You know you’ve escaped civilization when you’re swimming through a coral garden, with only green sea turtles and tropical fish for company. That’s the enticing promise of a trip to Palawan, a chain of white-sand islands in the Philippines. Palawan…
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CNN Travel Article: Best Places to Escape the Wired World
There’s nothing like stealing away to that tropical island hideaway only to have email bleeps, blaring tablets, and annoyingly loud cell-phone talkers drowning out the serene sounds of the ocean. In my latest article for CNN, I uncover the 10…
7×7 SF Article: The Bay Area’s Hottest Wedding Dresses of the Season
We reached out to the city’s choice bridal boutiques for a glimpse at their just-in wedding frocks – and what SF’s trendiest brides-to-be are clamoring for this season. The results: jaw-dropping textures and luxurious lace gowns. Swoon! Read my full article…
Design Bureau article: 5 Designers / 5 Questions
In the November 2011 issue of Design Bureau Magazine, I continue my 5 Designers/ 5 Questions column. Dishing with some of the industry’s coolest restaurant designers, I interview Christian Helms, Karen Herold, AvroKO, and Cass Calder Smith to see what’s cookin’ in their wildly…
HOW Magazine Article: The Daily Taps into the Future of Design
There’s something so new and super-cool happening in the world of design–but shocker-of-shockers–it’s not happening in the webosphere. It’s exploding on the iPad. The Daily, a magazine-meets-newspaper-meets-the most wow-worthy technology, is taking design to some crazy new heights. Although you can…
SF Station: Tobias Wong ‘Bad Boy’ Designer at SFMOMA
Sometimes art speaks for itself and other times it needs explanation and context. The latter is the case for the work of the late artist-designer Tobias Wong, who takes the banally familiar and repurposes it into irony-laden statements about the…
California Home+Design: THE SCOOP – SF’S CIAO BELLA GELATERIA GETS A TASTY REDESIGN
Gelato enthusiasts be advised: Although the colorful new tiles in SF’s Ciao Bella shop are a dead-on match to their scoop-worthy flavors – the walls are not meant for licking. With a sweet new revamp, you’ll need all the willpower you can…
SF STATION: Clue at the Boxcar Theatre in San Francisco
If fear of heights, long periods of darkness, and small enclosed spaces sends you into a panic, it’s all part of the adventure at Boxcar Theatre’s newest play, Clue. Based on the cult classic whodunit board game-turned-movie, this highly imaginative but…
SF STATION: Happy New Year of Arts in San Francisco!
It’s snowing arts in San Francisco this January! Check out the flurry of new theater, comedy, gallery openings and more, as the Bay Area rings in the New Year with a blizzard of creative inspiration. From A.C.T.’s acclaimed Clybourne Park,…