Musings
The Chase
There's no question I inherited this trait from my Mother, however I love a good thrift store hunt. Yesterday, I found this oyster platter in a neighborhood thrift store. There is something about collecting treasures that have been cherished in past lives that brings me a great deal of satisfaction. It's a re-birth of sorts. I find thrift stores to be excellent places particularly for sourcing sterling silver and furniture. See my favorite San Francisco go-to's below and do email us if you care to share your most coveted locales! (citrusandcedars@gmail.com)
Past Perfect
2246 Lombard St, San Francisco, CA 94123 / p: (415) 929-2288
(This store formerly had an additional location on Union Street as well. They specialize in Mid-Century Modern pieces. I've scored a great gilded mirror here).
Town School Clothes Closet
1850 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109 / p: (415) 929-8019
(Typically a decent selection of housewares, including fine silver and fine china. They almost always have a sale on these pieces).
Leftovers
1350 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109 / p: (415) 409-0088
(Their well merchandised window vignettes always entice me inside. A good go-to for furniture pieces).
Bathing Beauties
Laura, Lee, Caroline, Charlotte, Catherine & Brigitte. The gang's all here! Enjoy some gray-scale of these beauties bathing.
We Are The Millennials
Millennials. AKA, Generation Y. Most experts define the Millennial Generation as anyone born in the early 1980s to early 2000s. We are a pretty powerful group and the subject of many cultural and economic debates and strategies. Books have been written about how our generation could "upend Wall Street and Corporate America", some of us graduated at the peak of the Great Recession (like moi), and we've been bombarded with media coverage from the tragedies of September 11 attacks, ongoing wars in the Middle East, school shootings and the like. We've pioneered the selfie, shaped Silicon Valley at impressive ages, dominated Kickstarter Campaigns and changed the fashion industry via the blogosphere and a modern form of liberal expressionism. I find our generation at times perplexing, yet fascinating. If you do too, I encourage you to read this article in the NYTimes from the weekend - one of many reminders of what we represent to the world.