'Cisco

We are spending the week in San Francisco this week for both work and pleasure. Dustin has his events that he's booked solid and working on and I have been pounding the pavement meeting and greeting boutiques in the hopes that we get SLEEVELESS in this city. So far, mission is accomplished as we are in a boutique called Bryan Lee in the Marina District. If you live in the city, go check out the pieces that they have from our line and the other really great goods that they carry.

It's always crazy during event time for Dustin and the team. It's one big cluster of business and momentum. Not necessarily organized momentum, but momentum nonetheless. By the end of the week, they manage to put on 2 successful events due to the hard work of all the people that have been in the area for 3 months selling tickets for the big day.

I spent this morning down in the Marina District grabbing a quick breakfast and coffee with my friend and talented photog, Reid Rolls. We perused some of his photos from a shoot we did with Ashley Monroe and generally just catching up.

San Fran has been chillier than I thought it would be at this time of year, but delightful as always. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to see the Cartier of America exhibit at the art museum Legion of Honor or head out to wine country tomorrow during the day. Either way, Dustin has to work, so I'll have to drum up something exciting to do. I'll make sure to get some pics and post them next chance I get!

Porch sittin'

I decided that our new title for our blog is little more appropriate ( and it may change a few more times til I settle on just the right name) for us, perhaps because I'm obsessed with sitting out on our patio (for morning coffee, afternoon wine o'clock, or later dinners) or it could be because Dustin and I have an open door policy when it comes to our dear friends. For whatever reason, we'll see how and if the new blog title sticks.

We just recently found the coolest table at Southeastern Salvage that we put out on our back patio. We don't have much furniture or landscaping done, but this table makes us sooooo happy. It was a purchase that both Dustin and I agreed on without hesitation (doesn't always happen in the aesthetics department) so we scooped up the last one they had! The table top is round and heavy and roughly hewn with a steel rim hammered onto the outer edge, like a wagon wheel. The legs are slightly turned, giving it a french garden meets mediterranean feel. We paired it with some cheap teak folding chairs and piled an inferno of old candles in the center of the table and we are officially in business for dinners on the patio.

Simple dinners are best. Some nights we do a little salmon and veggies on the grill and other nights we just do a tray of olives, red peppers, smoked salmon, chips and guac. Either way, you can join us on our patio just about every night and find us munching on some snacks and drinking some vino! Please come over and keep us company!