusty little Power Shot A530. We've been saving (and by that I mean Cristina has been saving) for the last 6 months and bought ourselves a Canon Rebel T1i. I'm signing myself up for a proper class on how to use it because it's way beyond me. We chose this one because it also shoots HD video which pleases The Heated.

beach walk

I took a break from scrubbing the kitchen floor on my hands and knees to walk with a friend at Fort Funston. It was really cold out there today, but I had on my down coat and a mug full of Blue Bottle coffee.