“If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright

Last night I presented at Linden Tree, an uber cool event series held at Sagan Piechota Architecture, an equally fabulous space in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley. Linden Tree was conceived a few years ago, as [...]

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. ~Wallace Stevens
After what seems like weeks of intermittent rain storms, gray weather, and spotty sunshine it is a pleasure to wake to the subtle warmth and promise of spring. There is much going on in my world–no surprise–and as the legacy of Nepenthe continues [...]

There is nothing like a trip south to shake out the cobwebs and open new doors, and that is exactly how it felt as I made my way that direction, recently, with a friend. After an overnight stop at another friend’s organic farm in the sleepy agriculture town of Buelton (think the film, Sideways) we [...]