Trailblazers

Dolce & Gabbana and Donnafugata: Sicily’s New Dream Team

Everything about the Donnafugata partnership with the Dolce & Gabbana fashion house is based around the Mediterranean island of Sicily. The two powerhouses with Sicilian roots joined forces in 2019 to create an even more powerful collaboration—a wine collection designed with Dolce & Gabbana style and Donnafugata wine expertise.

Birdies Footwear

Birdies Shoes: Flying to the Top

Gates co-founded Birdies, the San Francisco-based shoe company, with her friend Marissa Sharkey. The company’s original concept was comfortable, stylish shoes one can wear while hosting a fashionable dinner party: flats as comfy as slippers. They built the company as young women, holding full-time jobs and without experience in the field.

Black 2 San Francisco Closing Reception

The energy was high in City Hall – North Light Court at the Black 2 San Francisco Closing Reception on Friday, February 2, 2024, as more than 150 attendees came together to celebrate local alumni of Historically Black…

Enter Your Dragon

Finding healing through the body-mind connection Teresa Rodriguez So far, this Year of the Dragon has descended on most of us with fiery vengeance. It seems as if we are all going…

The Mill Valley Film Festival

Bay Area Treasures Honored at Annual Event One of the highlights of the 2023 Mill Valley Film Festival, The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane, directed by Maureen Gosling, features the incredible life…

Party for the Parks 2023

Partygoers dressed in dazzling greens and botanicals joined SF Parks Alliance at the annual Party for the Parks gala on September 23rd. This year, the party was hosted at The Conservatory at One…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Visits Silicon Valley

On September 18th, the acting Governor of California, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Koulanakis, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, and other officials greeted the Prime Minister of…

Edward Winger’s Another Trip Around the Sun Ball

Bay Area society came dressed to the nines to celebrate Edward Winger’s ‘Another Trip Around the Sun Birthday Ball’ in the glamorously decorated Veranda Ballroom at the Four Seasons hotel in San…

Dreamfest 2023

On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Salesforce presented Dreamfest, a benefit concert for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals held in conjunction with its annual Dreamforce conference, at Chase Center in San Francisco. Grammy award-winning…

San Francisco Opera Ball

On September 8th, San Francisco Opera inaugurated its second century with Opera Ball: The Elixir of Opera. Co-chaired by Francesca Gutierrez Amann and Sue Graham Johnston, the celebration began at San Francisco’s…

Holbrook House Grand Opening + Ribbon Cutting

In a signal of things to come for San Francisco’s newly buzzy Financial District — fast becoming a dining and entertainment Mecca — the year’s most hotly anticipated hospitality complex made its…

Maxwell Brings Soul to the San Francisco Symphony

Music has always been known to be the language of the soul. It speaks to the heart and transcends all boundaries. And when we talk about soul music, one name that can’t be missed is Maxwell. Since breaking into the scene in 1996 with his debut album, “Urban Hang Suite,” Maxwell has been mesmerizing music lovers with his blend of jazz, R&B, and funk.

Stern Grove Festival’s Big Picnic 2023

The Big Picnic at Stern Grove marked the 86th annual summer concert series finale on August 20th, featuring The Flaming Lips and serving as a fundraiser for the non-profit behind the 10…