From the 4-foot fireplace in the entry lobby to the custom designed, red enamel mini bar complete with Baccarat glasses in the suites to the posh Grand Salon with its lush platinum…
Beautiful Interiors
Sometimes you don’t have to travel far at all to find a further flung nook. And sometimes you don’t have to stay in a 5-star hotel for top-of-class service. Proving that, these…
“Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union,” said the great Frank Lloyd Wright, underscoring the fact that we love beauty,…
When designing or redesigning a home, great attention is typically paid to central spaces dedicated to entertaining. Smaller spaces are often an after-thought. But it’s within some of these more diminutive regions…
Six local experts on 2023 color trends Isn’t it remarkable how a global event—in this case, a pandemic—creates giant ripples that bring change to so many aspects of our daily lives? More…
Decades ago, Ernest Hemingway quipped “When in Paris, the only reason to not stay at the Ritz is if you can’t afford it.” Legendarily, the writer also dreamed of the hotel at…
Peaceful and bucolic, the popular Russian River town of Guerneville has been a beloved weekend and summer retreat destination for San Franciscans since the 19th century. Today, this Sonoma County enclave, nestled…
The Rotunda at Neiman Marcus When I was asked to write about my happenings “about town,” naturally, I had to begin with my favorite San Francisco daytime haunt, the Rotunda at Neiman…
Shifting Hearts, Minds and Spirits, One Leader at a Time Just steps away from San Francisco’s iconic Land’s End Trail and its beautiful labyrinth, the sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge,…
A multi-hyphened creative, interior designer, event planner to the elite, renowned dapper dresser, owner of Jonathan Rachman Designs, and maven of style and grace, Rachman now adds author to his repertoire with…
A Fusion of Modern Luxury and Time-Honored, Handcrafted Tradition from Chile American interior designer Nate Berkus has said that “your home should tell a story of who you are and be a collection of what you love.” If there was ever…
There’s nothing ordinary, nothing expected about a windowless ballroom on the lower level of an 18,000-square-foot 1904 Presidio Heights home that’s modeled after Le Petit Trianon at Versailles. But Gioi Tran and…
Serenity by Design After weeks of being sequestered in their residences—no matter how lovely they might be—many people crave a sanctuary for the soul. Recently, society’s primary contact with the outside world…
IT SOUNDS LIKE A HIDEAWAY IN AFRICA OR INDIA— or perhaps a place for primates to reside in a city zoo. In fact, this one-time home to herbal elixir-making monks, fishing retreat…
The New York Times calls it “a rare find,” while Forbes describes it as the modern Monaco. Since opening in 2010, the 600-acre luxury resort community of Albany has been recognized as…
Full disclosure: Jeff Schlarb is this author’s life-changing interior designer. He is a fabulous creative with an obsessive attention to detail whose work you’ve no doubt seen in friends’ homes around the…