
Places We Go : Estudillo Estates in San Leandro, CA
Estudillo Estates is a 10-minute drive from my house. A favorite Saturday morning includes a walk through this leafy neighborhood,...

Places We Go : A White House in San Jose
A few weeks ago, we looked at Jennifer & Javier's new interior in sunny San Jose, California. Then, as they were "in for a penny, in for...

Places We Go : Television Land
True confession. Since I started binging on home remodeling shows, I could have built a house. I've watch almost every interior design...

Places to Go : Jayne's Kitchen
Notes on the Remodel of a Small San Francisco Kitchen At the beginning of 2010, my husband and I finally decided to remodel the kitchen...

Places We Go : Portland Traditional
Hey house, you had me at pea gravel. Looking at listings in my old Portland (OR) neighborhood, I stumbled upon this 1928 traditional...

Places We Go : Alameda Beach House
Originally published in July, 2020. Updated in May, 2021. OK, I'll admit it. I've fallen a little in love with the idea of a beach...

Places We Go : Normandy, France
Right about now, travel for fun is highly discouraged. So why does that make me yearn for an adventure? Here, in Oakland, we have rain...

Places We Go : Visiting Pinterest
I'm a big fan of Pinterest, so when Sally invited me to a Pinterest "event" at their San Francisco headquarters last weekend, I was all...

Places We Go : Union Square
Sometimes the best "staycations" are unexpected. We live just 25 minutes (via BART) from San Francisco's Union Square but it's been 7...

Places We Go : House Hunters International
Do you love House Hunters International on HG-TV? At our house, we take a 30-minute trip to some exotic locale a few nights a week. ...