{HAPPY HALLOWEEN}

Happy Halloween! It is fun to play around and use our imagination ... This year I am loving the shades of hazy blue and gold.

{FALL TABLE IDEAS}

Some fabulous ideas for your upcoming parties ... Cant wait to host my next dinner party and use some of these gorgeous settings. Just another example that we do not need to break the bank while entertaining ... Lets use what we have at home and a little imagination.

{THINKING OF PAULETTE}

Have you tried these yummy macaroons from Paulette in San Francisco yet? (located in Beverly Hills too.) They carry a dozen flavors from lemon, caramel pecan, Colombian to Madagascar vanilla, Sicilian pistachio, and sweet wedding almond. And not to mentioned that they carry one of the best selections of my favorite tea Marriage Freres! ... And the packaging is so cute too!

Located at 437 Hayes St, San Francisco

{BENU ... FINE DINING REDEFINED}

The wait is over. San Francisco's most hotly anticipated new restaurant recently opened its door with seasoned Chef Corey Lee (world-renowned Chef Thomas Keller protege) at the helm. Benu is the culmination of Lee's 15-year experience working at some of the most highly acclaimed restaurants in the world, including nearly nine years with Chef Keller as Chef de Cuisine at the French Laundry and as a Sous Chef at New York's Per Se. Benu distills fine dining down to the elements most relevant to modern diners: exquisite ingredients, unique flavors, precise technique an caring service. Defining subtle sophistication, Benu offers inspired, progressive American cuisine in a historic, cleanly design space that is sleek, contemporary and elegant.

The tasting menu varies between eight and 12 courses, reflecting seasonality, inspiration and evolution.

22 Hawthorne St

(415) 685-4860

{... DARIOUSH}

I am so excited about my weekend! October marks the most exciting time in the Wine Country_ Crush, when grapes are picked, sorted, crushed and turned into wine. I will be spending a few days there enjoying the grape crush festivities and attending to some special wine tastings.

I am thrilled to visit my friends at Darioush, which is one of my favorite wineries, they will be hosting a "By Invitation Only Experience", a 120 minute tasting experience crafted for connoisseurs and hosted at the owner Darioush Khaledi’s private cellar. Our host will pour their Crown Jewel, Darius II to be tasted alongside with Darioush Signature Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Small, exquisite food bites, prepared by the Khaledi’s private chef will complement the yummy tasting.

Cheers!

{DESIGN, WINE & DINE}

Join the Kitchen Design and Epicurean Event of the Season. Live cooking demos by Tyler Florence, Alain Roby and many more. Complementary design workshops, seminars, cocktail parties and panel discussions. The full size, built-out working dream kitchen will be surrounded by outdoor dining and living spaces featuring beautiful and provocative custom furnishings, flooring, fine art, and antiques. Designer and chef competitions and Festive cocktail receptions - all in an entertaining and interactive forum.

Proceeds from the event will provide scholarships to Bay Area interior design students. Scholarships will be awarded through the Design Trade Resources Association, a showroom-based trade organization comprised of San Francisco Design District showrooms.

October 19, 20, 21, 2010
San Francisco Design Center
Galleria Atrium
101 Henry Adams Street
San Franciso, CA

{HIGH FASHION MEETS HIGH DESIGN} ~ SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW

The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show is the oldest continuously operating international antiques show on the West Coast. The Show features approximately seventy dealers from across the United States and Europe, offering for sale an extraordinary range of fine and decorative arts representing all styles and periods including American, English, Continental, and Asian furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, jewelry, rugs, textiles, paintings, prints, and photographs.

Benefiting Enterprise for High School Students the show is vetted in cooperation with the Antiques Dealers Association of California to ensure the highest quality merchandise.

Oct 28-31, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco