I second the Casa Gonzalez. I've stayed there dozens of times. It's quiet, and has tons of charm, a beautiful garden courtyard, and great antique furniture. I will say that it does not have many am...

African-INSPIRED decor is fine, but let's not promote companies (like Primitive and Douglas Dawson gallery promoted here) that sell ancient artifacts that were almost all looted-- read stolen-- fro...

Yes please!

Wow! Thanks for all the great ideas! I will definitely re-post once I've made the plunge.

branches, in black, please!

I have friends that use Fresh Picks, and they rave about it all the time. They say that the prices are good, that the produce is great, and that it encourages them to cook outside their normal com...

This is so cool!

perfect for my New Year's party! pick me!

New Year's!

White jasmine pearl!

very cute

beautiful!

I often end up just not eating when I'm alone... this might be able to fix that!

Awwwww...

pick me!

Love Actually

milk, with caramel!

cute! perfect for my nephew!

Our rustic cabin in the mountains in northern california. No electricity, cell phone coverage...a complete respite!

beautiful!