Tag: styling

  • Weekend Wedding

    This past weekend I went to a wedding at a summer cottage on a lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Not just a wedding – a long weekend full of being outside and in the water. I gloriously spent most of the weekend in a bathing suit. After an afternoon of waterskiing my friend (the bride)…

  • The SF -> PA Challenge: Harlequin

    The day’s forecast: High in the low 60s. High in the mid 80s. The weatherman didn’t get confused. This is a typical day for me. You see, I live in San Francisco where there is a year-round spring, and I work in Palo Alto, where normal seasons occur. Thus, getting dressed for work in the…

  • Traveling light: plan ahead

    It can be stressful to have to decide in advance what to wear every single day of a trip, but it’s far better to do that in the comfort of your home than to find yourself dissatisfied with your choices and stressed out mid-trip. Earlier I presented step 1 and step 2 of my strategy…

  • Maximum Beauty

    Maxi-dresses provide maximum beauty. You get the dramatic beauty of a gown, but in a far more wearable way. And what’s easier than wearing a dress? Plus, in San Francisco they’re quite practical for balmy spring/summer/fall/winter days (and the nights that inevitably turn chilly). I currently own one maxi-dress and love it. This A.L.C. dress…