“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.” ~ Gilbert Chesterton I met Erin Scott years ago through her Rockridge boutique AUGUST that she opened with Louesa Roebuck,…
“There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.” ~ MFK Fisher A couple weeks ago my husband sent me an article from the NYT’s T Magazine. It was…
“Children believe what we tell them. They have complete faith in us. They believe that a rose plucked from a garden can plunge a family into conflict. They believe that the hands of a human beast…
“Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!” ~ coco chanel Above, left: Eric Silva bracelet and Shaya Durbin earrings. Center: Shaya Durbin necklace. Right: Eric Silva bracelets. “There is nothing like…
“Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight I would like to think of one man, a lone individual,…
“There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.” ~ MFK Fisher I met Paul Draper through his wine. It was my 40th birthday, Chez Panisse, and the wine…
“Different people in different parts of the world can be thinking the same thoughts at the same time. It’s an obsession of mine, that different people, in different places, are thinking the same thing, but…
“You need a challenging partner. In a good collaboration, differences between partners mean that one plus one will always equal more than two. ” ~ twyla tharp “the collaborative method” “You’re like a meteor, something celestial,…
“There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.” ~ MFK Fisher I met Paul Draper through his wine. It was my 40th birthday, Chez Panisse, and the…
“tell me what you eat and i will tell you what you are.” – brillat-severin food ~ Sometimes an after-thought, many times an obsession, but always a consideration. My relationship to food has continually been one of…
Pixar is our backyard… Located in Emeryville, California, it is literally less than ten blocks away from where we live in West End Commons in West Oakland. I used to think of this more abstractly as…
Ashley McKinley / an email from june 19th, 2009… recollections ~ “I get here first. Unlock the door, re-lock it behind me, turn on the lights, and then head straight to the sewing machine. I have…
