What a wonderful weekend it was. Saturday my dear friend, Miss CT, and I met for lunch at the most wonderful French restaurant, Cafe des Amis, on Union Street in SF. It is such an amazing find, the food is incredible (hands down the best quiche I've ever had!) and the staff was delightful. I highly recommend making your way to the Marina to check out this gem. I am not so secretly hoping and praying, that someday they will decide to open one closer to say, the South Bay? (I'll help get the word out) Needless to say, my love affair for all thing French just went up a notch! *Swoon*
Following food, we decided to then fill up on our fashion fix; we headed to the De Young museum to see the Balenciaga and Spain exhibit. Boy oh boy did it impress! There were probably 50 dresses to check out from all different periods in his designing life. It was so hard not to lean over and just touch all the fabric, definitely a feast for the eyes.
After leaving the museum I couldn't stop thinking about where Christobal Balenciaga spent his days designing. Which of course leads to "what if I where a designer, what would my study/office look like?" Would it be light and airy? Cozy and comfortable? Or a mix of old and new?
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| Designed by Miles Reed, photo - Thomas Loof |
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| Designed by Joe Nye, photo - John Coolidge |
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| Designed by Albert Hadley, photo - Christopher Baker |
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| Designed by David Kaihoi, photo - Ngoc Minh Ngo |
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| Designed by Craig Schumacher & Phillip Kirk, photo - Nathan Schroder |
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| Designed by Markham Roberts, photo - unknown |
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| Designed by J. Randall Powers, photo - Luca Trovota |
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| Designed by Myra Hoefer, photo - Victoria Pearson |
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| Designed by Alessandra Branca, photo - Thilbault Jeanson |
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| Designed by Lindsay Bond, photo - Jonny Valiant |
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| Designed by Ellen O'Neill, photo - Thomas Loof |
It's fun to pretend and the one thing I know for SURE, it's gotta have a chandelier. Have you ever dreamed of designing a space all your own? What would be a must for that room? Book shelves? Lots of light? Comfy chairs?
xo,
L
PS. There is some exciting news coming Friday! Check back then for a new LSL contributor! Can't wait for you to meet...
I LOVE the Cafe...so yummy! And I also heard the exhibit is AMAZING...Jamie was telling me all about it. Sounds like a lovely day!
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Nicole
have you ever been to cafe de la presse? its on stockton (i believe) liz and i had brunch there once. so delish! you should check it out sometime :) i too, love all things french! :)
ReplyDeleteGladys, I have not gone there yet, but that sounds delish! Thank you for the hot tip! :)
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