Flings

several important things about this picture. it rained the entire time in SF, but that was fine. i caught up on some much needed sleep, watched aforementioned season 5 of catastrophe , and ate every good bite of food i could find. i also did the best vintage shopping of my lifetime, spoils include this vintage chanel boucle coat that i may not take off , ever, even when it's 100 degrees this weekend, and please note that happy little red bag which i can never find the occasion for in raleigh but decided this is me now in SF. it's ulla johnson and has pom poms, two must-haves for women-folk these days, it seems. the jeans are my fave mom jeans from forever21 that are practically free, and i yes, they are the fastest of fashion, but i wear them tres often. and the boots - well, you guessed it. it's these.

grant gibson was so very kind to let us crash in his San Fran apartment last week. i wanted to pinch myself in a fit of cuteness, because it was so lovely. grant's moved to the countrysidez, but keeps his city spot as an office. i realized how much i love a place with lots of little rooms (especially after being in sometimes overwhelming open-ness of kondo. this cozy bed was our spot for the rainy week -- i texted grant to ask about the grey linen on the headboard, thinking it was fance-pants, and he responded that the whole bed was a $350 steal, purchased for staging. fully uphosltered - rails, footboard and all. i apparently, do not need to be fance, but i do enjoy pants.

grant really gets the mix, don't you think?

our one sunny day, tad and i sat out in the presidio for a little stroll about, and serendipitously walked right by the san francisco decorator's showhouse. we bought a ticket and wandered in, and spent about two hours marveling over the most bad-ass house, the craziest decorating choices, and the epic people watching. it was awesome, and one of my favorite parts of the trip. i'm sorry to say i didn't note many of the designers (i didn't recognize them, for one), but i loved this moment. the oversized tapestry and the lacquered 3-color coffee table were a perfect combo.

my birthday was beyond-special - and these french fries weren't even the best part. tad surprised me with a visit to the SF zoo, where i got to spend some time with a red panda, named tenzig. I fed him his breakfast - a bowl full of fresh bamboo leaves, one by one, and then he did some panda tricks, which involved somersaulting while grabbing his fluffy tail. then tad fed me french fries at one of his fave old school SF taverns - taddich. the cioppino was next level, and not pictured, a blue cheese dressing that nancy clark (my mom!) would've ordered by the pint to bring home. yum.