We decided to take a trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains this weekend...It was such a lovely getaway! We stopped in the little town of Bis...

... By Rachael Rifat ... So heartsick over what's happening in Japan.

We're back from our trip to the High Sierra. It was, well, bliss. I'm wading through a mountain of laundry. Will be back to regular...

The literary blogosphere continues to buzz with angst and dismay as thousands -- or maybe even millions -- of people learned the shocking ne...

My friend Carolyn Kellogg at the LA Times' fantastic Jacket Copy book blog had the most clever post today. She found a website -- calle...

Hello readers, It's Liss here from Daydream Lily and I'll be posting here every few days while Tina takes a much needed break. I...

San Francisco's Mission District is known for its colorful murals, a tradition fostered by the city's Mexican-American community in ...

Look at this cute tea house, Crown & Crumpet . Crown & Crumpet has pink and white floors, tables covered with chintz and little cro...

The view of the alley outside our temporary SF abode... ...I wonder who lives in the apartment with the lace curtains and the window box. I...

Along the Embarcadero... Oceans of oranges and veggies from Half Moon Bay.

Fudge magazine and a small dog that looks like a wild bear, in SF's Japantown. UPDATE: The winner of the green silk opera bag is Thalia...

The fog makes the contrast between gray and vibrant color even more remarkable!

Happy Friday everyone! The SF hotel where we're staying has this massive chandelier in the lobby (which reminds me of the cover of Vamp...

There are lots of interesting places to visit in San Francisco, yet I always end up at this bookstore... City Lights is the cradle of the B...

Under a balmy blue sky It felt like summer today... You could smell incense in the warm air as the city's large Chinese community welcom...

Fruit, firecrackers, Chinese newspapers, cookies and candied ginger... Such a colorful melange of things on display along the sidewalks of S...

To kick off my week of blogging in SF, I wanted to ask... ...do you think San Francisco is the most beautiful US city? When I was growing ...