The Joshua Tree House – Progress!

Now that we’ve owned the Joshua Tree House for almost three months, it seems like it’s time for an update on our design progress! Whenever we head down to the house, all of our time is so consumed between client work and house projects that we haven’t really taken the time to sit down and […]

A Half day sonoma itinerary

One of our favorite things about living in San Francisco is taking day trips to Sonoma. Only about a half hour outside of the city, it feels like it’s worlds away. Not to mention, the whole place devoted to one of my favorite things: WINE. We’re definitely partial to Sonoma over Napa for a few […]

Isla Mujeres, Mexico

While we were in Tulum, the weather was ok, but really not the best. This meant clouds, and churned up waters. BUT, as soon as we took our ferry from Cancun over to Isla Mujeres everything cleared up and the water looked bright turquoise. I’ve never seen water like that! It was quite the contrast after seeing gray for […]

Tulum, Mexico

Tulum is a place that both Rich and I have had our eyes on for a while now. We usually opt for adventurous trips, but this around a time a relaxing beach trip was looking pretty appealing. Neither of us had been to Mexico before, and it seemed like it was about time to make it […]

West Coast Craft

Before we headed off to Mexico, the West Coast Craft show was happening in SF! I was so excited that we were around to go check it out, and finally see some of my favorite designers’ works in person. I actually got dizzy while we were there from turning my head too much looking at […]

The Joshua Tree House – Before Photos!

We moved into the Joshua Tree House two days ago, and we’ll be here for a few weeks turning this empty space into a cozy, quirky, and relaxing vacation rental. So far, we’ve taken a little bit of time on the front porch just enjoying this incredible house and all of its details. Everything from the […]

Big News! We bought a house in Joshua Tree!

As Rich mentioned in his Weekend Reads post, we bought a house!!! Here’s the fun and complicated part: it’s our second home, but we don’t own a first home. And, we’re going to be renting it on Airbnb! We first visited Joshua Tree, CA a year ago and fell absolutely in love with it. It’s […]

Why I’m Obsessed with Joshua Tree

I recently saw someone write that they often feel home-sick for the desert even though they’ve never lived there. This resonated with me. It’s such a great way to describe how I feel about the desert (and being away from it). Sometimes I wonder if maybe I’m drawn to it because it’s completely different from what I grew up […]

Salvation Mountain

I thought I’d take a break from posting SE Asia photos to share some inspiring art… This particular piece of art just so happens to be a place in the Colorado desert of California. Salvation Mountain is a place that I had wanted to visit for quite some time now, and we were able to make it a priority to stop […]

#combingamerica

You may have seen on instagram last month that Rich & I took a cross country road trip which we called #combingamerica. We started in San Francisco and drove the southern border of the U.S, and then up the east coast (our final destination being Brooklyn where we will be living for the next six […]